Spring is the time to lighten up: your color palette, your mood, and yes your make-up routine. The matte skin and deep berry and plum shades that were so prevalent and so right for Fall/Winter 2010 will look heavy and overdone in Spring. The Spring /Summer 2011 philosphy is all about ease. Keep it light, natural and simple. Give yourself 5 mins to “freshen up” then step away from the mirror. The goal is to spend more time in the sun and less in the powder room.
AND NOW A TUTORIAL from PIXIWOO (they definitely make our top 5 list for the YouTube gold-standard in Make-Up Artist Tutorials) on how to get that fresh, clean, polished look for day (oh and P.S. if you’ve already got clear, even skin skip the foundation step and just go with tinted moisture or bare moisturized skin as a base) :