When your skin decides to act up, it’s crucial to pay attention to its needs – whether it’s due to an imbalanced diet, hormonal shifts, or sensitivity. Instead of sticking to your usual heavy makeup routine, it’s time to let your skin breathe!
Applying a thick base on troubled skin can lead to a messy appearance as dead skin cells come to the surface. So, it’s vital to pamper your open pores and switch up your makeup routine for a gentler yet effective approach.
We stumbled upon a tutorial by INBORA??? on YouTube, where she spilled her top beauty tips for achieving a flawless, minimal makeup look that’ll have your skin looking as sweet as honey!
So, keep reading to discover the secrets of a foundation-free makeup routine for those challenging skin days.
Step 1: Nourish Your Skin with Soothing And Moisturising Skincare
Begin with a soothing, moisturising essence to calm your skin. A calming essence is especially beneficial for red, breakout-prone skin.
Follow up with a lightweight, non-sticky serum that adds moisture and elasticity to your skin.
Complete the skincare routine with a hydrating, skin-lightening moisturiser to prevent makeup cakiness. Avoid oil-based products on sensitive, acne-prone skin to prevent clogged pores.
Where to Find the Products She Used
- Goodal Calming Essence retails for S$34.93 at Watsons online.
- Goodal Vitamin C Serum retails for S$27.93 at Watsons online.
- Goodal Green Tangerine Cream retails for S$27.93 on Amazon Singapore.
Step 2: Even Out Your Skin Tone
Opt for a brightening sun cushion instead of foundation for a more breathable and tone-up effect. Making your skin slightly brighter simplifies the next steps in your makeup routine, allowing you to conceal blemishes with ease.
Where to Find the Products She Used?
- BLIV:U Collagen Bouncing Sun Cushion retails for S$56 on Ballgrio, and S$70.72 on Olive Young online.
Step 3: Conceal Blemishes
Choose a watery or serum-like concealer that’s lighter than your skin tone. Apply dots to areas that need concealing, focusing on darker spots.
Less is more – concentrate on areas like the corners around your nose.
Where to Find the Products She Used?
- Armani Beauty Power Fabric Concealer (#02) retails for S$61 on Tangs online.
Step 4: Enhance Your Eyes with a Rosy Eyeshadow Palette
Select a colour palette with muted yet rosy tones for an everyday eyeshadow look.
Apply a subtle apricot pink as a base colour on your eyelids, and repeat on the lower eyelids.
Add a rosy shade to the centre of your eyelids, and blend a slightly pink shade under your eyes for a lively appearance.
Mix two shading colours for the outer corner of your eyes, keeping it subtle.
Where to Find the Products She Used?
- Holika Holika My Fave Mood Eye Palette (Pick The Rose) retails for S$22.68 on Shopee.
Step 5: Elevate the Eye Look with Brows and Lashes
Mix light taupe and ash brown colours for your brows, creating a natural look.
Start by using a light taupe shade to fill in the eyebrows.
Choose ash brown to match your hair colour and fill in the rest of your eyebrows.
Sketch a small wing with eyeliner, then use a dark shadow to blend seamlessly into your lash line.
Apply mascara to the roots of your lashes, keeping it subtle to complement your natural makeup.
Elevate the look with a gentle application of glitter eyeliner along your lower lash line.
Where to Find the Products She Used?
- Espoir The Brow Balance Pencil (#04 Ash Brown) retails for S$10.60 on YesStyle.
- Espoir The Brow Balance Pencil (#06 Light Taup) retails for S$10.60 on YesStyle.
- Etude Curl Fix Mascara (#01 Black) retails for S$25.90 at Watsons online.
- Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner (Pyro) retails for S$93.11 on Amazon Singapore.
Step 6: Final Touches for a Rosy Glow
After completing the rest of your makeup, go back with concealer for added coverage on blemishes.
Apply a warm rosy jelly blush on the apples of your cheeks using a sponge.
Layer with a warmer pink jelly blush to seamlessly blend with your base.
The jelly blush she applied is not available for purchase as it has not been officially released yet.
Step 7: Create a Rosy Lip
Start with a mauve brown shade with a rosy undertone for your lips, opting for a blendable velvet texture. Layer a warm rosy tint at the centre of your lips for a gradient effect.
Where to Find the Products She Used?
- 3CE Hazy Lip Clay Matte Cream (Mauvbrown) retails for S$24.30 on Shopee, and S$33.05 at Olive Young online.
- Peripera Ink Mood Glowy Tint (#03 Rose In Mind) retails for S$11.13 at Watsons online, and S$13.30 on iHerb.
And there you have it! This makeup routine is perfect for achieving a natural rosy look that not only allows your skin to breathe, but also provides just enough coverage for any blemishes.
Featured image credit: INBORA???/Youtube.
