The Monster: How To Avoid Make-up Disasters

Everyone's had one and has been embarrassed by it. Whether it's smudged eyeliner, lipstick on your teeth or cartoon eyebrows, we've all experienced a make-up disaster. But, where there's a will, there's a way. Make-up mishaps are avoidable (thankfully) - and, lucky for you, I have tips on how to avoid these things.

Before The Make-up
When you want to put on make-up before a day out, you have to think about a few things first. A lot of people forget that the event does have an impact on what you should wear on your face.

1. Where are you going? 
1. If you're going to a formal event with dresses and suits, opt for dark shades that match your clothes. If you're wearing blue, wear a sapphire shade on your eyes and red lips; if you're wearing yellow, wear gold and brown eye-shadow - too much yellow will make you look like a walking light bulb.
2. If you're going to a club or party, wear foundation and lipstick that will not smudge and, ideally, waterproof eyeliner and mascara. You will sweat and you know it. You don't want to walk out of the place looking like your face is melting. Heavier amounts of make-up are also what I see on most clubbers' faces but make sure you're not orange; you're a person, not an oompa loompa. Again, the colours depend on what you're wearing.
3. If you're going to chill out at the, shopping centre, cinema, beach, woods or park, wear little to no make-up. Keep it light and wear subtle, natural tones like brown eye-shadow. Lip balm is also better than lipsticks and lip gloss. Your lips will stay hydrated and you won't leave a mark on your man if you're on a date. Boys like seeing natural beauty and when they say they'd rather you don't wear make-up, they lie. They just don't want every single product in existence on your face.
2. How long are you out for?
1. Planning on spending the whole day away? Wear long-lasting make-up - smudge proof, waterproof and crack proof.
2. If you're only out for a few hours, wear make-up that you know will come off with ease. The sooner you get it off, the quicker you can sit back in your pyjamas and relax with a book or the TV.
3. Make sure your face is clean and moisturized.

During Application

1. Do not rush! Imagine your face is a canvas, you don't want to look like a five year old's drawing.
2. When applying eyeliner, do it in small strokes unless you're really confident that you can draw a line across your eyelid well.
3. After putting lipstick on, put your index finger in your mouth, screw your lips around it like it's a lollipop and pull your finger out. The lipstick on your finger would have been on your teeth by the end of the day.
4. When you're applying foundation, don't forget about your neck.
5. Your eyelashes should not touch your eyebrows.
6. Use an eyebrow pencil or definer that is a shade or two lighter than your eyebrows. Amazingly, when you use the same shade, your eyebrows become darker than the colour they are. Weird, right?
7. It goes foundation, eye shadow, eyeliner, eyebrows, mascara, lipstick, blush.

After Application

1. Make sure your face is even - if one side is darker, for example, fix it.
2. Make sure you're comfortable with what you've put on. If you feel like hiding your face, take it off. There's no point in getting dolled up if you're not going to show it.

I don't wear a lot of make-up myself so instead of wearing it out to parties, I mess around and do things like this:

 

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