There could be many reasons why you decide to wear less makeup. Maybe your employer or your school doesn't approve or maybe you want to bring out the real you, so using less make-up, while enhancing your best traits, will help you bring out your natural beauty. The benefits of limiting the use of makeup are numerous: you will spend less money on cosmetics, your skin will breathe, you will learn to be more confident (because you will see that people will accept you anyway, even without covering their face) and you will employ less time to get ready in the morning. Despite all this, however, wearing less makeup, or not doing it at all, can be challenging. It may indeed be difficult to decide how to change your habits. Read on for tips on how to rock a soap and water look.
Steps
Step 1. Take proper care of your skin
Clean, healthy skin will make you feel more confident. Plus, you won't constantly need foundation and concealer.
- Determine your skin type. You have to do this before you take action to improve it, so that you choose the right products, know which problems to tick off the list and how to treat them.
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Develop a skincare routine that is effective and suited to your skin type. It is important to stick to the routine in the most disciplined way possible, this is because it takes time for the cleansing and moisturizing actions to begin to improve its appearance. Also, the skin has to get used to the new treatment.
Generally you should include a gentle cleanser to wash your face daily, a scrub to use twice a week, an appropriate moisturizer, to apply every day, a treatment to remedy pimples when they appear, and a mask, to use once a week. or when you need it
- Do not aggressively treat the skin. Try to avoid strong products, prefer natural and delicate ones to prevent the skin from irritating or drying out. You might as well give home methods a try. For example, prepare your face masks to avoid harmful chemicals.
- If you suffer from a specific problem, such as acne or scars, then it is advisable to make an appointment with a dermatologist so that they can prescribe a treatment that is suitable for you.
Step 2. Take care of your lips
Soft, smooth lips are beautiful to look at and kissable, while dry, chapped lips give an idea of sloppiness and poor personal care. Hydrate them with a lip balm before going to sleep (avoid brands that could harm your lips and cause them to dry out further in the long term) and exfoliate them constantly to keep them smooth (you don't have to spend money to buy specific products, just a mix based on sugar and honey). Also, avoid smoking and drink plenty of water so that they always look great.
Step 3. Give your eyebrows a good shape
Manicured brows can frame and enhance the face. Shaving them is the easiest and cheapest way to shape them. While working on them, occasionally step away from the mirror to make sure they are uniform. Don't overdo it with the tweezers. If you don't feel like doing it yourself, you can hire a beautician to have them removed with tweezers, wax, or the flossing method. It is a widely used and fairly inexpensive treatment. This is undoubtedly one of the most important steps for your soap and water look to give your face greater definition.
Step 4. Hair Care:
hair is one of the best accessories for a girl! Choose a haircut that frames and enhances the shape of your face. It can help you define your best features. For a soapy look, opt for a natural, easy-to-style cut. Waves and soft curls are great styles to achieve this and have a cute and feminine look. In addition, they give life and volume to the hair. Try to leave and dry your hair in the air and flaunt it naturally. Do some experiments; these attempts will allow you to change your look every now and then, without getting bored with the cut.
Step 5. Eat a balanced diet and drink plenty of water
By making sure you get plenty of vitamins and minerals in your diet, the results will show on your skin and hair, and then you will feel good and fit. Drinking enough water is important because it helps you eliminate harmful toxins, which can also cause pimples to appear. In addition, it keeps the skin and hair well hydrated, so you will have less dryness problems and you will be brighter.
Step 6. If you want to put on at least a little makeup, the following products will allow you to bring out your natural beauty, without masking it
- Try applying a tinted moisturizer if you want to have some coverage but avoid foundation. It will help you even out your skin tone and hide any imperfections that make you uncomfortable. The effect will be natural, as if you have nothing on, you will not get a fake or mottled result.
- Mascara is ideal for making eyes look bigger and wake up the gaze. Many girls cannot live without this product, because it defines the eyes, enlarges them, emphasizes the length of the eyelashes. So the eye will look more feminine. Opt for a brown or clear mascara (preferably a lengthening one instead of a volumizing one to prevent lumps from forming) and do a stroke or two on the upper lashes and a quick one on the lower ones. Are your lashes quite straight? You should curl them to prepare them for mascara application.
- The color of the blush should be chosen according to the color that the cheeks take after gently pinching them (click here to find out more). To apply the blush, use a soft brush and spread it over your cheekbones for a beautiful complexion and a less washed out look. If you have a golden skin tone or if it is summer, bronzer would be more appropriate, which should be applied under the cheekbones. Contour to define the face.
- Lipstick or gloss shouldn't be necessary if you're taking care of your lips, but if you really want to give them color or definition, then you could opt for a nude lipstick or a vaguely pink lip tint. Even a touch of clear or transparent gloss is enough to give an idea of freshness. Don't overdo it if you're aiming for a soap and water look.
Step 7. Add accessories
Choose them according to your outfit. Paint your nails or try on fake nails to make sure they look even better.
Step 8. Finished
Advice
- Wash and moisturize your face before bed so your skin can cool and soothe itself overnight instead of letting your pores clog with dirt, makeup residue and pollutants.
- You smile! It's the best thing you can do to look more attractive with minimal effort!
- Stop worrying too much about your appearance. Women shouldn't spend hours and hours in front of the mirror just to feel good about themselves. Life is full of more important things to think about. Once you understand that there is no need to be anxious about it, you will learn to live happy with who you are.
- Try to figure out which parts of your face you like the most. Focus on them and try to emphasize them. For example, if you like your eyes, then apply mascara to draw attention to the gaze and pull it away from the parts you don't like.
- If you wear a lot of makeup and don't feel confident enough to go out without makeup, then you need to change gradually. To start, avoid wearing lipstick. Then, replace the foundation with a tinted cream and apply less eyeliner. Eventually you will feel comfortable in your own skin. It will also be a gradual change for those around you, so you don't have to worry about "shocking" others by wearing less makeup.
- If your complexion is uneven and full of blemishes and this worries you, then keep applying the foundation, but make sure you develop a routine that allows you to improve your skin in the long term. There's no point going around without makeup if it makes you uncomfortable and doesn't make you feel confident.
- Adding a touch of eyeliner to the lashline gives the impression that they are thicker and will draw more attention to the eyes!
- If wearing makeup makes you feel confident, then go for it, the important thing is that you are happy! But this requires a certain responsibility: you have to take care of your skin and wash it every day!
- If you have dry skin, don't use powder foundation or other unsuitable products. This will bring out its chappedness. Instead, mix a nourishing day cream (use an even bigger one before bed) with a tinted cream.
- If you don't want to apply a lot of foundation but still want to hide any blemishes or scars, then put some concealer directly on the pimples and blend it. Don't touch it, or you'll rub it off!
Warnings
- Be careful when plucking your eyebrows, see a proper tutorial before doing it. If you overdo it, let them grow completely for a week or two and start over. But remember that not all plucked hair grows back, some are permanently eliminated, so be careful.
- Never use hand soap on your face, even if it is moisturizing. It's fine for the hands, but it will dry out the skin on your face, no matter how oily it is.
