What order do you apply your makeup products in?
Eyeshadow, eyeliner, eyebrows, mascara, concealer, foundation, cream cheek color/powder cheek color, powder.
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Eyeshadow primer, then shadow(s). Base product (if using) or tinted sunscreen (if using). Concealer (and setting powder). Liner, followed by upper lid “tight-line”. Setting powder/powder on rest of face (if using a trad. foundation or CC cream). Blush. Lipstick. I rarely wear highlighter (even though I’ve got a truck-load of them) or mascara.
Skin prep, eye primer, eyeshadow on the lid/tightline, foundation, concealer/brightener, eye primer on the lower lash line, eyeshadow on the lower lash line, cream highlight, cream bronzer, cream blush, powder bronzer, powder blush, powder highlight, finishing spray, eyebrows, mascara.
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I just left this entire description in yesterday’s question.
primer; concealer; foundation; under eye set; eye lid primer (if using); liquid highlighter to high points of face; contour of cheekbones, jaw, nose and forehead; bronzer; blush; setting powder on dry (not on cream blush for example) areas; setting spray (non-alcohol based); eyeshadow; liquid wing (if doing); highlighter(s); second setting spray (different type–and only when I really want makeup to stay put); brow gel; mascara; lips.
Mascara first because I always get it on my skin and have to clean up, haha. Then eye primer, shadow, foundation, concealer, brows, sometimes more shadow under my eyes, setting powder, blush, highlight, setting spray, and lip color.
Eyeliner to water line, lid eye shadow, foundation or tinted moisturizer, under eye corrector & concealer, powder only in t zone and under eyes, bronzer/highlighter/blush (will do this in whatever order I feel like that day), under eye shadow if I want to smoke it out, lip color, and the last thing I usually do is mascara.
Moisturizer
Face primer
Eye primer (optional – depends on shadow)
Foundation
Concealer
Cream cheek/contour/highlight
Powder cheek/contour/highlight (lately optional)
Eyeshadow
Waterline eyeliner
Black liquid eyeliner (lately optional)
Mascara
Eyebrow pencil
Eyebrow powder (optional)
Lip liner (often as base)
Lipstick
Lip gloss (optional)
Bronzer
Setting spray (lately optional)
Finishing powder (very optional)
Finishing spray
My makeup habits started in the 80s, and I have very dry skin, so…
Fall-Spring: Moisturizer, mist, concealer*, foundation, contour/highlighter*, mist, eyebrows, eyeshadow*, eyeliner(s), mist, mascara primer*, mascara, blush*, lip balm, lipstick*.
Summer: foundation*, eyebrows, eyeshadow*, eyeliner(s), mascara, lip balm
* Things I leave out of everyday, non-work makeup
USUALLY: Lip balm, eyeshadow primer, face primer, foundation, setting powder, contour, bronzer (not worn daily) blush, highlighter, eyeshadow, eyeliner, setting spray, mascara, lipstick or lipgloss or lip oil, lipliner (not worn daily).
WHEN USING MESSY EYESHADOWS: Lip balm, eyeshadow primer, powder under eyes, eyeshadow, brush off excess shadow and powder, eyeliner, setting spray, mascara. Face primer, foundation, setting powder, contour, bronzer (not worn daily), blush, highlighter, setting spray, lip color, lipliner (not worn daily).
I am quite consistent in my order of application…
Face primer
Concealer
Foundation
Eye primer
Powder
Blush/contour/bronzer (one or all, depends on the day
Illuminating powder
Eyeshadow
Eyeliner (if I use it that day)
Brow pencil
Brow gel
Mascara
Lipstick
Eyeshadow primer
Shadow
Top liner
Setting powder on the lids
Mascara
Lower liner (to get mascara smudges blended in with the liner)
Clean up fallout
Undereye concealer
Foundation
Blemish concealer
Setting powder
Brow gel
Lips (If maskless, which is never)
Cream shadow, eyeliner, powder shadow, mascara, base products (primer, color corrector, concealer. foundation, powder), eyebrows, blush and or bronzer, settting spray.
