Everyday Makeup Tutorial For Smooth, Even Skin

Updated:

26 Jun 2024

Qualified Makeup Artist with 8 years experience.

When you don’t have much time to do your makeup, the one thing you’re going to want to nail is your base. Once you have your foundation and concealer nice and blended, you can easily go from there if you want to glam things up.

Experienced MUA Clara Campbell shares with us her ideal base products, which help her to create a smooth and luminous complexion. This makeup look is easy, versatile and fresh, making it a go-to choice for an everyday look.

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Shop the Routine: Clara's Best Everyday Makeup Look

Bobbi Brown Smokey Eye Mascara - Black$53.60 $67.00

Benefit Hoola Lite$50.40 $63.00

Benefit Hoola Caramel$50.40 $63.00 - Currently not available

M.A.C Cosmetics Lip Pencil 1.45g$40.00 $30.00

M.A.C Cosmetics Mineralize Skinfinish$73.00 $58.40

M.A.C Cosmetics Mineralize Skinfinish Natural$73.00 $54.75

M.A.C Cosmetics Studio Fix 24-Hour Smooth Wear Concealer$50.00 $37.50

Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Hydrating Primer 30ml$68.00 $85.00

IT Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream SPF50 $82.00 $61.50

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How to do simple, everyday makeup:

Step 1: A luminous primer

Step 1: A luminous primer

Prep your base with a glowy primer like the

Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Hydrating Primer

. Simply massage this comfortable, hydrating product into the skin before makeup application.

Step 2: Full coverage CC+ Cream

Apply a pump of the

IT Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream SPF50

to your skin. Use your fingers to warm up the product and blend into the skin. This product is easily blended, and a little goes a long way to smooth out the complexion and provide an eve, luminous base.

Step 3: Smoothed out under eye area

Smooth out your under-eye area with the

M.A.C Cosmetics Studio Fix 24-Hour Smooth Wear Concealer

. Apply this product using the doe foot applicator to your under-eye area, forehead, down the nose and chin, and blend out with a beauty sponge. This concealer is lightweight, but still full coverage.

Step 4: Set your concealer

To set with your concealer, apply the

M.A.C Cosmetics Mineralize Skinfinish Natural

to the under-eye area, eyelids and T-zone using a small fluffy brush. This will set, smooth and blur these areas, with a radiant, soft focus finish.

Step 5: Warm up the skin

Using the

Benefit Hoola Lite Matte Bronzer

, warm up and define the face. Apply this bronzer with an angled contour brush to your cheekbones, jawline and forehead.

Step 6: Flush of cream blush

Next, apply a fresh coral coloured cream blush like the

Jane Iredale In Touch Cream Blush

. You can blend this in with your fingers or apply with a foundation brush to your cheeks, nose, forehead and chin for an all over flushed look.

Step 7: Soft & Gentle highlight

For a warm, lit-from-within glow, try the

M.A.C Cosmetics Mineralize Skinfinish

in Soft & Gentle. Apply this to the highpoints of your face with a small tapered brush for a lovely peach glow. Apply some highlighter with a smaller brush to your inner corner and brow bone for an extra pop!

Step 8: Everyday, neutral eye look

For an easy everyday look take some of the

Benefit Hoola Bronzer- Caramel

on a fluffy blending brush, blending the shade into your crease and then out towards your temples. This will give you a blown out, seamless look. Then, on a smaller brush take this shade onto your lower lash line for a completed eye look.

Step 9: Smokey eye mascara

Next, coat your lashes with the

Bobbi Brown Smokey Eye Mascara - Black

, applying it evenly to your top lashes.

Step 10: Natural brows

Using the

Mirenesse All Day Micro Brow Pencil and Definer Crayon

lightly fill in any sparse areas of your brows for an all-natural brow look.

Step 11: Super-hold brow gel

Using the

M.A.C Cosmetics Brow Set

in Clear, brush your brows upwards for a fluffy effect with superb holding power.

Step 12: Lip definition

Shape your lips with the

M.A.C Cosmetics Lip Pencil

in strip down. Outline your lips with this shade for some added definition.

Step 13: Glossy shine

Apply a clear gloss such as the

Estée Lauder Pure Color Envy Oil-Infused Lip Shine- 000 See-Thru

over your lip liner for a hydrated, plump, glossy finish to the lips.

Step 14: Hydrating finishing mist

Finish your look with a hydrating, finishing spray like the

M.A.C COSMETICS Prep + Prime Fix+

. Spray all over the face to merge your makeup with the skin and provide a dewy finish.

The Final Look: Fresh, Easy and Luminous Skin

We hope you liked this simple, everyday makeup look, and enjoy replicating it at home with your favourite Adore Beauty products.

Is wearing makeup everyday bad?

While it’s good to give your skin some days to breathe, wearing makeup every day isn’t necessarily bad if you are removing it correctly.

To completely remove makeup we recommend a double cleanse as part of your nighttime skincare routine.

Double cleansing involves breaking down makeup with an oil-based cleanser first, before cleansing the skin with a water-based cleanser afterwards. This technique helps you remove every trace of makeup.

This routine was transcribed by India Williams.

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