After living in the south for a little over a year, I’ve come to the realization that, as far as makeup goes, I’m an odd (wo)man out. I don’t know how to wear makeup. The idea of it genuinely scares me. I’m afraid that if I try to wear more than I do now that I’ll look like some weirdo try hard clown. Ok, that’s a little dramatic, but I do not know how to apply it, how to pick out the right shade or brand, which brush is for which product. Ugh, there’s so much that goes into it.
So, I thought I’d share my “makeup” routine for those of you that like to wear as little as possible. If I don’t shower before work, I can be dressed and ready in 15 minutes. It’s that simple.
Let me first say that I’m not too savvy with the different types of brands of makeup. However, I did discover this one brand called Milk. It’s a vegan line, but, initially, it was the packaging that caught my eye. As a graphic designer, I’m a sucker for great packaging. So I tried out this thing called “cooling water” to help reduce puffiness in the morning and I’ve been using it every day since I bought it. I then loved that product so much that I decided to purchase the under eye concealer as well. To be honest, I tried Milk’s mascara, but something about it just didn’t do it for me. I think it was too clumpy or something, but I wasn’t a die hard fan of it.
Anyways, here’s my step by step.
Apply Milk’s cooling water under my eyes.
Apply Milk’s under eye concealer
Curl my eyelashes and apply moisturizer to my face (not at the same time, obviously, but back to back usually!)
Apply whatever mascara I’m trying at the moment (I have yet to discover MY perfect mascara, so I just keep buying different ones and hoping for the best. This one right now isn’t my favorite, but it isn’t the worst.)
Apply pencil eyeliner under my eyes (I think this is stereotypically a RAWR XD thing, but I think it works for me so we’re just going to keep going for it.)
And that’s it. If I’m going somewhere fancier than just work, I’ll apply a dash of Glossier’s cloud paint and mayyyybe some lipgloss, but that’s it. I could probably just do without any of it and no one would even notice, but hey, it’s the little things.
Do you have a mascara recommendation? Or a brand of anything I should try? I’m such a sucker for wanting to be a makeup guru, but then reminding myself that I’m probably just hopeless when it comes to makeup…
Thanks for reading!
xo
Chloe