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For special occasions or everyday beauty, make-up is the essential beauty routine! !
Do you want a flawless complexion, captivating eyes or well-defined lips? And above all, you want to know the techniques and products that will reveal you at your best?
Adopt Parfums gives you all the tips you need to find the ideal make-up for you and a few tips on how to learn the right methods with the right materials.
Complexion, eyes, lips, nails: discover the beauty routine that's right for you! For perfect make-up, here are the steps you need to know at all costs.
For the complexion make-up, several key gestures are necessary to guarantee a perfect result that will preserve your epidermis, adapt to your skin tone and give you radiance. Powder, foundation, concealer, blush, highlighter: we reveal everything you need to know to become a make-up pro.
Start your skin care routine by thoroughly cleansing your face and moisturizing your skin with a day cream or skincare product. Very dry skin often requires a nourishing cream beforehand
Then apply your make-up base. It ensures long-lasting hold for your foundation and powder. For combination to oily skin, choose a mattifying base to eliminate any unwanted shine. For normal and dry skin, a moisturizing base is recommended
It's easy to apply: using a sponge, stretch the material from the nose outwards. Don't forget to gently blend the product with a cotton pad or sponge.
For a flawless result, your foundation must be adapted to your skin type. If you have dry skin, your skin needs daily moisturizing. So opt for a product with a creamy texture that won't dry out your skin. For normal to combination skin, a fluid or compact foundation will be more suitable. Don't hesitate to opt for a more covering product if your skin presents particular problems (acne, red patches, etc.). Finally, for oily skin, a liquid foundation is recommended
To apply foundation, place a small dab of product on the T-zone (forehead, nose, cheeks and chin). Then, using your fingers or a make-up sponge, spread the foundation towards the sides of the face. Don't forget to apply make-up on your neck to avoid creating demarcation lines and ensure a natural, even result. All that's left to do is apply powder!
A little tip to conceal a red pimple or dark circles, there's nothing like a concealer pen to be applied before powder, in small dabs only, on the areas concerned.
Now that your complexion is even, give it freshness and luminosity with a touch of blush. The simplest method is to apply blush to the top of your cheekbones, using small circular movements. You can also place it on the protruding part of your cheeks and stretch the powder towards your temples.
A little tip: to warm up your complexion, replace your blush with a bronzing powder. Using a brush, start at your forehead and draw a rounded line to the top of your cheekbones, then sweep down in an arc, redefining your jawline.
An evening in prospect? Shine in the spotlight with ’ highlighter! This powder attracts light to any area you want to highlight, such as cheekbones, shoulders or the collarbone. The glitter powder can also be a beautiful effect to make you sparkle like a star all night long. Gold, silver or pale pink: choose the one you like best and let it shine.
The look is an element not to be overlooked in the design process eye make-upbecause they reflect your personality. So dress your eyes in the best possible way for an irresistible effect. Eyeshadow, eyelash mascara or eyebrow pencil : Adopt Parfums explains how to bring out the best in your eyes.
Dress up your eyes with different shades of eye shadow to brighten your eyes. To do this, bring along your favourite palette. Start with light shades such as pale pink, white or beige, and apply them to the inner hollows of your eyes for a luminous effect
Dark shades such as ochre, black or violet are more interesting on the outside of the eyelid to create contrast. Using a brush, often included in the palette, blur all the make-up on your eyelids with horizontal strokes to harmonize the effect on the mobile eyelid.
To add depth to your eyes, apply eyeliner in your favorite color, drawing a line at the base of your lashes. The line can be thinly drawn to remain discreet and natural, or thicker for a stylized, assertive effect.
Let's move on to the star product of eye makeup: mascara. For clump-free application, position the brush at the base of the lash, then direct it towards the tip. For a more intense result, add a second coat of mascara by lightly rolling the brush against the lash
A little tip from : to keep your eyelashes healthy, make sure they are make-up remover. A cleansing oil is often more effective than water or cleansing milk. To avoid plucking eyelashes, hold a cotton pad soaked in the product for a few seconds, giving the oil time to impregnate the area. Gently clean your eyelids, then remove any traces of pencil or mascara at the root of the lashes with a cotton bud.
You can also opt for magnetic or adhesive false eyelashes which will give you beautiful doe eyes in record time.
We sometimes forget about them, but eyebrows play a decisive role in defining a look! !
Before applying make-up, give them a cleaner structure using tweezers. Once the eyebrow plucking phase has been completed, you can move on to coloring. Using felt-tip, pencil or eyebrow mascara, you can enhance their natural color or match them to your new hair color. To keep your eyebrows looking their best, no matter what happens during the day, use fixative wax for impeccable, long-lasting results
A little tip to thicken sparse eyebrowswith an eyebrow pencil or stylus. eyebrow pen, thin lines, following the natural slope.
