Baking makeup has become a popular drag in the professional makeup community and thanks to the reality TV star Kim Kardashian, the technique has become a major hit around the world. No, baking makeup doesn’t really require actual cooking. The only thing you’ll be ‘baking’ is your concealer and your patience, as baking makeup is a tedious process. Worry not, if you can catch up with contouring and strobing, then you can definitely get hold of baking your makeup. Here’s how you can get flawless and crease-free skin by baking your makeup.
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Baking makeup is a highlighting technique in which you set your concealer with a generous amount of translucent powder and allow it to sit on your face for five to ten minutes. The heat from your skin allows your foundation and concealer to set, giving your skin a smooth and crease-less finish.
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Learn how baking your makeup can give you a poreless, picture-perfect celebrity-like skin with these easy steps:
- Start off by prepping and priming your skin with your usual routine and apply your foundation.
- After applying your foundation, hydrate your under-eye skin with a good eye cream to minimise the appearance of any fine lines or pores. You can try Bobbi Brown’s hydrating eye cream.
- Apply two thick layers of your concealer in upward direction from underneath your eye towards your temples. Blend it using a damp makeup sponge and let it set for five minutes.
- Dust a layer of translucent powder to set your concealer and smooth out all the creases.
- Now, bake or cook your makeup. Spray some setting spray on a damp makeup sponge and dip it into your translucent powder. Apply the loose powder by dabbing a generous amount below the under eye area, the hollows of your cheeks and the temple of your nose.
- Leave the powder to set for at least five to ten minutes.
- Using a fluffy eye shadow brush, load some compact powder of your shade and gently start dusting off the translucent powder. By using a compact powder you add a little more colour and coverage to the areas that are baked. Blend away harsh edges and viola you’re baked.
Take a look at this video by Heidi Hamoud to know more about baking your way towards flawless skin.
