Cleanse and Exfoliate
In striving to achieve a look of natural flawlessness, having a consistent skin care regime is essential. By cleansing and exfoliating regularly, you are creating a healthy foundation upon which you can apply some of our favorite natural beauty tricks.
Exfoliate Your Lips
Everyone falls victim to dry lips at some point, in one way or another. Whether it's due to medication, dehydration or weather, by means of exfoliating, you'll find yourself with the most kissable of lips. This can be done in a variety of ways. One of the easiest and best-known ways in which to exfoliate the lips is by applying Vaseline to a soft toothbrush and using it to scrub off the dead skin.
Eyebrow Brush
Penciling in eyebrows, while amazingly transformative, does not always come across as very natural. To avoid having your makeup look overdone or theatrical, simply stick to using an eyebrow brush. By doing so, you can keep your eyebrows looking neat and natural simultaneously.
Facial Mist
We'll be the first to admit that we did not simply wake up like this. A facial mist is a wise addition to any collection of beauty products because it tones down cakiness while also keeping the skin looking dewy and fresh. It's a must when it comes to perfecting the natural beauty look.
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Highlighting Concealer
Dot a bit of highlighting concealer along your cheekbones and down the bridge of your nose to emphasize your skin's natural luster. By reflecting the light, it brightens your face, so it offers coverage as much as it does shine. It's also great to eliminate the appearance of fatigue or dry skin.
Oil-Absorbing Sheets
Oil-absorbing sheets are a modern-day beauty must-have. They are made to instantaneously soak up excess oil and remove unwanted shine from the face. Plus, you can use them without having to worry about messing up your makeup, because they don't smudge or leave behind any sort of powder. So throw a small pack of them in your bag and never worry about oily skin again.
Beauty Sponge
The key to mastering the natural look is to make it look like nothing's there, even when there is. That means no streaks or creases. A beauty sponge helps to ensure just that by blending your makeup so that there is no sign of lines or brush strokes.
Pop of Color
Lightly apply a touch of color onto the lips and on the apples of the cheeks. Make sure to blend for a fresh flush. A little bit of added rosiness will leave you looking healthy and radiant.
Oil-Free Moisturizer
A common beauty mistake, particularly made by those with oily skin, is to avoid moisturizing for fear that it causes a greasy complexion or makes the skin even oilier than it naturally is. We understand why this is a concern. However, by not moisturizing, your skin actually defaults to over-producing its own natural oils, leaving you with the very results you were trying to avoid in the first place. What we recommend is to regularly use an oil-free moisturizer. That way, your skin remains hydrated and is free of excess oils.
Tinted Lip Balm
While tinted lip balms are great for their provided shimmer and shine, their greatest quality is their seemingly magical ability to immediately hydrate your lips. Better yet, you can find decent ones for cheap that will still give you the healthy, natural results we're all shooting for.
Tinted Moisturizer
Foundation is sometimes a daunting thing. Especially considering that, in the beauty world, using the wrong foundation color might as well be the eighth deadly sin. In fact, it's probably right up there with shaving your eyebrows and eyeliner tattoos. The answer is tinted moisturizer, which acts more to emphasize your natural skin tone than it does to cover it up.
