• Minute 1 – Cleanse and moisturize. Keep some high-quality facial cleansing cloths with you, and quickly clean your skin. Be sure to moisturize afterward. It keeps your skin looking young and helps foundation go on smoothly.
• Minute 2 – Apply foundation. For a super quick application, skip the sponge and use your fingertips. Put enough foundation on your fingers to cover your face then smooth it on like you apply moisturizer. You’ll get good coverage in seconds.
• Minute 3 – Cheeks, Eye base. Sweep blush over your cheek bones, then apply a medium to dark eye shadow to your lids.
• Minute 4 – Highlight, eyeliner, mascara. Apply a lighter shadow just under your eyebrows, and on the inside corners of your eyes. Apply your eyeliner and mascara.
• Minute 5 – Lips, finishing touches. Apply your lipstick/gloss and check yourself out to make sure everything is even. You can also apply powder, if you have the time.
These are basic steps for quick makeup, but there are some things you can do to save yourself time every day. Use a good skin care routine to keep your face looking its best. Great skin doesn’t need much work, and you can even skip foundation on days when you’re really out of time. Keep your eyebrows groomed. This is something I really believe in. Unruly eyebrows will make the whole face look bad. Well-groomed eyebrows give you an instant face lift, and make a face look younger, thinner, and all around prettier.
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