Get the perfect look

You want to look fabulous, but you’re not sure how.

If you can’t afford to get your make-up done professionally don’t worry, below are some tips to help you to do it at home.

Before you start

Always apply make-up to clean skin, follow the routine appropriate for your skin type.

Make sure you have all the appropriate tools and products you need, and apply make-up in a well-lit area.

Getting your skin tone right is the most important step, and the trick is to make it appear as if you aren’t wearing any make-up at all.

Here are some important steps to take before you start:

Good skin care is a combination of proper nutrition, good elimination, sleep and exercise.

• Feeding the skin. A critical step required to get healthy and glowing skin is to eat a balanced diet containing plenty of Vitamins A, C, D and E.
• Exfoliation. Remove dead skin cells from the surface of the skin to rejuvenate your face.
• Prep the face. Foundation will glide over a moisturised, plumped face so much better than a dry one. Use a primer or a moisturiser with SPF.

Your face

Your face needs to look even and flawless, so carefully blend your foundation into the cheeks, forehead, nose, chin and eyelids.

Use a translucent powder to set. Apply a bronzing powder to the areas of the face the sun would naturally tan: the forehead, down the nose, along the cheeks and a small amount to the chin.

Build up the colour gradually, so you get exactly the shade you want.

Your eyes

Fill in brows with an onyx eye shadow, using a small, angle brush. Apply the liner (kohl pencil) close to the upper and lower lashes and blend it, so you don’t have a harsh line, but create depth.

Use a three-toned shadow and build from the lids to brow, allowing colours to blend into each other.

Start with a dark grey colour across your lid only and build on this with a plum in the crease of eye and blend well. Finish off with white under the eyebrows and in the corners of the eyes. Apply mascara and brush out clots.

Your cheeks

Using a soft blusher brush, apply a natural glow blush onto the apples of your cheeks and blend upwards, towards the hairline.

Your lips

Line lips with a ruby coloured liner. Blending the corners with a plum lipstick and apply lip gloss in the middle of the lips to create a three-dimensional look.

Tip: Be sure to blend, blend, and blend. Special areas to watch are the hair and jaw lines.