Looking your best is a challenge at any age. Young women have blemishes and oily skin. As women get older new challenges appear with pregnancy, sun exposure and aging. There are skin care and makeup products to help conceal and correct most skin issues over the years. Getting applying makeup tips helps us take advantage of all the new products available. You can get skin care and makeup advice on line, in magazines, in books, on television or from beauty consultants. It is nice to have a beauty consultant showing you how to use makeup in person on your own face.

It is hard to look at yourself objectively and see that your look is dated or unflattering. It is hard to give up a look you have been achieving for the last 10 or 20 years. Consulting a beauty and makeup expert is a really good way to break free from that old look. She can be objective and look at your face for what it is and can be without the baggage of the past. Beauty consultants can be found at cosmetic counters in department stores, in beauty salons, or with cosmetic companies that come to your home for individual or party consultations. There are beauty consultants that you hire independently from cosmetic companies. All are good sources for applying makeup tips.

Some applying makeup tips are pretty universal. Don't use too much of anything on your face. More is not better. Try out new products on your face, before buying large amounts. Get samples or trial size containers of any new product, especially if it is expensive. If a lotion makes you break out, you don't want to be stuck with a $30.00 jar of it. When buying a new makeup line, try it out with the help of the beauty consultant selling it. Put makeup on in the correct order for best effect.

The normal order to put on skin care and makeup is as follows: cleanser, rinse, astringent, moisturizer, foundations, eyeliner, eye shadow, mascara, eyebrow pencil, blusher, lip primer, lip liner, lip stick then finishers. You may not use all of these products, but you get the idea. you start with clean skin and work outward till you get to the finishing touches. If you have oily skin, use products that are designed to minimize the shine. If you have dry skin use products with more moisturizer in them. If you have large pores use a product designed to tighten them up before the foundation. If you are older, use a wrinkle smoothing product before you get to foundation. Your age and skin issues dictate how and what you apply to your face.