Cheat Sheet: "Cooking" in Makeup

Cooking in makeup: 

Setting your makeup with a whole lotta loose powder for about five minutes and then dusting the excess off.

Hi. So for today's post I'm going to teach you how to cook. In makeup. #lol 

#OkThatWasPrettyLame 

#hurhur

I have crazy oily skin and my undereye is very prone to creasing. But when I do this "cooking" technique, I SWEAR IT'S LIKE MAGIC!!!

Without further ado, this is how I cook with makeup:

Products used:

• Revlon Colorstay Makeup (Warm Golden)*

• MAC Studio Fix Fluid (NC40)*

• MAC Prep+Prime Highlighter (Forecast)

• MAC Select Sheer Loose Powder (NC15)

*I mixed these two foundations together because I'm in the process of getting rid of these two. The Revlon one is too light for me while the MAC one is too dark.

Tutorial:

(1) After applying my liquid foundations and concealer, I applied the highlighter on my undereye area and blended it with my ring finger.

(2) Using a loose powder puff or a dry makeup sponge, dip onto a whole lot off (I'm not kidding on this one. Take A WHOLE LOT of it. #lol) and apply it onto the undereye area and any areas of your face you've highlighted.

(3) Wait for about five minutes. I like to powder the rest of my face and do my eyebrows while waiting.

(4) Then dust the excess off with a powder brush.

(5) VWALLAH!!! Instantly less noticeable creasing!!! 

These pictures were taken after I've finished my whole makeup.

Note:

- This technique ONLY works if you are using a liquid/cream foundation or BB Cream/Cake as the base. This is because powder can only stick to liquid/cream. 

- This technique does not work with compact powders. This is because compact powders is not as finely milled as loose powders.

Only the powder particles in loose powders is fine enough to settle and set into the creases. This is what makes it look less noticeable.

- I recommend using a translucent powder (because it's less pigmented) or a loose powder of a lighter shade. It's because when you set it for a long time on your undereye area (or any part of your face really), it will get one tone darker.

I'm an NC35, but I used NC15 to "cook". I just prefer my undereye area (and the areas on my face that I highlighted) to be a lot brighter. You don't have to go really light if you don't want to.

To be honest, I doubted this makeup technique even before I tried it. Maybe it's because I've tried many failed makeup techniques that'll supposedly "make the undereye creases look less noticeable". But when I did this, I was like,

OH. MY. GOD. 

IT WORKS!!!!

IS THIS MAGIC????

DO UNICORNS EXIST NOW????

Ok, maybe not the last part, but I was SO surprised. #haha

I learnt how to "cook" in makeup from Nikkie Tutorials. This was the video I watched: How to: STOP Concealer from Creasing Vol. 2. It's more detailed and she also primed the undereye area first. I realised skipping that step and going straight into "cooking" works just as well.

I hope this helps.

Till then.

Ida 

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Date/Time: 29 April 2015/00:00