I love doing a full glamor look, but it legit takes me like 2-2.5 hours. My eyes alone take an hour. I used to only do makeup for special occasions but lately I’ve wanted to do it more frequently or daily. 2-2.5 hours a day on makeup seems crazy. Do I just need to keep practicing to get faster, or is it normal for big looks to take a long time?
What? Despite my personal rhythms are pretty slow, it never took me so long: partly because I don’t use too much makeup and partly because it is rare I could perform a full one, I’m always late!
I began wearing makeup on a more everyday schedule since 2001 upon starting university. At the time the trend was pretty favorable to me and it took maybe 10 minutes. Then for a period I kept putting it while heading towards wherever I was going to, which meant I wasn’t late and couldn’t do it at home: using public transportation has its advantages sometimes.
During last months of 2014 my bag began to be so heavy my knees would ache everyday, so I had to cut down on a number of small unnecessary items, makeup sachet included. It was ridiculous carrying base cream, powder, several pencils, 2-3 glosses, blush and brushes altogether in a period my skin barely tolerated any substance. This move necessarily brought me to develop new routines and try to speed up a bit, but in reality the only improvement I got is just learning to do what it looks like a full makeup in 5 minutes by wearing only base cream, penciled eyebrows, eyeshadow and gloss. Had to get rid of powder and blush but proved beneficial for overall tolerance. I do a full makeup only on occasions and whenever we’re holding a concert with my choir (in this case my makeup process could take up to almost an hour).
My advice, and what really has been a turning point in general for me, is to use practical items. Eyeshadow pencils are much more convenient than powder eyeshadow, and glosses are better than lipsticks because they don’t require a precise application and go well with any style. Lip pencils are the most unnecessary thing ever and even mascara has been a personal burden for years. A brightening pencil does miracles and could also be used as a concealer- and it’s even more effective. Applying base cream at least five minutes before actual makeup prevents patchy and unnatural results. Choose a very moisturizing one for extended comfort but that at the same time isn’t very greasy or heavy on the skin. Reduce your bag supplies to the very minimum but in a way you could always retouch when necessary, and avoid carrying powder and blush because I always ended up destroying their cases.
It takes a bit, but you can do it. 💝💝💝
Thia is great advice. I started carrying a powder compact, stick foundation and eyeshadow, mascara, and a multiuse lip/ cheek stick in my makeup bag. I threw in a beauty blender and retractable kabuki brush for blending if my fingers aren’t enough. Using fewer products definitely helps make things faster as well.
Thanks! Definitely helps. My bag makeup is just two eyebrows pencils (depending whether I want to draw them lighter or darker), a mini eyeshadow palette with basic colors that I could use multiple ways + brush, a highlighter pencil and gloss (used to carry more than one but kept losing them).