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Makeup Prep Products For Flawless Makeup 💄 💋✨

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Products you need to ensure your base is ready for makeup application! With these in your makeup kit, you can’t help but to look flawless after your makeup is applied! ✨
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Moisturisers

Apply this first before the other products in the list
 
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Professional makeup artist approved! A great moisturiser to ensure your makeup looks amazing! ✨
KIEHL'S | Ultra Facial Cream
 
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A great moisturiser for all skin types! Great to begin with before jumping into your glam or every day makeup routine! ✨
CLINIQUE | Moisture Surge™ 100H Auto-Replenishing Hydrator
 
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A very rich moisturiser! If you want a moisturiser that’s rich and hydrating then this moisturiser is for you ✨
TATCHA | The Dewy Skin Cream
 
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Great for your moisture barrier! Your skin will feel incredibly smooth and be super ready for makeup application ✨
rhode | glazing milk
 
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Apply after applying rhode’s glazing milk or apply on its own to have ensure that your makeup application will be smooth and seamless ✨
rhode | peptide glazing fluid

Primers

Apply after you’ve moisturised and applied your eye cream
 
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A primer that’ll make your makeup stay! Helps with gripping your makeup to the skin so that you’ll be saying your foundation is transfer proof! One of the OG primers for a reason. You should check it out!
MILK MAKEUP | Hydro Grip Primer
 
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A primer that really helps blurs those pores! You’ll love this if you want those pores basically invisible ✨
HUDA BEAUTY | Easy Blur Primer
 
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Another great primer that’ll help blur your pores! Very effective and you can see the results of the application of this product quite quickly! Don’t fret about those pores anymore! Try this primer out ✨
ONE/SIZE | Secure the Blur Makeup Magnet Primer
 
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Helps control shine if you get a bit oily and helps your overall makeup to look great! Would definitely recommend ✨
MAC COSMETICS | Studio Fix Mattifine 12hr Shine-Control Primer
 
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A great inexpensive alternative to the milk hydro grip primer! Helps foundation to cling to the skin so your foundation is almost completely transfer proof! Run, don’t walk, for this primer ✨
e.l.f. | Power Grip Primer
 
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Helps your foundation not move and feels great on the skin! Trending at the moment for a reason! Don’t miss out on this ✨
NYX Professional Makeup | The Face Glue Primer

Eye Creams

Apply this after you’ve moisturised
 
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A beautiful eye cream that feels soothing and luxurious. It preps the skin under your eyes, beautifully, for the foundation or concealer that’ll you’ll apply in that area! Decrease the creasing with the application with this eye cream ✨
CHARLOTTE TILBURY | Magic Eye Rescue
 
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A lovely eye cream that’ll provide a lot of moisture! Definitely recommend ✨
KIEHL’S | Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado

Lip Masks

Apply before you start your makeup! Wipe off right before you apply your lipstick/lipgloss
 
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After you apply this your lips will feel the smoothest it’s ever felt! My top recommendation for lip prep as it’ll have your lips super smooth and ready for lipgloss\ lipstick application ✨
TATCHA | The Kissu Lip Mask
 
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A lovely mask one can apply to ensure soft lips. So lovely and effective ✨
FENTY SKIN | Plush Puddin' Intensive Recovery Lip Mask - Barbados Cherry

Extra Step : Serums

If you want to have a glow to your look, think about applying these serums before you apply your foundation and you’ll be looking even more flawless than before ✨
 
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If you want to have a glow to you, apply this before your foundation and you’ll be shining bright like a diamond! This smells great too and is said to have a brightening effect due to its pink tone so definitely worth a try! ✨
Danessa Myricks Beauty| Yummy Skin Glow Serum - Fresh Pressed
 
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When applied before foundation, you’ll have a sun kissed glow! So if you’re a dry skin babe or you just want to have that sparkle, you’ll love this ! Definitely worth checking out ✨
Danessa Myricks Beauty | Yummy Skin Glow Serum - Main Squeeze
 
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An inexpensive serum that’ll provide you with an instant glow. Meant to be applied before your foundation but it’ll still shine through by the end of your makeup application! The current shade recommendation is for the brown skin babes but it has an ...
L'Oréal Paris | Paradise Lumi Glotion - Shade 904 Deep Glow

Extra Steps: Colour Corrector

If you suffer from dark under eyes or dark marks, you can colour correct before applying your foundation to ensure that the darkness doesn’t peak through! Here are some recs that I think that could help tremendously ✨
 
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If you suffer from dark marks on the skin (whether they be cheek or under eyes) you’ll love this light weight concealer! It does the job and isn’t too pigmented enough for you to have to mix it with your foundation! The colour I’ve recommended is for...
Kosas | Revealer Extra Bright Serum-Powered Color Correctors for Dark Circles - Alchemy
 
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A heavy weight concealer to help with any dark marks you might have! Very pigmented and provides a lot of coverage especially if set with your skin tone powder! The colour recommended is for deeper skin tones but there are various colours in here whi...
HUDA BEAUTY | #FauxFilter Brightening Under Eye Color Corrector - Papaya
 
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An inexpensive colour correction for dark marks you want to vanish! Apply on before foundation, set with a skin toned powder and the coverage you’re seeking will stay and not budge! This shade is for deeper skin tones but there are shades in the line...
NYX Professional Makeup | Pro Fix Stick Color Correcting Concealers - Dark Peach