Back to School - Simple and Light Makeup Look

Considering that school is only a week away for those of us here in Canada i have decided to do a spree of back to school posts. Honestly i'm so super excited about this because i absolutely love school, i know it's crazy but i find it such an awesome thing to do !

In the spirit of everything school i think a super important thing to do is to not over do it on the makeup,  i have made this mistake way to many times feeling super cute and dolled up when i walk out of the house but the second i got to school i felt super odd looking and gross.

Who knows maybe it's just me

Throughout my years of high school i've discovered a look that i find will go without fail. It doesn't take long to complete, and doesn't have necessary products. Because i know how hard it is to buy makeup with all of the other expenses and lack of money in the young adult life. So i'll quit with the rambling and get to it.

Starting super fresh and right out of the shower ! In my usual routine when getting ready makeup comes first ( if i decide to wear it !) i usually keep my hair up in a wrap to keep everything out of my face, and to make sure it doesn't dry in crazy shapes before i am able to blow dry it.

The first step is moisturizing ! Any oil free moisturizer will do honestly, i can't even tell you the brand of the one i use since my mother gave it to me but if it works then awesome ! It is really hard to have makeup look nice on dry skin, that's when you start getting to the cake face comments. Even if you are not wearing that much it will make you look like you are if your face is super dry. Also a mistake i have made in the past ( oh young Makayla how much you had to learn ).

After i moisturize i apply my foundation! I am lucky because the foundation i am using this summer has primer built into it. If your foundation doesn't just apply a coat of primer before hand. It may seem useless at first but once you experience the lasting power difference it will become part of your everyday routine.

When i apply my foundation i apply it in little dots around the parts of my face that need to be covered !  A mistake that a lot of people make is putting foundation all over the face, really only put it in areas that you need it . Though if you need it all over the face ( like i have in previous occasions ) then do so. No one is judging you here. I spread the foundation evenly over my face using a Kabuki brush. If you don't have one of these your fingers will do the trick please just make sure they are clean ! 

After i feel like the foundation is on their properly, in this photo it looks super light because for one, the flash drowns me out, and for second i have gotten tanner than expected over the summer ( Wo Hoo ! ) i apply bronzer to give me a little more life. I usually suck my cheeks in like a fish and put it in the hollow spots to frame my cheekbones, this is called contouring, and spread it super sparsely around the face. We don't want to be looking like pumpkins ladies the trick is light but effective. After i have applied the bronzer i lightly brush some blush onto the temples of my cheek for a light glow. I am personally not a blush person, i love it but i don't wear a lot of it and when girls do wear it in good amounts i find it to be super noticeable and not super attractive. I always have believed that natural is key. Other than the times i rock red lipstick, which is all the time. I just contradicted myself hey ? I'm sure you understand. I don't want to look fake, but i still want to play around with it..

Then it's on to the eyes

Again something i love to keep basic. I apply a light amount of brown liner on the top and bottom waterlines to frame my eyeballs and then coat the lashes with some mascara ! I don't use waterproof since i like to wash it off in the shower, I'm lazy i know :P 

So that is it for my mini tutorial ! The finished look is displayed here...

A very basic simple makeup look ! Share some of your favourite looks with me, and we can experiment together

Stay Majestic *