My daily makeup

You see here in Japan, putting on makeup to work is manners. Being presentable is very important and leaving the house without makeup is considered lack of common sense. Seriously, you wouldn't see any Japanese peeps on the streets without their makeup on specially in the middle of the city! (some might cover their faces with sunglasses when buying something just from the convenience store in the neighborhood. lol) Well, I wouldn't want to be seen with my blemishes and uneven skin tones anyway, but being the lazy me, I don't wanna take too much time on putting on my makeup to work so I try to get it done in about 15 minutes.


Here's my daily makeup routine/technique

1. Dab a liquid foundation below your eyes and blend to cover eyebags.
-I am not really a fan of concealers so I use liquid foundation since you could also use them on your entire face without looking very made up. I recommend using a shade lighter than your skin tone if you are an acidic like me.

2. Put on powder foundation on entire face.
-Make sure to pat your t-zone properly so you do not need to retouch often.

3. Use a lighter color of blush on cheek bones, and darker in the apples of your cheek then blend them.
- I have a thing for blushes. They are my favorite piece of makeup. It could instantly change your look depending on the color.
Never put blushes lower than the apples/cheek bones since it will make your face looking old and saggy.

4. Put a light brown shade of powder on the side of your nose.
- It makes the illusion of a tall nose
And also just below the cheek bones then blend.
- This would make your face look a bit smaller/thinner

5. Put a white/pearl colored powder below your eyes, middle part of forehead, tip of nose, chin and below the arch of eyebrows.
-- Never skip contour and highlights. It sets the difference.

6. Put a cream/taupe shade of glitter eyeshadow on eyelids and mascara on lashes.
- I prefer using glitter eyeshadows for light makeup to add up a bit of fun.

7. Put your favorite lipgloss.


And I'm done.
Did it sounded too much of a hard work? It may sound like that written here, but it isn't really!
As for the makeup brands, my favorites are Lancome and Stila and some other cheap drugstore brands here in Japan like Canmake, so use any brands of makeup. People have different kinds of skin and what worked on me wouldn't mean it would work on others, so just have fun on searching for the right make up for you.

I might (just might, if I feel like it) post my top favorite makeups soon. ;)