1.) Face primer, if I’m using one
2.) Foundation
3.) Eye makeup
4.) Concealer
5.) Powder
6.) Cheek products
7.) Lips
8.) Setting spray if needed
Brows, eye primer then corrector, eye shadow, eyeliner, mascara, foundation, setting powder, contour, blush, highlighter then finishing powder if warranted. Setting spray if I remember. Lipstick after I get to work as I need to wear a mask until I am in the office.
Sunscreen, cream contour, eyebrow powder, pencil eyeliner, liquid foundation, setting spray, mascara, mattifying powder, lipstick.
Primers (face & eye)
Foundation
Eyeshadow
(puts glasses on to see) Spot conceal
(takes glasses off) All over face powder
Curl lashes, mascara (brush teeth or something while mascara dries)
Eyeliner (if wearing)
(glasses on) Blush
Highlighter
Eyebrows
Lips
If it’s a special occasion or I need my makeup to last, I usually do some glitter application after mascara but before eyeliner and finishing spray sometime after I’ve finished my base and face products. If I bother with bronzer, that goes on after powder.
It’s not the most efficient process but it’s as close as I can get while still being able to see what I’m doing!
Primer, foundation, concealer, eyeshadow, liner, mascara, brows, contour, bronzer, blush. I’m boring and never deviate.
Foundation
Eyebrow pencil
Mascara
Lipstick
Blush
Setting powder
Eyeshadows.
skin prep, primer, concealer, blush, highlighter, bronzer, eye shadow, eye brows, then setting spray, light powder once spray dries, mascara, lip gloss/lip stick oh yes and more highlighter!!
Skin prep, eyeshadow primer, lip balm, eyeshadow, concealer, foundation, eyeliner, mascara, blush, lip product.
Sunscreen or Face Lotion > Lip Balm > Lip Pencil > Lipstick > Lip Oil > Pink Color Corrector for under eye > Eyeshadow > Eyeliner > Brow Gel > Contour or Bronzer > Blush > Highlighter > Setting Spray. Usually not everything but usually in that order.
Base (cheek contour, concealer, foundation, powder on the occasional stubborn zit), eyes (shadow, liner, mascara), cheeks (blush, highlighter, bronzer), lips. To answer yesterday’s question, I might do eyes before base if I’m using something where a particularly high amount of fallout might hit my face, but this doesn’t happen very often.
Moisturizer/sunscreen, eyeshadow primer, eyeshadows, waterline eyeliner, under eye concealer, lower lash shadows, face primer, mascara, eyebrows, concealer, powder foundation, contour, blush, setting powder, finishing powder, highlighter, lip products (usually just one like lip gloss but if I’m fancy then lip liner and then lip product).
Eyelid primer
Eyeshadows
Eyeliner
Foundation
Concealer, I hardly ever use any concealers but this is when if used
Setting powder
Blush
Mascara
Lip balm
Eyebrow products, pencil and/or powder followed by setting gel
Highlighter if used, always on cupids bow though
Finishing powder
Blot lips
Lip pencil, rarely used
Lipstick
Setting spray
I never use bronzers or contouring
1. Moisturizer
2. Brows
3. Eyeshadow
4. Eyeliner
5. Mascara
6. Foundation
7. Concealer
8. Setting powder
9. Cheek products (I rarely use a cream cheek product, but if I do, it goes on before setting powder)
10. Lips
Moisturiser, 50+ sunscreen*, equal parts illuminating primer and cc cream, concealer*, brow pomade, eye primer*, blush*, powder*, highlighter, eye shadow, liner*, lash curler, mascara, lipstick/gloss, setting spray*. I may need to change given everyone else’s order! I just decide on what I need after I see how my skin looks after base application.
*if using
After moisturiser, or sunscreen ( during day time), I start with my eyes, then the face and finish it with a lipstick/ lipgloss… sometimes the blush comes after the lipstick if the lipstick shade is darker. I don’t go in much for contouring or bronzer.