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My goal is to keep my makeup routine under an hour and yet I almost always creep into two hours. What are your tips to achieving the perfect everyday look in under an hour.
1. Clean face
2. Primer (Milk Blur Stick)
3. Color corrector (not always but whatever I have)
4. Brows
5. Lids (Modern Renaissance [yaaasssss])
6. Lashes (Vegas Nay & Kiss are my personal faves)
7. Foundation (Milk Deep)
8. Blush/Highlight (Candelight or the Sephora palette I can't think of name)
9. Lips (ombre w/ Kat Von D or something else I got from Sephora I can't think of OR Buxom lip gloss)
10. Set with Cover Fx Deep & Urban Decay All Night Long
These are the basics -- maybe skill set is what shortens the time?
Howdy! So I've been trying to cut down on my everyday makeup routine as well (mine was taking ~45 minutes). The biggest things that have help me cut down are: a) getting a cream eyeshadow that I can just dab on and b) eliminating foundation and concealer.
I have combination skin with dryness under the eyes and occasional breakouts on my chin and forehead. My main skin concern is redness (on my nose and chin) and dark undereye circles. Getting rid of foundation and concealer was a big step, but I work in an office with a lot of natural light and I realized it was making my skin look older and drier by the end of the day.
Anyway, here's my routine!
1) Moisturize and apply undereye cream
2) Apply a pink color corrector under the eye (I use the Lancome Miracle CC Cushion)
3) Use Dr. Jart Cicapair Color Correcting Treatment all over the face (this has been a game changer!!! totally evens out my skin and eliminates redness)
4) Cream eyeshadow
5) Eyeliner
6) Mascara
7) Set T-Zone with powder or Benefit Porefessional
😎 Contour/blush/bronzer
9) Cream highlighter
10) Lips with Bite Beauty lip pencil or Nars lip pencil
And that's it! Easy peasy and I'm usually done in under 15 minutes
I can do my makeup in about 20 minutes that includes:
I think the secret is realizing that not every thing has to be perfect for every day. Most people don't even notice (or don't care). For my 50-year old skin, my morning routine consists of moisturizer for face and neck, and eye cream. That's it.
My everyday look takes 30-40 minutes, I think. But my skincare/body care routine takes an hour to an hour and a half. Anyway:
1. Face: BB cream & concealer
2. Eyes: eyeshadow (depends if I feel like doing it), eye liner (depends again), & mascara (I don't wear falsies)
2.5 Eyebrows: I just brush em........ becos I don't know how to do my own brows! But I do own an Anastasia brow product (😅)
3. Lips: lip balm, lip liner & lipstick
4. Cheeks/whole face: blush & highlighter
5. Setting spray
Ta-da!
Note: Minimalist make up for me means having a simple, natural look (aka no contouring or heavy dramatic looks). Just a little color.
Lol that's what I'm saying! "Wuttuce dis 'necessary?'" It's all necessary. Primer, foundation, brow, liner. . . Maybe that's all I actually need but once I start putting on makeup, it grows into a dull routine. I think I'm going to invest in some eyeshadow pencils and a tinted moisturizer to see if that helps. I mean, a few times I've put on eye shadow only and if changes my face completely.
I do think that practicing shortens the time it takes to do makeup, yes, but I also think it's worth having a streamlined version of your regular routine if you don't already @RavennaBlk. This was something I really had to learn because for the longest time I either did a lot of makeup or no makeup at all. Now at least I have something in between that I can do on days where I'm busy, tired, or sick, and that's been helpful to me. I agree with everyone else below that cream eyeshadows really save time-- I have a few of the Laura Mercier stick ones, and I also like the Tom Ford and Pur ones that come in pots. I often skip eyeshadow if I'm really tired though. For me, an essential makeup would be concealer, powder, blush, highlight, most likely a lip. Sometimes foundation, sometimes not. I usually curl my eyelashes but sometimes skip mascara. You just need to figure out what is essential for you, and what you can either skip or make simpler for yourself.
I think it all comes down you what you consider "Minimalist" - do you mean minimizing the time of a full routine, or paring down your routine to achieve a minimalist look with the fewest products?
My most elaborate routines take no more than 1.5 hours, including time to shower, dry my hair, clean makeup brushes and time to get dressed. Usually, make up takes 30-45 minutes. Most work days, I'm out of bed at 6 AM and downstairs eating breakfast at 7:15 AM. For special events, I leave at least 1.5 hours in case I get carried away with my makeup.
I think the best way to do this is note how long it takes you to do each item. I really can't see many things take more than a minute or two. For me, eyeshadow takes the longest so if I'm short on time, I skip eyeshadow altogether and can usually do my makeup within 20 minutes. I also don't wear lashes... I personally don't wear lashes and most definitely would not wear lashes for a "minimalist" or every day look, but again, that depends on how you're defining minimalist.
And yes, I find cream shadows applied with a finger cut down on eyeshadow time significantly while also requiring no additional brushes to clean. I keep some neutral Colourpop shadows on hand for this purpose.
Personally, I've been able to keep my routine under 30mins by following this routine:
1 clean skin & promptly moisturize with Urban Decay Hot Springs Gel (I have very dry skin so I let it soak in as I choose my clothes and do hair)
2 Prime skin & lips while doing eyes
3 After eyes are done I do my foundation, contour & highlighter.
4 Lips & setting sprays
5 Get dressed & go
I find that by multitasking I get finished quicker, but still get my entire makeup routine done.
I hope this helps a little
-XOXOXO Krystal
Hi there! I feel like I might be repeating what the other ladies have said, but here is my routine with the times that it should take at the most:
1. Cleanse (1 minute - quick and easy)
2. Prime (1 minute)
3. CC cream - seriously a life changer because is has come coverage, evens your skin tone and looks amazingly natural. The bare minerals one is wonderful and makes your skin look nice and healthy and glowy with no effort (2 minutes)
4. Conceal - just spot conceal where you need a little more coverage or to cover blemishes and put some on top of your eyelids as a primer. It's great for that and saves you a step (2 minutes)
5. Set whatever you need (1 minute)
6. Pop on some cream highlight or some powder highlight (1 minute)
7. Blush with a really light hand and put some on your eyelids. It gives them life with no effort (1 minute)
8. Bronze if you need it but I never do this step.
9. Brows and mascara (5 minutes)
10. Coloured balm or lipstick (1 minute)
@RavennaBlk You should definitely look into it. And if you are in a rush, a lot of steps can be skipped over if you are running out of time
I am absolutely not a morning person, so I've pared down my weekday makeup to a 5-10 minute routine that includes the following:
1. Skincare--cleanse, tone, serum, moisturize, prime, tinted moisturizer or BB cream
2. Eyes--eyeshadow stick (I like the Laura Mercier and Bobbi Brown ones; I have a bunch of samples from both), eyeliner (Marc Jacobs; very basic, no perfecting a winged look at this time of day!), mascara (Dior or Guerlain)
3. Face--highlighter (I dab on RMS Champagne Rose Luminizer when I'm in a hurry) and cream blush (I like Nars Multiple Tints, Glossier Cloud Paint, and RMS Lip to Cheek)
4. Lips--I usually go more bold if the rest of my face is more natural, which is usually the case.
To get a fast every day look, start with embracing your natural beauty. For me, week days mean needing to get myself ready for work and my son ready for school in an hour. This leaves 10 minutes for beauty.