Visit lip make-upis available in a variety of products with a wide range of features. Nourishing or mattifying, pigmented or discreet, textured or light: choose the lip product that suits you best.
Moisturizing your lips is ’ essential for a pretty mouth. Apply a lip balm before your lipstick. In addition to nourishing your lips, it helps makeup last longer.
A little tip: for light lip make-up, opt for tinted lip balms that color your mouth while nourishing it.
Liquid, creamy, matte, glittery: have fun with textures! To apply your lipstickTo apply, stretch the product outwards over the upper lip. For the lower lip, place a touch of lipstick in the middle and spread it out on either side.
If you have thin lips, light colors and a touch of gloss will give you luscious lips. Thedarker colors, on the other hand, reduce lip volume. After age 50, opt for bright shades and a moisturizing, plumping formula. The highly pigmented lipstick is ideal for dark skins. Dark colors such as burgundy, violet and red are more prominent on mixed-race and black skins
A little tip : to make your lips look fuller, outline them with a pencil in the same color as the lipstick. You can also apply gloss which, with its plumping effect, adds volume to thin mouths
If you're looking for long-lasting hold without a glossy effect, ’ lip ink is ideal for making up your mouth! Very pigmented, it will give you an intense look while remaining very light on your lips
And why not match your face make-up to your nails? Your beauty makeover will be all the more complete! Follow our steps forimpeccable hands and feet with theright products
Before you start make-up for your nailsIt's important to pamper them. Gently remove the old varnish and moisturize your cuticles with a treatment or cream. To protect your nails, choose a protective or strengtheningbase depending on your needs. When this is completely dry, you can apply the varnish.
For a perfect manicure, we recommend applying the nail polish of your choice from the bottom up. Apply in two coats for perfect coverage. Once the varnish is dry, finish with a top coat to add shine and preserve the color's radiance
Don't have the time to go through all these steps? The false nails are the solution! In just a few seconds, you'll feel ready, right down to your fingertips. Once you've installed them, all you have to do is file them to personalize them as you wish.
For quality make-up, it is important to have ’ a appropriate equipment to apply your products.
For an imperfection-free complexion, use brushes that are more suitable than your fingers. Flat, wide brushes are your best allies for even foundation application. Blush, powder or illuminator are easier to apply with a beveled brush. As for concealer and corrector, a fine, dense, rounded brush will guarantee impeccable results .
As an alternative to brushes, a foundation sponge can be very useful. Its pointed end enables precise application of concealer and corrector, and its rounded end is ideal for blending foundation.
For more precise eyelid makeup than you can achieve with your fingers, opt for brushes. If you want aclean result after applying your eyeshadow, these are the best choice. On the other hand, bevelled tweezers are an indispensable tool for reshaping the eyebrow by removing unwanted hairs
Don't forget to treat yourself to a pencil sharpener! It will guarantee sharpness and precision when you use your lip and eye pencils.
Discover some special accessories for a perfect manicure and pedicure before varnishing.
Nail clippers and a file will help you maintain your nails on a daily basis. All you have to do is smooth and polish them with a polishing block for perfectly groomed feet and hands
A little tip: to keep your skin radiant and healthy ,wash your make-up accessoriesregularly. We recommend cleaning them at least once a week and leaving them to air-dry. This extends their life and prevents bacteria from growing. A mild shampoo and water are all you need to get them looking like new
For the beauty addict in you, here's a quick roundup of current trends in complexion, lip and eye make-up.
While some products remain timeless, such as mascara, other accessories and bolder textures stand out. Beauty is reinventing itself, with ’ highlighter taking center stage. Well positioned on the face, it gives radiance to all skin tones. The stars' looks are dominated by glittery eyes and luminous hues.
The eyes are enhanced bywell-structured eyebrows that define the face by playing on their thickness. As for the lashes, they are worked under the sign of volume, which accentuates the intensity of the eyes
Lips are colored in bold shades with ’ lip ink.
Here are a few simple steps to take when you're new to makeup:
After applying your makeup, you can use a few key products to ensure long-lasting wear:
Not sure whether to use foundation or powder? The choice should be made according to your skin type. If your skin is dry, opt for powder after the application of a moisturizing cream. It will give your skin a light, matte appearance that will hide the shine of the cream. If you have oily skin, choose a fluid or compact foundation. For combination skins, we recommend applying a fluid foundation to mask imperfections, then applying your powder to the T-zone
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