Makeup Emergency – How to Look Good Without Your Favorites

We’ve all had it happen – you arrive at your destination and realize you forgot your makeup bag. Or you run out of your favorite brand of beauty product and can’t get to the store to buy more. Maybe the store where you shop stopped carrying your favorite makeup and you’ll have to make do. Makeup emergencies come in all shapes, sizes, and colors!

Here are some tips on what to do in a makeup emergency, and you have to go with fast, inexpensive makeup.

1. Foundation
You’re stuck without the foundation you love and have to buy something inexpensive and fast. But you can still pull it off and look good. Here are some tips.

-Go with a light coverage with the foundation. This will help compensate if the tone doesn’t exactly match, and will prevent it from looking mask-like.

-Add a little to your neck if the color is a bit too light or too dark.

-Consider a tinted moisturizer instead of a foundation, because it tends to be more translucent.

2. Powder
Go with translucent powder if you have to go for something cheap. Again, you’re avoiding the pitfalls associated with the mask look (too dark, too light, too heavy).

3. Mascara
Unfortunately, the cheap stuff clumps. But if you apply a light coat only to the very end of your lashes, it’s less likely to cake up. In addition, go for a brown or lighter shade than usual, because cheap mascara can look very black. In addition, you can dip the applicator in warm water first, then mix it around inside the tube before applying. This help eliminate clumps.

4. Eyeshadow
Light, subtle colors can hide the fact that you grabbed something at the drugstore on the way to your destination. Try to find something as close to your usual color as possible, but lighter. If there’s nothing even close to your usual color, look for something in the same color group.

5. Blush
Once again, subtle shades are the way to go. Use a large brush so the blush blends into the rest of your face.

6. Lipstick
If you’re pressed for time and can’t get quality lip color, choose a gloss instead of lipstick. Gloss is more forgiving than lipstick, because its pigmentation is subtle – it’s more about shine than color.

7. Concealer
If you can’t find inexpensive concealer, use some of your foundation that has dried a bit around the threads of the bottle top or in the top itself. With the water evaporated out, the pigment will be more concentrated.

Cheap makeup doesn’t have to look cheap. With a few techniques, you can look great even without your favorites.