How to Apply the No-Makeup Look for School

How much makeup should teens wear?

Perhaps your parents or school forbids you from wearing makeup. While there may be truth in the thought that a great deal of makeup isn't flattering on teenagers, you can wear a little bit and look good. In fact, you can wear some and appear to be wearing none. With these steps, your friends will wonder what's different about you that they can't seem to pinpoint.

Things You'll Need

• Tinted moisturizer with SPF
• Fluffy blush brush
• Translucent loose powder
• Facial tissue
• Makeup sponge
• Retractable eyeliner in black or brown
• Eyelash curler
• Mascara that matches your eyeliner color
• Lash comb
• Tinted lip balm
• Optional natural-looking blush

Instructions

1. Choose a tinted moisturizer to help your skin glow without the heavy coverage of a foundation. Apply evenly onto face, making sure that there are no streaks in your application.

2. Dust translucent loose powder onto your face with a fluffy blush brush. Clean off your brush with a facial tissue to get rid of excess product and sweep the brush back over face to take away unnecessary and obvious product residue. Get rid of any stubborn lines, if any, with a makeup sponge.

3. Take a retractable eyeliner in black if you are dark-haired, or in brown if you are lighter haired. Smudge color into the base of top lashes by the inner rims of your eyes. You are not depositing the color directly on your inner rims, but on the very base of your lash bed where your lashes grow. This makes them look thicker without the obvious use of makeup.

4. Curl lashes. Hold your mascara wand horizontally and press onto base of top lashes. Use a mascara that matches the color of your retractable eyeliner. Wiggle slightly to transfer color, but do not comb through lashes so that mascara stays at the base only. If you get any clumps that give away your secret, gently use a lash comb to dislodge them.

5. Press a tinted lip balm onto lips. Choose a very sheer one that could be your own lip color. Do not use any shade that appears unnatural. If you have naturally rosy cheeks and some cheek color looks believable on you, apply a very light dusting of blush onto cheeks. The color should be, at the most, just a notch deeper than your own natural flush. Fade any hard lines away with your makeup sponge. Check your face in natural light to make any necessary adjustments.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep fresh throughout the day with the help of powder-free blotting papers. Layering more product onto your skin will only result in unflattering build-up which makes your complexion appear dull.