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From Natural to Glam: 3 Makeup Tutorials for Beginners.

Published

10 months ago

2 April 2025

Unlike the stereotype for many years before now that makeup was used by women who are not beautiful to make themselves look, and feel beautiful, makeup is an excellent tool used by beautiful women to enhance their facial features.

It is also used to express their creativity and boost their confidence. So, it does not matter whether you are a beginner or not, all there is to do is to learn the basics and you are good to go.

In this article, we will run you through different ways to do your makeup well as a beginner.

Makeup for Dark Skin.

If you are a dark skin girlie, it is important that you know how to do your makeup in a way that will maintain your skin tone when you are done. Here is a step by step tutorial on how to do your makeup as a dark skinned girl.

Hydrate your skin and let it get absorbed for a few minutes.
Go in with your moisturizer.
Rub your primer. This is to enable your makeup to last longer without cracks.
Note to let it sit for a few minutes.
Use a liquid highlighter to get an extra glow. However, this is optional.
Go in with your foundation and blend it into your skin. with your beauty blender.
Lock it in with a setting spray.
Contour the face, then go in with the blush. You can use your eye shadow palette for the blush.
Use a concealer to highlight the face.
Blend in the concealer and then contour the nose to give it a perfect look.
Apply concealer under the eyes to make it more highlighted.
Apply extra blush on your cheekbone and set with a setting powder.
Set the rest of the face with an oil control powder.
Enhance our brows by using an eye pencil to carve your desired shape.
Apply any shade of eye shadow of your choice.
Use mascara to define those eyes.
Use a lip liner to line your lips, apply lipstick of your choice and gloss your lips.
Set with a setting spray and you are good to go.

You can watch a more detailed video, below.

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Befitting Birthday Bash Look.

Do you have to attend a friend’s birthday bash and do not want to look odd because you can’t do your own makeup? Then,this tutorial is for you. Below is a guide on how to do your own simple makeup to attend any event that you were invited to.

Do your brows. This is because your brows tend to slip so it is easier to do it when there are no products on your face. Go in with a concealer that matches your skin tone after drawing your brows to lock it in and define the brows more.
Do your eyeshadow. Doing this before continuing with the rest of your face prevents particles of the eyeshadow from falling to your already made face.
Fix your eyelashes.
Go in with your primer.
Apply your foundation.
Contour your face to give it some shadow. It is advised to use a shade of contour two or three shades darker than your foundation.
Conceal your under eye and the T zones of your face then slowly blend it in.
Set all of these products on your face using a setting powder.
Go in with a bronzer.
Use a powder to lock it all up.
Set with a setting spray and use your mascara.
Line your lips with a lip liner, go in with any color of lipstick for your choice then gloss your lips.

There’s a detailed video below. You can watch for more guidance.

Everyday Makeup Look.

Whether you are on your way to school, or work, you do not have to carry your face around bare and without makeup.

Here is a simple tutorial on how to do simple everyday makeup.

Go in with your foundation.
Contour your under eye.
Brush your eyebrows to shape.
Set with a setting powder. Start with your under eye and move to the T zones from there.
Go in with a bronzer.
Apply blush on your cheek bones and blend.
Lightly line your lips and gloss it.
Let it set in using a setting spray and allow to dry.
Apply mascara to make your lashes more defined.

And you are good to go. You see how easy that is?

You see, doing your makeup is not asq difficult as you think. Whether you want to attend an event or just need to go on a casual outing, all you need to know are the basics of makeup and you are good to go.

I hope this helped you.

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