Q&A for How to Prepare Your Face Before Applying Makeup

Yes, this will keep your skin looking smooth. It can also help to spritz a little water on your face periodically while you're applying your makeup. This will keep the makeup moist, making it easier to move around, and lets you build up thin layers to create perfectly styled looks!

You should put the cream on first, and then the primer.

Make sure you wash your face, and always moisturize. A primer is optional but recommended.

Try using setting spray to keep your makeup lasting all day. You apply it after you're completely done with your makeup.

It might be a good idea to switch your usual face cream with something that combines both facial moisturizer and foundation, such as a BB cream or a CC cream. These are essentially tinted moisturizers, which provide lighter coverage and a thinner application, which might solve the problem of having it emphasize your wrinkles.

It's best to clean your face before you apply makeup. After your face is clean and dry, apply a makeup primer. You can find primer almost anywhere, in the beauty sections of stores.

Yes, that is what they're made for.

Practice, practice, practice. If you need some help, you can tape the areas around your eyes to create straight lines to use as guides. Carefully remove the tape once you've finished applying the eyeliner.

If it's like a refreshing mist like rosewater, then mist before, but if it's a setting mist, spray after your makeup is done for an all-day look.

Get a good primer. Also, if you don't mind the makeup feeling, get a stage foundation made for actors who are under all those hot stage lights. Yes, it's a bit more expensive and heavier, but it's also more full-coverage. My favorite is the Kat Von D Lock It foundation.

You can use sunscreen, but unless it is a combo sunscreen/moisturizer, the sunscreen won't hydrate your skin.

You don't need to, but it helps to mist before you put the primer on.

You should wait at least 15 to 30 minutes before applying any cream to your face after washing it, so your face seems refreshed and brand new in the process.

If you want to get rid of your dark circles, there are some foods like cucumber, raw potatoes, or even almond oil that can be applied to the area. Almond oil is very helpful, and here's how you can use it: Lightly massage a bit of almond oil under your eyes daily before going to bed. Leave it on overnight and rinse it off in the morning.s.

Yes, it can.

if you have brown marks or discolor on your face, hide it with concealer. Apply a layer of concealer on those areas and dab them using a dabbing brush or sponge.

You might be using a bad moisturiser or an outdated foundation. Buy some primer to prepare your face for applying some new foundation and see how this works instead.

Prepare your eyelids with a primer and/or a concealer. This will make the eye shadow color pop more and last longer. Then, make sure you use a highly pigmented eye shadow (you can ask for help in a shop). This will create a stronger color on the skin. Lastly, you can apply the eye shadow with a slightly wet brush or finger, this will help for the color to look more intense and less dusty.

Wear a pore-minimizing primer. I recommend the ones by Fenty Beauty, which work really well. They have many types and you can buy it at Sephora.

Use primer, then BB cream, as primer is used before every step of makeup.

No rosewater is a great substitute for setting spray. It will help to set your makeup just like a setting spray would. But using something other than that will not work.