The Perfect Makeup Starter Kit For Every Girl

Although I don’t wear makeup everyday but I do enjoy using it. I feel makeup is the best way to express yourself, to enhance your facial features. It can change your confidence level from a six to a 10. It’s enhancing your own beauty to feel your best. But for a beginner, it becomes a very clumsy thing, especially when it comes to select makeup products for a makeup kit. Figuring out what makeup essentials you need as a beginner is easy once you figure out that you don’t need everything. There will always be new cosmetics, but if you are just starting out, buying the beauty basics will save you from collecting mass amounts of lipstick and eyeliner you will never use.

To make this easy for you, I have some basic makeup essentials that you should have with product suggestions that are perfect for beginners. 

Just use this checklist as a guide and you will have everything you need to get started.

• BB/CC Cream
• Concealer
• Blush/Bronzer Duo
• Highlighter
• Eyeliner
• Mascara
• Brow pencil: 
• Neutral Eyeshadow palette
• Black Kajal/1White Kajal
• Compact Powder
• 2 Lipsticks 1 Gloss
• 1 Tinted Lip Balm
• Makeup Brush Set
• Makeup wipes

If you want to know about these products and how to use these products in a correct way, here is a quick guide:

BB/CC Cream: If you are looking for a good face cream but also sun protection and coverage, you need a BB Cream. This clever little product is a time and money saver, shrinking your makeup bag down by having all the benefits of a serum, moisturizer, primer, foundation and sunblock in one! BB Cream is the perfect buy if you are looking for light coverage, use it to cover skin imperfections such as scars and blemishes. Many people get confuse between BB and CC cream. 

CC cream is like BB’s amped-up big sister containing the same crucial properties (moisture, primer, serum, sunscreen) with enhanced focus on skin care. As a result, the SPF in CC cream tends to be higher than BB to protect skin from ageing. The heavier consistency of CC cream also has more impact on age spots, uneven skin tone and wrinkles than the lightness of a BB cream.

You can apply BB/CC cream a number of ways, just like you would foundation. You can use your clean fingers, a foundation brush, or a sponge. I like using my beauty blender or my hands because it provides the most natural finish.

Concealer: Choose a creamy formula that can hide under-eye circles and cover blemishes.

Blush/Bronzer Duo: Blush is used to give you a sexy flushed cheek. When using blush you have to get the best color to match your skin tone. All blushes do not look right with every complexion so find one perfect for you. Foe example if you have a darker skin tone you will need a brighter blush, if you have a lighter skin tone you will need a darker blush.To select the right blush color, look for a warm tone to add a pop color to the apples of your cheeks.The best way to apply brush is while making the fishy face or kissy face. That way you can properly apply it to your cheeks!

Bronzer is used to contour your face. Choose a bronzer that fits your skin tone. It should be two shades darker than you. If you're fair to light: Women with fair to light skin should use a sheer, slightly rose or peach-colored bronzer. If you're medium to olive: Women with medium to olive skin should look for a sheer copper or earth-colored bronzer for the most natural look. Bronzer should actually be used to give your face a tan-like glow. Because it's a warm colour, and often has some shimmer in it, it can make your face look warmer and tanner instead of pale and porcelain, it gives you a depth of colour. Apply bronzer to the areas of the face the sun would naturally hit. Using very light strokes, first apply the bronzer to the top of the forehead, the cheekbones, and down along your jawline. Done correctly, your bronzer application will be in a '3' shape on either side of your face.

Now use your brush and or fingers to smooth it out. Apply your bronzer lightly and blend it very well!

Highlighter: Highlighter is used to give your face a natural glow. The cool thing about highlighting your face is that you can use it in so many different areas. Diagonal along the cheekbone: For a bit of definition in your cheekbones, apply highlighter in a diagonal line from just beneath the center of your eye socket up towards your hairline, and blend.Generally people highlight under their brown bone to open up their use more. You can use some highlighter on the bridge of your nose as well to bring attention to the mid section of your face. You can mix it in with your favorite moisturizer to create a glow across the face.You can also use it to brighten up dark spots on your face! 

Eyeliner: You can use your darker shade of eye shadow as a liner along the lashes—or use a dark brown or black pencil to create a thin line that will define and enhance your eyes. You can use liquid, sketch or gel eyeliner on your eyelid or on your waterline to enhance or dramatize your eyes.

Mascara: There’s no better way to define your eyes than by enhancing your lashes. Curl your lashes first. Now comes the mascara part. Remove the wand from the mascara tube by twisting back and forth instead of pumping it up and down. Wipe off excess mascara on a tissue or on the lip of the tube. To prevent those annoying dots you get on your eyelids and under your eyes, start with your bottom lashes when putting on your mascara. Otherwise your top lashes will smudge when you look down. When doing your top lashes, look straight ahead and place your wand at the base of your lashes. Then, use a zig-zagging motion while moving the wand up your lashes, brush out the clumps. You can put on a coat or two pretty quickly without letting it dry. Then let it dry for about a minute and quickly brush on another coat or two and you're done! To avoid clumps, dot the tip on a tissue paper and gently roll and then apply. You can also run an eyelash brush gently through the lashes.If you want to put false eyelashes then do so before applying mascara.

Brow pencil: Choose an eyebrow pencil. For most people, a shade of taupe will work, and is the best starting point for color. Sharpen your pencil to a fine point. Fill out your brows with light, upward strokes of the pencil. Focus on sparse areas, feathering the pencil strokes so they resemble natural hair. The pigment should be concentrated on the arch and the tail of your eyebrow--the thicker area that is closer to your nose should be lighter and a little less dense.

If you found your brows were different heights, use the pencil to add hair to the top of the lower brow, instead of trying to even them out by tweezing the higher one.

Remember the saying that your eyebrows are sisters, not twins. They won't look exactly alike, and that's okay. 

Blend the color with a spoolie or brow brush. Again, using light strokes, brush the spoolie through your brow, from front to tail. This will soften and shade the color, making the brow look more natural.

Remember to focus the color on your arch and tail of your eyebrow.

You can define your eyebrows with a concealer and a concealer brush, clean up your brows. Go underneath and above the eyebrow, getting as close as you can to the edges – and then blend thoroughly. Take a small, flat eyeshadow brush and a powder highlighter/light gold shadow, and apply underneath the eyebrow arch and the brow bone.

Neutral Eyeshadow palette: A neutral beige or taupe is an instant brightener when swiped all over the lid.

Black Kajal/1White Kajal: 

1 Compact Powder
2 Lipsticks 1 Gloss
1 Tinted Lip Balm
1 Makeup Brush Set
1 Packet of Makeup wipes