Although I love to sit and play with makeup for hours, it’s not something I do every day. I stopped wearing a full face a little over a year ago, for no reason other than I was too lazy to wake up early to put it on before my retail job. But when I started my library job earlier this year, I needed to step it up just a tiny bit since it was a more professional environment. Just a little brow, blush and gloss- very demure, very cutesy, I don’t go crazy like these other girls.

This is truly a 3 minute makeup routine, no bs. And let’s be so for real, it’s not a look that’s meant to change your whole face and make you look ten times better. It’s good for looking just a bit more polished, because small efforts show! Link to the video I made of my makeup routine here.

Products & Tools:

• Elta MD tinted sunscreen

• Heated eyelash curler - literally the only way my natural lashes will hold a curl all day

• Laminating brow gel (both of these options below are great)

  • Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze Gel (high-end)

  • Elf Brow Laminating Gel (affordable)

• Blush/lip tint

  • Benefit Benetint - I prefer this one when I’m really in a rush because it doubles as a lip

  • Rare Beauty Blush in Truth - for when I have an extra 30 seconds

• Lip combo

  • MAC Lip Liner in Plum

  • Dior Lip Glow Oil in Clear (high-end)

  • Sacheu Lip Elixir in Bunny Ear (affordable)

Notes

I preheat the lash curler when I start my makeup and don’t use it until the end! Also, be sure to let the tinted sunscreen set for at least 15 minutes before you apply blush or any other products that go directly on the skin.

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