I get about 6 hours of sleep at night, if I'm lucky. So it should come as no surprise that I utilize my "snooze" button every morning. Sometimes two or three times. On really hard mornings, I accidentally turn the alarm "off" instead of hitting the "snooze" and I find myself on a mad dash to make it to work on time. I don't have time to put on a complete face, so I have to utilize my quick morning fix. After I wash my face, here are my must have beauty products to get me ready for my workday.
1. Moisturizer- Moisturizer is used to off course, add moisture. It helps prevent and treat dry skin and it is a protectant for sensitive skin. It is a must for me. My combination skin will not have it otherwise. My favorite is Olay Complete for sensitive skin because it has an SPF of 15 and it's unscented. Sunscreen protection is equally, if not more important so I love finding formulations that have it already mixed in.
2. Concealer- There are two different types of concealer: colored and skin toned. The colored concealer has colors like purple for dark under eye areas or sallow looking skin and green for redness. It is applied under a skin toned concealer or foundation. The skin toned concealer is easier to blend and it conceals blemishes and undesirable pigmentation. Because some concealers tend to make me look ashy, I use a foundation stick and I just swipe it over my problem areas and press it in with a sponge.
3. Bronzer or highlighter- I love bronzer. Most make-up artists describe it as giving you that sun kissed look, but I love mine because it has shimmer in it that gives my skin a healthy glow. It can be placed on your forehead, just at the hair line, your cheeks, tip of the nose and chin. Mostly places where the sun would hit. I usually just apply it on my cheeks and decollete`. Highlighter is used to accentuate. I place it just under my eyebrow arch and the apples of my cheek.
4. Lipgloss- There is nothing more irritating than dry lips. You lick them, and that makes it worse because the saliva is evaporating quickly and it's taking whatever moisture you may have had. So my favorite lip protector is lip gloss. I don't like sticky ones. It has to be a kind that glides and gives my full lips that extra uumph.
5. Eyeliner and/or mascara- I've been told that I have beautifully shaped eyes, so I play them up a lot using both eyeliner and mascara. They go together to me like cake and ice cream. Eyeliner (used correctly) widens the eyes and the thicker the line, the more dramatic the look. Mascara is a heaven send because it darkens, thickens and lengthens sparse lashes. I put on false lashes on special occasions but because of my issue of sleep, they usually are bent from me literally sleeping flat on my face. So mascara is my best friend.
The good thing about my quick fix is that it takes not even 3 minutes to do. What beauty products do you use as your quick fix?
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