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I like to pride myself on the idea that despite being a makeup artist with plenty of makeup to play with, I personally can do a decent “face” with minimal product. In fact, I usually can do my daily makeup in about three minutes

You can spend as much as $250 dollars on your everyday makeup essentials like foundation, concealer and mascara, but that doesn’t guarantee that your endgame makeup will look like the megabucks you spent. Great makeup actually starts the night before with the right skin prep, and if you aren’t practising these three tips just yet As much as it sounds like a broken record, I’ll say it again : remove your makeup and apply your serums and moisturizer. Just like your primer, give it some time before adding another layer of foundation or moving on to concealer .

I’m sure by now, you’ve been inundated with all the posts, articles and links that tell you how to be your best self, how to organize your life better, or how to live healthier … or more stylishly … or prettier than ever. I personally don’t believe in the whole “new year, new you” mantra. I mean, you made it through the new year countdown, yes? Instead of trying to master a whole bunch of big changes all at once, try this one simple trick to get your new year to the next level : Buy yourself a brand new lipstick in a colour you’re dying to try.

I guess my line of thinking was that while a celebrity does spend a lot of time in the makeup and hair chair, what would they really understand about my skintone, my features, and what I want my makeup to do for me on an everyday basis. I was basically in this “happy middle” – happy enough with my “go-to” brands (and I still love all my other brands, I really do! ) Fenty Beauty’s campaign, coupled with Rihanna’s Navy of fans (a selection of beauty addicts who ranged the spectrum of skintone possibility) swatching and posting their success with the foundation shades made me put aside my opinion of celebrity brands for a quick minute and head on in to Sephora to check it out for myself. The concealer and contour shades melt effortlessly into my skin, don’t turn orange or red after a few moments wear, and feel like silk on the skin.