It is certainly the new make-up trend, which is all the rage among celebrities and non-celebs: the No Makeup Make-up. Indicates a precise make-up technique capable of making the skin splendid, young and radiant, as if it had just woken up, without resorting to too showy foundation and concealer bases or eye shadows, eyeliners, lip tints. The No Makeup effect make-up it is in fact completely natural and almost invisible on the features. Who among the international stars is a great lover of this effect? Singer Cardi Bwhich never misses an opportunity to show it on social media and often also during its various public appearances. How to best replicate No Makeup makeup of the American rapper.
What is meant by No Makeup effect makeup
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As happens every year, 2023 also made its debut bringing with it a rich parterre of new trends. Among these, one certainly deserves a mention technique of make-up not new for some, but innovative for others, capable of defining the contours of the face, while leaving no trace of itself. It is the case of No Makeup Make-up, or the make-up that is there, but you can’t see it, however light and natural it is. Its purpose? Enhance the luminosity of the face and its features, not focusing attention on the play of lines and colors, but rather on the natural beauty of the person, who emerges as the absolute protagonist.
Long used on film sets, the No Makeup Make-up it is now loved even by the stars, so much so that it has quickly earned the title of the most replicated make-up of the season. Visible on the face of girls and women all over the world, useful for those who want to enhance their Facial Shape, without resorting to layers and layers of makeup. Among the great lovers of this technique there is also the award-winning American rapper Cardi B, who has shown herself many times on social networks, as well as around LA and NYC, with an almost invisible make-up. All about how to replicate this special trick.
No Makeup: how to copy Cardi B’s makeup
Simple, but effective, the No Makeup Make-up is that trick all natural which makes it seem like we just left the bed and its covers. Word of Cardi Bwho can no longer do without it. How to replicate it in 6 steps.
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- The No Makeup trick that cannot exist without adequate preparatory skincare. As happens in the face of any type of make-up face, even in the case of the No Makeup effect, it is first of all necessary to ensure careful hygiene, protection, hydration and daily skin care. But without forgetting the monthly and weekly incursion of delicates face peelingaimed at implementing cell turnover, e masks with a high nutrient impact.
- No Makeup Make-up cannot exist without a natural makeup base. How to proceed? The secret to creating a light and not very visible base, but equally capable of making the uniform and bright complexionleveling out all the small imperfections that may exist on its surface, is the one who sees the drafting of a BB Creams or light foundation and of a tint not very different from what is the undertone of one’s skin. No to formulations that are too heavy, dense and ultra-covering. Ditto for i correctors, which should limit the visibility of imperfections, without weighing down the eye area. The right combo of products could therefore be the one represented by a wafer concealer and a creamy concealer.
- Doll cheeks with a little blush. To be blended skilfully for an ultra-glowing, healthy and fresh finish, without being too “fake”. You can choose both powder and cream, preferring pinker tones as far as colors are concerned.
- Eyebrow care. In performing a No Makeup Make-up perfect, the attention paid to the design of their own cannot be missing eyebrows, an integral and very important part of every face and its expressions. The procedure is the one that sees the empty spaces filled between one hair and another, with the help of a tone-on-tone pencil, avoiding too much limescale so as not to give up on the final effect which, we reiterate, aims to be as natural and genuine as possible.
- Now let’s move on to the actual coloring of the eyes. The eye make-up protagonist of this make-up begins with the elimination of all the discolorations present in the eyelid area, uniforming them in two different ways: with the help of a eye primersor using the same corrector used in the previous step. After applying, fix one or the other with a veil of transparent powder. Then proceed with the definition of the eye, taking care to highlight, without exaggerating, the attachment of the lower eyelashes, from the middle of the eye to its outermost tip. The color to choose is the one represented by the combo brown eyeshadow-pencil. Conclude by emphasizing the look with a mascaraas nude as possible, the ideal is brown or transparent, but it’s also fine black.
- The kisses of a woman with No Makeup Make-up come from very natural and super soft lips. How to recreate them? Primarily hydrating them intensely with the help of a balm, then tinting with one nude or slightly pink pencilto create the contours and the base within which to place a lipstick of the same colours. However, the effect can be replicated very easily even by resorting to the sole use of colored lip balmstoday major players in the make-up market.