How Much Makeup Do You Wear In A Week

We've talked a lot about MLBB lip glosses and tinted lip balms lately, as well every bit how much time y'all spend on your hair for work — simply something we haven't discussed in a long while is makeup for work: how much makeup practice YOU habiliment to work on a regular basis? What practise you consider your essentials — and what do you lot consider your "large day" makeup?

As you've gotten more senior (both in your visitor and with age) how has your amount of makeup changed? (Would y'all ever clothing a super brilliant lipstick to work, like in the stock photo? What else would you lot consider "know your office" for makeup at piece of work?)

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We've talked before near the studies that show that people equate makeup with competence (read the NYT article virtually the written report here) and how the all-time interview makeup actually merely makes you expect awake and live, not necessarily similar a glamazon.

I've also written before well-nigh how my own beauty minimum changed later on having kids. Correct now I accept two extremes: the regular day makeup looks like blush, lippie of some kind, concealer for my eye area, and eyeliner — lately I'thousand alternating between waterproof liners in a nighttime chocolate-brown, a dark grey, and a navy. (I love the wait of mascara on me simply it really seems to irrirate my eyes lately — and then particularly if I plan to be in glasses all mean solar day, I skip it.)

On the other hand, for big days where there may exist a lot of optics on me (or if I'm wearing my contacts) I ramp up to a light mineral foundation, blush + highlighter + contour, multiple shades of eyeshadow (usually in a slap-up/brown or grey/plum family unit for my brown eyes), eyeliner, mascara or imitation eyelashes, and a proper lipstick.

How about you guys — how much makeup practice you lot clothing for work? What are the essentials for you — and why do you wear it (to heighten, conceal, look alive, feel put together, etc)?

As of 2021, my short makeup routine is pretty boring — curled eyelashes + concealer + blush (Nars Orgasm) + powder, with a different lipstick and eyeliner depending on my mood. If I'k feeling extra fancy I'll add mascara, highlighter, and/or do my brows with this cream and this brush (hither'south my review). (I also add eye shadows in the "extra" days merely information technology'south a huge variety, maybe 25 or and then unlike ones.)

Some favorite lipsticks include Clinique (Graped Upwards & Voluminous Violet), NARS lipstick (Impairment), Fenty (Goji Gang), NARS gloss (Orgasm, Fast Lane), and Clinique (Blackness Honey). I use this NYX lipliner (Natural) for almost all of them.

Favorite eyeliners include Chanel (Espresso), Urban Decay (Sabbath, Smoke), Clinique (Intense Chocolate & Plum), and this NYX liquid one.

Picture via Stencil.