Achieving flawless makeup is every woman’s dream, yet almost all of us have made at least one of these simple mistakes that render our hours and hours-long work a waste of time. From your lipstick bleeding to clumpy, spidery lashes here are the reasons why your makeup looks bad and tips on how you can fix it!
A cakey base

- Apply powder before your foundation letting it sit for a few minutes before dusting off the excess and continuing with your usual makeup routine
Your face and neck don’t match

- Test your foundation on your jawline and neck in natural lighting
Flaky skin

- Moisturise before applying your foundation
- Exfoliate your skin weekly to get rid of dead skin cells
Under-eye creasing
- Bake (generously packing a layer of translucent powder and letting it sit) under your eyes as soon as you have finished applying your concealer for 10 minutes then dust off the excess
- Add some hydration by using a facial spray or toner containing squalane on your beauty blender and press over
Caterpillar-like eyebrows
- Use upward feathery strokes concentrating on sparse areas rather than uniformly filling in the entire brow
- Brush through with a spoolie/ eyebrow brush to even out harsh lines
Eyeshadow fallout

- Use an eyeshadow primer
- Apply eyeshadow before foundation and concealer
- Brush away fallout using a fan brush
Uneven wing

- Don’t tug at/stretch your eyelid when drawing your wing
- Stick tape and angle it how you want (usually connecting the outer corner of your eye to the tail of your brow)
- Make a messy wing then grab a makeup wipe or a cotton bud dipped in micellar water and wipe the eyeliner into a sharp edge
Smeared eyeliner

- Set liquid eyeliner in place by applying eyeshadow in the same shade over it
Smudging mascara

- Blot your eyelids and under eyes
- Use an eyeshadow primer
- Wear your usual mascara and then apply a waterproof formula after on the tips only as a topcoat
- After applying your mascara keep eyelids half shut and try not to blink for around 60 seconds to dry
Clumpy, spider-like eyelashes
- Hold your mascara wand vertically when applying the product on your lower lashes
- Lightly wiggle your wand back and forth as you apply your mascara
- Do not pump your wand in and out the tube
- Add a few drops of saline into the mascara tube if it gets too thick and starts to dry up
Bleeding lipstick
- Use a lipliner first
- Apply your lipstick using a brush, blot your lips and then apply again
- Apply powder around your lips
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