How to Start Wearing Makeup

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Are you ready to start wearing makeup but don't know where to begin? Makeup may seem intimidating, but it is actually easy once you get the hang of it. The key is to ease into it.

Steps

1. Go to the drugstore or department store counter with someone you know who already wears makeup, and whose makeup you like. If you think Aunt Sally's purple lipstick is awful, you might not like what she picks out for you!
   
2. Read fashion magazines like "Seventeen" "Vogue" "Teen Vogue" etc. They often have great tips on how to apply makeup and what brands and colors might work well for you.
   
3. Go for the natural look. Since you don't normally wear makeup, putting on a whole lot of it may surprise people and it can also look fake and tacky if you don't know exactly what you're doing. Start off with a little lip gloss, some clear mascara, and a little powder or blush.
   
4. Move onto eye makeup, foundation, and lipstick (but not all at once). Try these on at home first and ask others what they think. Learn which colors look best on you at which times of day and for which occasions. That lipstick might look good at a school dance, but it might look overdone during a school day.
   
5. Learn how to remove makeup. You must take it ALL off before you go to sleep. Usually, soap isn't enough.
   

Tips

• Experiment with your girlfriends, but be careful not to overdo it.
  
• Don't buy something just because it's cheap. There might be a reason for that mascara that costs 10 cents.
  
• Remember that makeup is meant to enhance your features, not cover them up. choose appropriate, subtle shades and don't over do it.
  
• Find your skin tone. It will help in choosing the right shades.
  
• Apply mascara ONLY to upper lashes, and make sure it doesn't get too clumpy.
  
• Bronzer should be applied on the apples of your cheeks, your chin, forehead and nose.These are the places where the sun would naturally hit.
  

Warnings

• Be sure to choose makeup that won't make you break out or give you an allergic reaction.
  

Things You'll Need

• Mascara-always use black
  
• Blush
  
• Bronzer
  
• Eyeliner(optional)
  
• Eyeshadow in a color that is not too over powering.
  
• A good cleanser
  
• Toner
  
• Tissues
  
• Cotton balls or pads
  
• makeup remover (optional)
  
• Makeup brushes
  

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