Daily Makeup Kit Essentials

We are often asked what products we would recommend to have for daily use. Below is a list of essentials  to have in your own makeup kit or makeup bag as well as tips to use daily.

The MOST IMPORTANT THING: Have a great skin care system! It doesn't have to be extensive with a different bottle to do each little thing, however, it does have to clean, exfoliate, freshen, moisturize and protect. To have a great and flawless look, you have to start out with a great canvas.

• Clean: Use a cleanser that correlates to your skin type (i.e. dry, oily, combination, acne-prone, etc).
• Exfoliate: Use micro exfoliaters daily and a coarser exfoliater once a week.
• Freshen: Tone your skin (or close the pores).
• Moisturize: Use a light moisturizer for daytime, creams and potions should  be worn at night, not under your makeup.
• Protect: Use sunscreen! This will protect the skin from all signs of aging and worse. If you can find a daily mosturizer with SPF 15 or higher, you've just hit to birds with one stone :)

*TIP: Try to stay with the same manufacturer for all of these products. Manufacturers make all of their products to compliment each other. If you use different products from different makers, you have the potential to have biological warfare on your face and skin, which may be the cause of breakouts and skin irritations...somthing to think about.

Makeup Bag Essentials:
*Our goal is to make your makeup bag make sense! You don't need a bunch of extras that you won't ever use. We encourage you to go through your bag/kit and discard anything you have used in the past 6 months.

You will need:

1. A Primer- Facial, can go on eyes, too.
2. 1-2 Eye shadow pallettes (We suggest Stila, Lorac, or Two Faced Pallettes). Something compact with a lot of color variety, with VERY pigmented color (so that a little goes a long way).
3. 1 Blush, Bronzer, and Illuminzer Pallette (We suggest Charlott Ronson, Shoshanna). This has a highlighting and contouring powder as well as a blush that looks great on almost every skin tone!
4. 3 lip colours at MOST: This can be glosses or lipstick, however, limit yourself to 3 that you will really use and look great.
5. 1-2 Eyeliners, we like smudge proof and water proof: We suggest always having a black. This will richen your look. *Be careful, waterproof is not always smudge proof, most waterproof liners will come off with silicone-based (or oil) products which can mostlikely be found in concealors and foundations.
6. Eye Lash Curler (optional).
7. 1 GREAT Mascara.
8. Eyebrow razor OR tweezers. Eyebrow razors are great for sculpting...tweezers tend to result in over-plucking that may not grow back.
9. A great foundation and powder, 3 shades: Your shade, one that's 1-3 shades lighter, and one that is 1-3 shades darker...Why? For highlighting & Contouring OR to have when your shades change throughout the seasons.
10. MOST IMPORTANT: Having a Great Set of Brushes! You'll want a Foundation Brush, a Blush/Powder Brush, Eye Shadow Brush, Blending Brush, and a Straight-Edge Brush (For eyebrow shadowing). MAC has grea brushes but can be really pricy. You can find brushes at Sephora that work just as well and are more compact.

This will help keep your bag organized and less overwhelming when you go to dress it up a bit. It's easy, it's together, and it can actually all fit in one location!

Stay Tuned for our Tips on how to use your New and Improved Makeup and how to capture your desired look for the new season!
<3,
Your Exquisite Team