Beauty

[Rachb]

I watch a lot of demos on YouTube and see a lot of variations in terms of order of application. What strikes me as particularly interesting is those who apply eye makeup before anything else. On the sporadic occasions when I apply eyeliner, I hold my lid taught from the outer corner, and I end up rubbing some foundation and shadow off.  So I might just try applying me eye makeup before foundation, or anything else. Does anyone else do this? Here's my ususal order of application...

• primer
• eyeshadow primer
• foundation
• setting powder (if I used liquid foundation)
• blush
• eyeshadow
• eyeliner (very rarely)
• finishing powder (don't always use)
• mascara
• lipstick or lipgloss 

[MomCat]

I always thought the term "foundation" was just that.  First.  Includes primers, of course.  I don't understand the application of eye makeup first either.  Certainly not how I do it. 

[JuLee]

Here's the order I use:

* Moisturizer

* Foundation or Tinted Moisturizer

* Blush

* Finishing power (not always)

* Spritz with Rosewater

* Eyebrow pencil

* Eyeliner

* Eyeshadow (not always)

* Mascara

* Lipgloss

[Rachb]

Interesting that you do eyeliner before eyeshadow. I'm not very experienced with liner so I'm up for trying it any way that works!

[JustJazzmom]

Here's the order I use:

Moisturizer

Brow Pencil to fill in spots

Primer to face

Primer to eyelids and brow area

Eye liner to lower lid area

Eye shadow

Eye liner to upper lid area

eyelash curler

primer to lashes

mascara

foundation to face

blush

lipliner

lipstick

lip gloss

[JustJazzmom]

I do the eye shadow first before the foundation because sometimes the powder falls below the eye onto the upper cheek. If a primer is used on the face, it just brushes off and no color is seen on the cheek area (from the eye shadow).

[suzyQ3]

Concealer above and below eye

Foundation

If it's a liquid foundation, sometimes I follow with a little powder

Eyebrow pencil

Eyeshadow

Eyeliner

Mascara

Blush

Lip ointment

Lipstick and/or Gloss

[I am still oxox]

I would apply brow pencil after I did my primer otherwise it might smear all over the place

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JustJazzmom wrote:

Here's the order I use:

Moisturizer

Brow Pencil to fill in spots

Primer to face

Primer to eyelids and brow area

Eye liner to lower lid area

Eye shadow

Eye liner to upper lid area

eyelash curler

primer to lashes

mascara

foundation to face

blush

lipliner

lipstick

lip gloss

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[JustJazzmom]

@I am still oxox

I use the Urban Decay brow beater pencil to fill in areas and this pencil doesn't smear for me.

[Porcelain]

I do liner as the last eye makeup step, after mascara. I always get a little mascara smudged on my upper lid. It's faster and easier for everyday purposes to make the smudge look deliberate by blending liner over it instead of trying to take just that bit off.