One of my most popular Pinterest boards is full of makeup tips for flawless #skin. Why? Well, people everywhere want to learn new ways to cover pimples, under eye circles, blemishes and discolorations, and with the market changing all the #time, there is always a new and better way to do it. And when it’s a flawless finish that we’re going for, we want something easy to replicate, and totally natural looking. Here are my favourite #makeup tips for flawless skin. Give them a try!

1. FOUNDATION FIRST

One of the most underused #makeup tips for flawless skin has to be that CONCEALER DOESN’T GO FIRST. If you apply your foundation first, you’ll see that you don’t need to use as much concealer, which results in a much more natural#look, and saves you concealer! Apply your #concealer first, and you’ll wipe most of it off when you put your foundation on.

2. THE TRIANGLE TECHNIQUE

Put your #concealer brush underneath your inner eye, next to your nose. Sweep down the length of your nose, across your cheek, so you’ve drawn one side of a triangle. Sweep back up to the other side of your eye, and connect the two sides with the final stripe, which should run underneath your eye. This is the best way to apply concealer – it conceals #dark circles, and creates the illusion of a lifted face.

3. GREAT BASE

Prime your eyelids before you apply eyeshadow by sweeping on a thin layer of your #concealer. Dab on, rub in and apply the shadow directly on top. It’ll last a lot longer, and you’ll have a much more professional finish. You’ll also notice that it makes you #look more awake if you’ve got tired eyes!

6. FOUNDATION CAN BE EMERGENCY CONCEALER

If you’re stuck with no #concealer, and you really need some, a liquid foundation will do instead. Apply a small dot to the area, and wait for a few moments until the mixture thickens and sets. Then blend across. The trick is the waiting! If you blend too soon, you’ll turn the foundation sheer and it’ll wipe away, leaving you without the coverage that you need.

7. THE EYES HAVE IT

My favourite #makeup tips for flawless skin tend to focus on the eyes, because my eyes suffer when I look tired! To mask that, grab a #concealer that’s slightly ligher than your skin tone. Use it to line the inner V of your #eyes, the middle of your eyelid, and the outside curve of your brow (not in the hair! Just underneath). Lightly blend, and you’ll #look more awake than ever before. Then just hit the caffeine to keep the illusion up!