10 most common beauty mistakes

This post was heavily influenced by an article I read in LOOK magazine earlier today. I read it and was like 'right, I need to share this' so went about writing this post. 

Without further babbling, here are the beauty sins we're most guilty of.. 

(Disclaimer: Everyone does their makeup and beauty bits differently, whatever works for you is best! these are just the most common mistakes)

1. Dabbing foundation around your face 

• Always start at the cetnre of your face and work outwards
• It makes it harder to blend in when left to dry
• You're more likely to encounter streaks and get product in your hairline

 

2. Holding eyeliner like a pencil 

• Most people hold their eyeliner like they're about to write (close to the nib)
• It means your more likely to create a blurred line 
• The correct spot is further back (2in - if you want to be ultra precise)

 

3. Patting eye cream on at night 

• Most of you probably know you should apply eye cream with your ring finger (to apply the least pressure)
• It should be put on in the morning
• Sleeping + eye cream = puffiness 
• If you're standing up congestion can drain away

 

4. Misplacing blusher

• Imagine a vertical line from the centre of your pupil down your cheek and another from the end of your eyebrow down - this can help lift your entire face

 

5. Putting kirby grips where they're not needed

• Most of us are guilty of using enough kirby grips to support a small house, with hair still falling out
• Usually it's because they're not in the right place
• Slide them where there's the most tension i.e. centre or bottom of the style (not the ends of your hair)

 

6. Using too much hair product

• It's  mega easy to go OTT on the hair product. 
• This is a really quirky system that helps you work out how much of each thing to use. It is based on the circumference of different fruits (the same principle of like a 'pea-sized amount' etc)

 Shampoo + conditoner = Strawberry
conditoning treatment = Plum
Mousse =  Apricot
Serum = Grape
Oil =  Blueberry

 

7. Not wiggling your mascara wand

• Literally everyone has a weird and wonderful way of applying their own mascara (and a facial expression to match) 
• Makeup artists contest that wiggling the wand at the base of the lashes before combing through creates the most volume

 

8. Using hand cream on your palms 

• In reality it is the back of your hands that need the TLC
• Your palms have more sweat glands, so don't get as dry

 

9. Using too much nail polish 

• So many of us apply nail polish too thickly, so it chips 
• Aim for 3 swipes per coat (one down the centre and one to either side)
• Wide brushes work best

 

10. Spraying perfuime on your neck

• We all moan that you can't smell your perfume after a while and that it doesn't last
• Most of us spray straight onto our wrists and neck
• For longevity spray onto your collarbone and into the crook of your elbow 

Sooo that's everything. I know I am definately guilty of a few if not all of those.... opps. 

What about you guys?

Thanks for reading! 

Much love, 

                     Natalie  xxx