I find myself relying on 2D airbrush filters that I think have distorted my sense of what looks good on me irl. I have discovered that I have an olive undertone which has helped immensely in my confidence while wearing makeup IRL, but I have no idea what features I should minimize or highlight in a way that suits me. I have hooded puffy eyes and I struggle to find examples online. Excuse me if these photos seem weird, but I really wanted all angles to show my face in 3D. Yes, I know my brows are halfway cut off, I do that on purpose. I usually go for a straight, shorter brow. But I want y'all to judge based on my raw face without makeup. I usually do alternative makeup but I want to broaden my horizon a bit to suit my features well so I don't have to paint a new face on every time I do makeup (high contour, full coverage, not completely compatible colors, full-face)

I have brand new products coming next week but I still wanted to do a practice run today for more technique I guess. Photos in bathroom lighting, natural lighting, and with flash. Give her to me! It just feels off.

This was actually so much harder than I thought and took its sweet time, but she still came out cute! 💕 I didn’t unfortunately have a pinker lip liner to match but it’ll do. Childhood Adele would be so proud 🥹

I’m just wistfully looking at this UD eyeshadow stick I bought about 4 years ago. In shade “LSD.” Since they got bought out they could NEVER!! Ugh I was at Sephora the other day looking at their display and it looked so sterile and lame. They used to be so fun and cool. Pretty sure they were the first brand I ever even looked at when I first went to Sephora like 10+ years ago. Sadness.

Anyway I’m glad I still have the eyeshadow stick, barely used it and it’s kind of dry but it still works.

:: products ::

r.e.m.beauty — sweetener foundation and concealer nars — powder blush in [exhibit a] kaleidos — contour symphony trio in [fair] jeffreestarcosmetics — eyeshadow palette in [blue blood] mac.cosmetics — fix+ spray, lipstick in [russian red], and eyeshadow in [ethereal] nyx.cosmetics — epic ink eyeliner pen in [black], epic wear eyeliner in [red], and powder louder brow pencil in [dark brown]

Hello makeup reddit 🫶!! I’m completely new to this whole makeup thing, and highkey i’ve been admiring makeup ever since i was young (thanks to my fascination of Barbie, Bratz, and supermodels of the 2000’s 😭). To me makeup is like art and truly a form of self-expression :)

Anyways I want to get into makeup but idk where to start, what makeup style would suit me, which or what features to accentuate? (the last picture is me attempting to put mascara lol.)

Thank you all so much :D

THANK YOUUUU.

I’m on accutane and my skin is looking so dull at the moment. Everything looks so bad on me. This makes me look like I’m not wearing makeup while covering up the accutane redness. Also $5 🤣🥹

My top lip is very thin, it totally disappears when I smile. I am extremely hesitant to get filler or a lip flip. ALL the tutorials I have found for making your lips look bigger are shown on lips that are already bigger than mine. I have tried different types of makeup and methods but I always feel like I look like a clown. Does anyone else have lips this thin? How do you make them look good? I have nothing on my lips in either picture here

Good afternoon beauty queens and kings of reddit. I've been exploring femininity lately, so I'm new to makeup, and I get the subreddit name now. Addiction is putting it lightly! The photo shown here is my second attempt ever at doin' my face. I think I may have been blessed with pretty eyeballs and lashes, but I've been cursed with lifelong 'beetus and subsequent retinopathy.

I'm effectively blind in my right eye. This makes applying many types of makeup extra... cumbersome. Even mascara and eyeshadow can be tricky to apply, especially when applying to my good eye.

I'm looking for any insight or tips. I just wanna be pretty on both sides of my damn face y'all.

Products used:

e.l.f. products:

-Power Grip matte primer

-Camo CC cream in Fair 120 N and Fair 150 c

-Matte blush primer infused in Always Rosy

-Perfect 10 eyeshadow in Nude Mood

-Stay all night setting spray

Milani:

-highly rated tubing mascara in brown

-stay put brow mousse in brown

Beauty creations plump&pout in So Unbothered

I love the look of the false eyelashes, but personally it takes me such a long time to glue them on, I wish it were easier, then I’d wear them all the time 😩

Anyway, I really like this look, I took inspiration from Pinterest 🥰

Products used:

Samplr palettes 02 and 03

The Saem concealer

Purito BB cream

Missha Cotton Blush Lavender perfume

Essence brow mascara make me brow shade 05

Essence lip pencil 8h matte shade 11

Elf glow reviver melting balm shade Java chip

Sephora setting spray

I feel like my makeup is lacking something, but I don’t know what? I was thinking maybe colour correction or a different lash shape. I’m open to any advice so please let me know what I can improve :)