Makeup Lesson # 1 : Why Should I Put on Makeup, and When?

You’re pretty much a late bloomer in makeup and makeup application. If you’ve missed out on this very essential part of a woman’s experimentation, here’s how you can hope on and spruce up with the best of them.

You’ve always been the au naturel kind of girl and you’ve never felt the need to dress up in any other way than in your usual keep-it-simple approach to life. Surely, you’ve experimented with a lip gloss or two, and there was your prom night in high school, but that pretty much sums up your “glamorizing” history. College kept you pretty busy and you hung out with a laid back crowd who mostly studied and gallivanted around campus in comfy clothes and even barer faces, so you never needed to splurge on your appearance the way other girls (obsessively, in your opinion) used to do.

But along comes corporate life, and you figured out that there are times when you really need to keep up with the times appearance-wise. Between the usual meet-and-greet power meetings with clients and speed-dating you’ve been doing, you’ve bought some outfits to spruce up your wardrobe to reflect who you are. You didn’t stop there. You bought some accessories for times when you felt you wanted to dress down but have several key pieces to highlight your ensemble. You have even ventured into buying jewelry for more formal occasions, and found them to be good investments as well.

With the way things are going, it’s no wonder that you were eventually led to a path that leads smack to makeup. At some point, experimenting with fashion to redefine who you are will make you wonder how you can also emphasize your facial features, as well as conceal marks brought on by stress and key components in your physical environment.

Here is where you feel the road stopped, however. You have finally been intrigued into venturing into the cosmetic world, yet you have no clue on where and how to start. This is perfectly understandable. If you haven’t been listening to your girlfriends gabbing in the past, then it’s truly easy for you to get lost in this world. For starters, there are more makeup brands than ever before. You’ve also got the suitability to think about. Do you want to wear makeup during the day – at the office or for a simple day event, at night – for the occasional date or office dinner, or for special events such as weddings, formal evening parties, and such?

And then, there are the tools to think about. What should you buy? What can wait for another time? Should you buy from just one particular brand or buy several pieces from different ones and mix them up? And how do you even know what brands to buy?

Before your head starts spinning, however, here is a most practical approach to plunging into the very, very old art of makeup artistry: read about it and dip your hands (with colorful makeup pallete) on it!