Beauty 101: The Natural Look - Portrait Magazine, June 2010

Beauty 101: The Natural Look
Written by: ARSHI. (Age 16, Canada)


Recently it's become a phenomenon among celebrities to have a natural look. Although, realistically these woman aren't honestly without any make-up at all, they do look more natural than they usually do. And naturally they look very beautiful as well. Here are some tips to achieving the natural look.



Skin:
Just put a little bit of concealer over any spots or skin impurities you may have. Just enough to cover up the blemish and not look obvious. Stay away from other cover-up products such as foundation, face powder, etc.

Eyebrows:
Having clean and defined eyebrows really makes the whole face look clean. Just pluck away any unnecessary hairs and lightly colour in your eyebrows. Be sure to not make them too dark.


Lips:
Although the natural look would be chapped lips, that isn't the hottest look. So just apply some chapstick or lip balm. Stay away from lipstick and lip gloss. Just a dap of clear lip gloss would be alright too, but definitely not anything that sparkles or has colour.

Eyes:
Stay away from eye makeup. Eye makeup is very obvious. Just apply some clear mascara over your eyelashes to make them defined and do nothing else to your eyes.

Cheeks:
For blush, apply a light brownish colour to your cheeks. Make sure it is matte (not sparkly).

The important tip is to be comfortable with yourself, whether that be with or without makeup!