My 'go-to', easy, 10 min Makeup Look

I love makeup and love experimenting/playing around with the collection I've built up over the last one year, but whenever I'm not sure what I wanna go for or have just 10 minutes at hand to look presentable, this is the look I go for.

It's easy to do and involves minimum products, some of which can be used for multiple things (just how I like it!).

I'd love to hear what you guys think and what your -go-to' products are

Skincare: I use the Body Shop toner and follow that up with the Loreal HydraFresh Deep Boosting Essence. I love this product because it's a gel formula and feels really cooling on the skin...it also mattifies my rather oily skin, so a win-win.

For Base: I use the Paese Mattifying Makeup Base and follow up with Revlon Colorstay Whipped Creme Makeup foundation (with SPF 20).
As the name suggests, it's a whipped formula, feels very light on the skin and lasts all day! It is buildable to full coverage, so if you're someone who wants to cover up any redness, acne scarring, freckles, pigmentation or age spots- this is perfect!
You can also use this to conceal any veins or darkness under the eyes and it also works great as an eyeshadow primer

Once that all sets in, I go over (very light handedly) with translucent loose powder to set the base and make sure it stays in place.

Bronzer, Blush & Highlight: I always reach for my Urban Decay Naked Flushed palette because it's the perfect 3-in-1 product. I use a light hand and Sigma duo-fibre brushes to bronze, highlight & add some colour to my cheeks.

Eyes: Once again, the Naked Flushed comes handy. I simply use the bronzer from this palette to define my crease and use my ring finger to pop some of the highlighting shade on the mobile lid. You can also use your pinky finger and dab some of this gorgeous highlighter at the inner corner of the eyes, & that will really help to open up the eyes and make you look fresh & awake!

In my waterline and tight line I use the Bourjois Paris waterproof pencil in 41 Black Party.
Top that up with a waterproof mascara (I'm loving the Maybelline Colossal Volum' Express at the moment).

Lips: To finish the look, I use Head Over Heels (Shade 4) by Accessorize on my lips and voila- Done!!!

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10 years ago

Anonymous

Oh, wow, thanks for all the tips and recs Ankita. You do your make up beautifully and have the most lovely complexion. Not sure I could do it in 10 mins, but I'm guessing you have it down to a fine art, YLF!

Transcona Shannon

Veteran

Wow - so incredibly beautiful.

kellygirl

It doesn't hurt that you are a natural beauty! Great tips. Thanks for sharing. You look gorgeous!

Ankita

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Active Member

Thank you so much Diane ☺
It was only last year that I got into makeup and it did take me quite a while to get the hang of things. Once you do it a couple of times, your hands just move without even thinking!

@Transcona Shannon & kellygirl: thank you! ❤

Thank you. I am always in need of beauty routines. I just discovered my skin care routine by reading YLF. I had no idea my skin could be improved so dramatically. I'll try some of your suggestions.

Angie

Fashion Stylist

Very effective and pretty.

@Sterling: I'd love for you to experiment with whatever little makeup you have. I'd never imagined that one product could be used for 10 different things until I starting playing around with makeup
Personally, I like to think of skincare & makeup as ways to enhance what I already have and not create a mask.

@Angie: Thank you

abc

I need to learn about highlighting and contouring and such. Lovely look and seems pretty easy!

Thank you abc
Trust me, it IS easy once you get a hang of it and it will change the way you look at makeup! <3

Maneera

Look at you----giving your beauty tips here on YLF!

For all of you who have wondered how I could do my makeup when I am partially colour blind and can't see what I'm putting where on my face at all - Ankita was the teacher! She's taught me techniques that allow me to put my makeup with precision when I can't see a thing (along wit what makeup brush to use for what product, how to hold, how much to dab, how gently to go...and other blah blah) and has helped me buy my basic makeup so that its all the right colour for my skin.

@sissy poo:
I can never get over your makeup skills! ... which btw are just perfect (minus the non-blending business with your blush)
Cheers to many more makeup sessions together!

Minnie

Beautiful!

Staysfit

Very nice! You are a beautiful person, your skin glows, and you have gorgeous eyes! Did the makeup enhance your looks? Maybe? If you can teach me to look like that, I'm all for it!

@Minnie: Thank you!

@Staysfit: thank you so much for the compliment ☺
To be honest, my skin is quite problematic and I have acne... so I usually try to play up the eyes and the lips to distract from it.
I'd love to share more tips & tricks with you... so there's ever anything you wanna try, I'd love to help ☺

Echo

You are naturally beautiful AND great with makeup! I need to work on my eye routine and will give some of these things a try.

Gigi

I have never thought of using bronzer to accentuate my eyelid crease. Thanks for the tip! I hope I remember to try it out next time I am doing a quick look.

@Echo: You made me blush...thank you!

@Gigi: Even I had no clue a bronzer could be used for so many different things and now I use it additionally for my eyes, under my lips to make them look fuller and also on my décolletage sometimes!

kerlyn

Wow! Just beautiful, Ankita! I tend to stick with the same routine, usually emphasizing my eyes. But your lovely lip color makes me want to go bolder on the lips. Thanks for the inspiration!

bbrooks

@kerlyn: this was the 1st ever red lipstick I bought and thats what got me into makeup at the first place. I highly recommend you try a bold lip at least once...you could keep the face to a bare minimum with makeup...it looks lovely!

@bbrooks: Thank you so much!

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