Basic Makeup Kit For Beginners

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Basic Makeup Kit for Beginners! This is the essential makeup products needed to achieve a flawless makeup look that will stay on all day. I have compiled a list of my makeup must-haves for beginners and I will be sharing them with you!

Makeup is worn to enhance your natural beauty. I love makeup, there is something about all the different colors and shimmering that attracts me.

My 4-year-old is fascinated with makeup and is always playing in my makeup drawer. Although she is not yet old enough to wear makeup, she indulges herself with the nude lipgloss. So we can conclude, whether young or old, we love makeup.

I rarely wear heavy makeup and prefer to wear light makeup. I use makeup to mask imperfections and to make my appearance more appealing and attractive but when I do need to, I have the basic makeup kit for beginners and some more.

Basic makeup kit for Beginners on a Budget

Choosing the basic makeup kit for beginners can be overwhelming and you are probably reading this because you are wondering about the makeup kit to buy as a beginner. There are a plethora of makeup brands and products. It can be overwhelming to decide the products you need.

I will be sharing my basic makeup kit with the right products you need to start your makeup kit.

List of Makeup Products for Beginners

• Makeup Primer

Makeup primer is not necessary but it is recommended because it helps minimize the pores on the face and serves as a base for your foundation. There are various types of primers based on skin type. If you have dry skin, a hydrating primer like e.l.f hydrating primer. Milk of Magnesia can be used as a face primer, it shrinks the pores and gives a matte finish.

• Foundation

Foundation helps even out skin tone and hide skin blemishes. Most foundation contains Sun Protection Factor(SPF) which protects your skin from ultraviolet rays. To find the best foundation for your skin type. Read my post on the best drugstore foundation here.

• Concealer

Concealer is thicker than foundation and it is used to hide dark spots. If you have dark circles, concealer can be used to hide and blend the skin. Concealer can also be used to create natural-looking brows, contour, and enhance your features. I always use a concealer a shade lighter than my foundation shade.

• Blush

Blush adds color to your cheeks and should be used to give dimensions to your face. Apply your blush sparingly to create a defined, younger look. I like soft peach but a little pink also works great. Blush should be applied to the cheekbones and the natural contours of the face.

• Highlighter

I use highlighter to enhance my facial features and to achieve a brighter look. Highlighter can be used to emphasize your eyes, cheekbones, down the bridge of your nose, inner eyes, and cupid bow(lips).

• Setting Powder

A setting powder is used to set your foundation and finish your look. The setting powder soaks up excess oil, reduces shine, and gives an overall matte flawless look. A good setting powder is essential to seal the look.

• Eye Primer

Eye primer provides a base for your eyeshadow. It keeps your eyeshadow color vibrant and from fading. Using an eye primer will keep your eyeshadow from creasing and stay longer.

• Eyeshadow

Eyeshadows come in a lot of vibrant colors. Eyeshadows are available in singles and pallette with different shades. For starters, it is advisable to have a nude palette and a vibrant or mixed color palette.

• Mascara

Mascara is used to enhance and elongate the eyelashes. It is available in different colors and in different forms. It can add volume, and thicken lashes. They are different types of mascara. There are volumizing, curling, defining, waterproof and smudge-proof mascara.

• Eyeliner

Eyeliner draws attention to the eyes. It can be used to change the shape and look of the eyes. Eyeliner can be in pencil, liquid, or kajal.

• Eyebrow

There are a lot of eyebrow pencils, cream, powder, gel available to create defined brows and It is good to keep your brows groomed and to use eyebrow products to enhance in a way not too dramatic or different from the natural brows.

• Lipliner

Lipner is used to line the lines before applying lipstick or gloss. Lipliner defines the lips and keeps your lipstick from bleeding and prolongs the color.

• Lipstick

Lipsticks are available in different colors. For a natural look, nude lipsticks ideal. Read this post about lipsticks to help you choose the right lipstick color and brand.

• Lipgloss

I love using lipgloss for moisturized lips. Lipgloss provides a light color well-moisturized look. They are amazing for everyday makeup and are handy to carry about for a quick touch up during the day.

• Setting Spray

Setting spray is applied to the face to give a matte finish and to set the makeup and make it stay on for longer. The setting spray also keeps your makeup from looking cakey and creasing.

• Brushes & Sponge

To apply makeup for a flawless look, the right tools are important. They are a lot of brushes available. Buying a set of brushes ensures you have all the brushes you need to get a flawless look. A blending sponge is essential and can sometimes be sold alongside the brush set.

Essential makeup Items

Now that you know all the makeup products you need as a beginner, I will share my essential makeup items with you. These items are the ones I consider necessary to have in your makeup bag or drawer.

• e.l.f hydrating primer or Mist of Magnesia
• Maybelline Fit Me Foundation
• LA Girl Concealer
• e.l.f cosmetic powder blush
• Highlighter Palette
• Coty Airspun Setting powder
• NYX Professional Eye Primer
• L’Oreal Paris Makeup Brow
• NYX Professional Epic Pencil Eye Liner
• The Nubian by Juvia Eyeshadow Pallete
• NYX Professional slim Lip pencil
• Burt’s Bees Natural Moisturizing Lipstick
• NYX butter gloss
• NYX Profesional Makeup Setting Spray
• BS-MALL 18pc Brush set
• Wet n Wild Makeup Sponge
• Countertop Makeup Organizer

Daily makeup items

Although you have the full basic makeup kit, you may not get to apply the full face makeup everyday. I love makeup but as a mother of four kids and a middle school math teacher, most of the time, I barely have enough time to apply a full face on makeup in the morning, and some days I go without makeup. If you are like me and you have little time to apply makeup in the morning. You can achieve an enhanced natural look with a few minutes to spare, use an eyebrow product to define your brows, use eyeliner, mascara, apply gloss, and if you have blemishes, a light foundation.

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