Make Up for Sick Days

Feeling rubbish? Have a cold or even just not had enough sleep but still need to look presentable? Here's how to achieve a simple look that will make you look more awake and healthy! (:

Face:
Soap and Glory- The Righteous Butter & Revelon ColorStay.
A tinted moisturiser would be best suited for your skin while ill as this is very quick and is easily blendable. If you do not have a tinted moisturiser at hand then use your favourite moisturiser and a thin layer of foundation .

Revelon PhotoReady concealer & DaintyDoll concealer
Use concealer to hide the purple/dark circles under your eyes (one with a yellow undertone will work best as it will cancel out the purple), around your nose and any blemishes.

Elf Contouring Blush & Bronzing Powder
The light pink will put just that little flush of colour into your cheeks, giving your skin that nice healthy glowy appearance. Using the bronzer to contour is optional but I feel if you have enough time to do so it is worth is as it slims down your face if it is looking slightly puffy. To do this you make the shapes of a '3' and an 'E' on either side of your face. Starting at your forehead  then to where your cheekbones are and under your chin, remember to blend this out.

Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion,  Naked 2 - Foxy, Bootycall and Tease, Nyx Jumbo Eye pencil - Milk
Firstly start off by priming your eyes, this will ensure that the shadows stay in place the whole day. To make the eyes look more awake use a light, slightly champagne/pink colour as this will brighten them up. Put this colour all over the lid (Bootycall) then take your crease colour (Tease- slightly darker brown/pruple colour) this will create depth and dimension, place this into the hollows of your eyes in circular motions ensuring it is well blended with the lid colour a lot of people tend to go for coral colours but I feel this makes my eyes look a lot redder than they actually are.. Highlighting under the brow is important as this will lift your eyes (Foxy). Place Nyx jumbo eye pencil in milk in the inner corners and 1/3 of the way in on the lower lashline and blend, this will again make your eyes look more awake and brighten them up.

Collection 2000 liquid liner, Maybelline colossal volume express cat eyes
Using a liquid liner to line the eyes is effective as it does not smudge as easily therefore if your eyes do water then there is less worry about having to re-do your make up. Line the top lid however you would like. Avoid lining the water line this is again if your eyes do begin to water there is no chance of it being smudged. Using waterproof mascara will again prevent any smudging!

Lips:
A coloured lip balm or butter will be most effective as it gives you that slight colour but again for smudging you don't want to be constantly touching up and these are just so easy to apply and don't need to worry about it being perfect.

Hope this helps!

Teila x