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Summary: Natural mineral makeup can be tricky to apply. Learn professional makeup techniques from a makeup artist in this free video clip.
Kelli LaBar is a practicing aesthetician and makeup artist in Wilmington, N.C. She graduated from Miller-Motte Technical College as a certified aesthetician, and she currently works as...read more
"Hi, I'm Kelli on behalf of Expert Village I'm going to show you how to apply a mineral makeup. In conclusion, when you apply a mineral makeup look you want to make sure that you have good quality brushes. You want to make sure that these are natural bristel brushes because those work the best for applying a mineral makeup. You want to make sure that you are not using too much, just keeping a small amount in the lid. Make sure you are really swirling your brush in there and tapping off any excess. When you do apply it to the skin you want to apply it in a buffing motion, starting around the outer perimeter of the face first and then working your way in. And, you can build the coverage as much as you want. You're going to use your concealer brush with your minerals foundation and you can use that just to cover any excess blemishes or anything like that, something that you want to get a little more coverage on. And then we applied a bronzer and a blush. Bronzer going in an E formation on each side of the face, a little blush on the cheeks. We set everything with a translucent finishing powder and then we used a little bit of highlighter on the forehead, nose and cheek area just to give her a nice lifted look."
eHow Article: Mineral Makeup Techniques