Make-up and Hair for Fashion and Beauty: Tech#file- Dewy make-up vs Matte

How to create the dewy skin.

Gone are the days of heavily matte skin instead gorgeous, glowy skin is the ultimate focus and thanks to this trend, there are hundreds of products on the market that can give you beautiful Victoria Secret skin. Those with oily, don't have to fret because you can still rock the luminous look.

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If your skin is super lacklustre try a whole skincare line dedicated to giving you a healthy glow, otherwise a serum, which is designed to brighten your skin will suffice. Don't use a moisturiser, instead, just use a small amount of facial serum to prepare your skin. Not only will make-up last longer, but your skin will also look fresh. Follow with an illuminating primer that will reflect light to set the perfect base for your make-up.

The Foundation- if you have oily skin and want to avoid looking greasy, then sticking with your foundation is a must. Mix a drop the of the liquid illuminator in with your foundation and then apply. The illuminator will reflect light, making your skin look healthy, not greasy.

The Highlighter- a creamy illuminator patted onto the highest points of your face will give you ultimate structure and a gorgeous glow, plus it looks amazing on all skin types and tones.

The Powder- powder can look cakey and unnatural so either ditch it altogether or keep it strictly on the t-zone ( the forehead, nose and chin ). If you can't bear to ditch the powder set your make-up with a radiance enhancing setting powder. Never apply any liquid/cream based illuminators, blusher, bronzer on the top of powders, they will look muddy.

My work

Dewy makeup

Well, from the beginning, definitely I didn't start like I suppose to and I made a lot of mistakes. Describes Vicky's skin belong to combination with dark circles under eyes and acne. So I started with primer prepare skin, before putting any foundation. I should use liquid or cream foundation, not the stick one or use that one mixed with drop an of an illuminator.

I the used small soft brush a started cover any blemishes or dark points, by using green concealer. For dark circles first, I used orange colour to cover very well dark circles, then yellow tone concealer and using my finger gently dabbed onto the skin. Next point foundation, like I said before I should use liquid or cream, not the matt foundation or either mix the with illuminator. By using a foundation brush applied and blended very well onto the skin. Filled and gaps in Vicky's eyebrows and defined them with granite colour.

I think I shouldn't use the setting powder because skin looks more matte than dewy. I used my highlighter patted onto the highest point of chicks, cubic bow, the under eyebrow, on the nose. A lit bit of bronzer to defined girls and blusher for healthy looking skin. So, that my final results. Like I said before I made a lot of mistakes.

How to create matte skin

Keeping your skin from looking like an oil-slick during the summer months is not the easy task. We carry blotter sheets and pressed powder, but still suffer from shiny T-zone. To keep the matte trend modern and fresh, make sure the rest of the face has some glow or dewiness, this keeps the face from looking dull and two-dimensional, and helps to highlight the matte feature.

Matte makeup makes your skin look virtually pore-less. Foundations, eye shadows and lipsticks that are formulating with mattifying powders eliminate shine and leave behind a silky, powdery finish.

Putting product onto skin that isn't clean or hydrated often leads to that dreaded "caked-on" look. And if your skin is on the oily side, cautions against using lotions that aren't oil-free to moisturise.Using a primer, which is often on the matte, silky side, also helps to smooth out skin and make foundation go on easier.

Once you've prepared your skin, you are ready for the actual matte make-up. Well, better to use a foundation brush to achieve medium-to-full coverage and a damp sponge to blend around the hairline, jaw and the neck- the technique that minimises heaviness.

A light shimmer on the eyes as a highlighter makes it a little more modern. Use a creamier shadow give your complexion life or complete the look with a lip gloss or creamy lipstick.

My work

Matt make-up

My model Vicky has combination skin type with acne and dark circles under eyes. So I started to apply a primer before I put any concealer. Using a small soft brush and a small amount of light green concealer to cover any redness and acne.

For dark circles, I used orange concealer blended with two shades brighter concealer then foundation and using my finger blended onto the skin. Also, I used yellow tone concealer for any points on Vicky's face to lighten the skin, make more radiant. Next, I chose appropriate foundation shade and applied onto the surface by the using foundation brush.

As you can see, I didn't use enough concealer to cover Vicky's dark circles. I set up with translucent powder. I use my brow kit to defined and fills any gaps in Vicky's eyebrows, granite colours, using the eyeliner brush. To get more defined chicks I used bronzer, not much only a bit of bit and blended onto the skin. A little bit of blush to achieved healthy looking, skin, not dull effect.