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10 Things I Had To Learn When First Beginning Makeup

Trust me, we all go though the struggling makeup phase.

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Sometimes makeup can be easy, but it wouldn't have been easy without trials and error. Those tutorials are much harder than they look!

Here are 10 things that I wish I knew about makeup when first beginning.

1. Match your neck please

For some reason it took me a while to understand that your neck needs to match your face, I didn't really know that I should blend my foundation towards my neck so that I don't look two different shades.

2. No need for the name brands.

I use to think that I needed to be like the Youtubers and get top name brand makeup products which I didn't need. Sooner then later I learned that it is okay if I get my makeup from the drug store because most of the time it's better then the name brand products and I started to save money.

3. Confidence isn't always in makeup.

Something I had to really learn when first starting makeup is I don't always have to wear makeup every day. Sometimes our skin needs a break from makeup. I started to feel like I needed makeup to make me look nice, I soon had to learn that makeup isn't what made me pretty.

4. Do your own research!

I learned that I need to do my own research! I would go off of what other people would tell me which was not effective. People would tell me certain products were great that didn't even work for my skin.

5. You're not a Youtuber sis, slow down.

Next thing that took me a while to understand is that I am not a YouTuber. When I first began to do my own makeup I use to think that I had to be like all the YouTubers and do my makeup perfect, but when it didn't turn out perfect I would get so down on myself.

6. Make it what you want!

Makeup is what you make it! I quickly learned that just because my makeup doesn't look like the next doesn't mean it doesn't look nice.

7. Practice!

I used to think that I would automatically get makeups skills out of nowhere I actually forgot that makeup takes practice. I wish when beginning makeup I gave myself time to actually learn technique.

8. Learn, then buy.

I wish I knew before beginning in makeup that I should've started out with the basics while learning, and then upgraded. i didn't realize that I didn't need fancy brushes while just starting makeup because if I barely knew how to use the basic brushes right, I for sure couldn't use the fancy ones.

9. Know your color!

Something that was a struggle is finding concealers that went right with my skin. Everyone would say "buy a concealer shade lighter than your skin" but no one really explained to me what was too light for my skin.

10. Know your own pace!

Something I struggled with was going at my own pace and trying to speed through the process when in reality makeup isn't something that can just be sped up.

There are my 10 things and hopefully something you can avoid if you are just starting out in makeup.

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