There are a few products that show up on the list of many women’s “indispensables” as far as makeup goes. Let’s list out the essentials as I see it, and many other women see it, that are on the list of must haves, even if you were on desert island somewhere without anything. So, here are some of the makeup must haves that a lot of women have identified as needing in one way or another, to varying degrees.
The first is lip gloss. This has to be a toss up for me between lip gloss and mascara. I love mascara, and if I were to wear one thing on my eyes only, it would be mascara, although I sure do like the way it looks in combination with eyeshadow and eyeliner. Mascara is one of those products that can open up the eyes instantly and add drama, but not look obviously like makeup if you put it on the right way. The right way being putting it on in delicate, long strokes, instead of gobbing it on the lashes, giving the illusion of tarantual lash, as so often proclaimed by those mascara makers that claim their mascara won’t give you that effect.
If you wipe the wand off every so often and start new, it will also reduce the likelihood of clumping, and will also help to reduce clumping because you will run out of the product since it’s being used up faster, before the product tends to clump on it’s own, which means it goes on the eyelashes all clumpy.
Lip gloss and lipstick are two of the other makeup must haves that women identify as their fail safes. It really helps to add natural and simple definition and a splash of color to the face when you need it. Not to mention, for us gloss and balm addicts, we feel a compulsion to apply it often so that our lips never look parched. It’s also a great way to help the lips stay plumped, since dried out lips look their worst when they have nothing on them, and tend to look much smaller and less defined.
What’s you makeup must have? I could be way off and it may not be one of the two, perhaps it’s eyeshadow for you, or blush, or bronzer!
