Ensure Your Make Up Stays Immaculate All Night With These Pro Tips
It's the age-old predicament: you've spent hours creating an impressive make up masterpiece (you're actually the Michelangelo of face painting), but HOW do you ensure your handiwork stays perfect as you channel your Beyoncé underneath the disco ball? Worry no longer! We asked Jade Elliott - trained make up artist and founder of {ICONIC London} - to share her top tips to ensuring your face looks flawless on the dancefloor... and beyond. Plus, you've plenty of time to practise before Friday night rolls 'round.
"If I'm heading out for the night, I need to know my make up will stay put. My secret? Prime that face! I love to use a lightweight priming formula - something hydrating but appropriately Velcro-esque - to even out skin's texture and help keep my base in place. (Team CB swear by NYX Professional Makeup's {Angel Veil} - it's ideal for creating a smooth, even canvas, blurring fine lines and diminishing imperfections).
"Contour, contour, contour! I love using our {Pigment Sticks} and {Contour Palette} to create long-lasting definition (use the stick to sculpt then 'set' the creamy formula with powder). You'll look enviably 'cheekbone-y' and seamlessly streamlined. Use the {Pro-Evo Sculpt Brush} to diffuse any tidelines and ensure an airbrushed finish.
"Want some extra definition? If you're planning on showing some skin then mix {Illuminator} with some moisturiser and apply along your collar bones, to exposed shoulders and along your shins to elongate your legs and emulate that gorgeous, just-back-from-holiday glow.
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Cult Beauty’s Content Editor and a Cult Beauty OG, Verity loves nothing more than the marriage of language and lip balm. A quintessential Libran, she’s a self-professed magpie for luxury ‘must-haves' and always pursuing the new and the niche — from the boujee-est skin care to cutting-edge tech. Balancing an urge to stop the clock with her desire to embrace the ageing process (and set a positive example for her daughter), Verity's a retinol obsessive and will gladly share her thoughts about the time-defying gadgets, masks and treatments worth the splurge...
