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1. Apply foundation to your cheeks, forehead, and chin using a foundation brush, sponge, or clean fingertips. Blend the foundation all the way to your natural hairline with long, light strokes.
2. Continue blending over the jawline and onto your neck to achieve a natural, seamless look. Check your face and neck in natural light to make sure the foundation is completely blended in all areas.
3. If under-eye circles or red spots remain, do not add more foundation; it can look heavy and cakey. Instead, try a concealer.

 Tip: Choose the shade of your foundation carefully. When testing out shades, pick one that matches the tone of your jawline exactly. It helps to use a mirror outdoors to see how shades look in natural light.

 Tip: Begin by applying a small amount of foundation then increase amount to achieve the degree of coverage that suits your skin.

 Tip: For daytime, mix your foundation with a light SPF moisturizer before applying for a smoother, more sheer application.

Gothic makeup is a truly misunderstood form of artistry. Perhaps it is due to the lack of knowledge, or perhaps it is due to the misinformation found in our culture. Whatever the reason, I hope this article will enlighten you to the beauty of this art form.

It is important to understand that gothic makeup does not mean vampires, depression, and severe blackness. Rather,   the opposite. The gothic era came about due to the Edwardian Era and the love of literature, especially poetry. The makeup and dress are on the darker side, but not limited to black. Deep hues of velvety burgundies, blues, and purples each have a heart in the Edwardian, gothic, look. The clothing can be romantic as the love of literature suggests, but not in a floral manner. Makeup that most envision is characterized by a darkness of color on the eyes and lips with a paleness about the foundation. However, gothic makeup can also be subtle; extremely pale foundation with rose cheeks, a pale rose lipstick, and eyes made up to be very sunken and drawn.

Applying Gothic Makeup

1. When applying gothic makeup it is important to always begin with a clean face. Since you will be using tones that may be heavily pigmented, the makeup will adhere to a face free of dirt, oil, and dead skin cells.

2.   It is equally important to moisturize the skin.

3.   Foundation: Gothic foundation is usually much lighter than normal skin tones. Try one to two shades lighter to begin. I often use two shades and blend extremely well! You will especially want to blend around the jaw and sides of the face. The key is blending. If you cannot blend well, try using one shade lighter until you get the hang of blending.

4.   Apply loose powder with a sponge all over the face. Apply the powder heavily under the eyes area to capture loose shadow that might fall.

5.   Play close attention to the brows. They should be a groomed, plucked finely and filled for perfection with brow liner.

6.   Use a dark eye shadow. Look for dark greens, browns, burgundies, purples, and deep blues. Next, apply a dark shadow using a brush at a downward angle over the mobile eye. Don’t forget to apply the shadow to the outer corner as well as the inner corner of the eye. Apply the dark shadow to the lower lid, blending it towards the upper eye to create a flow from bottom to top.

7. Line both top and bottom with black liner. You don not have to smudge the lines.

8.   Apply black mascara to top and bottom lashes.

9.   Using a dark tone lipstick and a pencil to match, draw the outline of the lips correcting any flaw in the shape of the lip. You will need to do this since the color is dark and will emphasize any irregularities in shape. Use a brush to fill in with lipstick.

10.   Brush away any loose powder.

11.   Apply rouge beginning below the cheekbone; top to bottom. Blend upward. This will create the pale, dramatic look which is also signature of gothic style makeup.

12.   Apply rouge to the cheeks. Powder is easier to control, but a cream gives a nice finish as well. I stick with tones in the red family; rose, pink, crimson. These are colors that would have been used in the gothic pallet.

13. Clothing for gothic makeup can be fun and sexy. Look for velvet and velour. Laces, corsets, boots, and feminine jackets are always fun to wear to create harmony in the gothic style.

14. Jewelry is also a fun way to accessorize the gothic look. Find pieces that are made from a Celtic influence to enhance the look.

Gothic is an Edwardian Sense

Gothic can also be applied in a less pigmented makeup to achieve the same pale, dramatic effect thanks to the influence of Queen Victoria in the late 1800’s. The Edwardian look influenced by Queen Victoria was a pale, understated face; often sickly looking. The lips and eyes were pale, adding to the look. Rose was commonly applied to the cheeks and even to the lips to give them a touch of color. The overall appearance was bleached looking. Clothing had ruffles and jackets fitted to emphasize the small waist that was desirable. For these reasons, gothic makeup can also be included in the opposite extreme from the darkness of colors as stated earlier.

Gothic makeup is an expression of art and life.   Have fun experimenting with your makeup. Just remember to follow the tips as listed above and your gothic look will appear sophisticated, not like a Halloween character. It is meant to emphasize and express the emotions in our lives.

Skin constantly changed in response to different stimuli, what is right one week may not always be appropriate the next. Pay attention to your skin. If it feels dry and taut, you maybe treating it too harshly, using very strong products or exposing it too much to sun and wind. If it is shiny and oily with a tendency to break out, ask yourself if you are removing every trace of make-up removers, whether you would be better off washing it with soap and water or whether, perhaps, you are over-washing it. If your skin develops lumps, bumps, pimples or scaly patches, simplify cleansing and make up routines wash or cleanse the skin,once a day only. Your skin care routine – some tips are :

1. Skin Washing and Skin Cleansing

Try not to disturb the skins normal function any more than you have to. Left to itself, the skin is a remarkable  elf-cleansing and self-nourishing organ and both nourishing and cleansing come from the inside. The purpose of washing is to take off surface grime and excess oil regularly and efficiently, but never abrasively.

Because the skin is constantly changing in Jesponse to different stimuli, what is right one week may not always be  ppropriate the next. Pay attention to your skin. If it feels dry and taut, you maybe treating it too harshly, using very strong products or exposing it too much to sun and wind. If it is shiny and oily with a tendency to break out, ask yourself if you are removing every trace of make-up removers, whether you would be better off washing it with soap and water or whether, perhaps, you are over-washing it. If your skin develops lumps, bumps, pimples or scaly patches, simplify cleansing and make-up routines wash or cleanse the skin, once a day only.

2. Skin Toning

Toners remove any left-over cleansing lotion and dirt and make your skin feel cool and fresh. Skin tonics or fresheners are the mildest and therefore the best. Astringents contain varying degrees of alcohol and are much harsher to the skin. They remove the skin’s natural protective oil and can eventually make it dry and coarse.

The skin gets congested with dirt and grime and various other impurities. Cleansers help drain out these impurities and allow your skin to breathe freely.

3. Skin Moisturizing

The skin is covered by its’ own natural moisture (a thin layer of oil called sebum) which helps to prevent excessive water loss. Use of a good ‘artificial’ moisturiser is extremely important as it acts as a further barrier between the skin and external dryness elements such as wind and sun. This therefore doubles the skin’s natural protection in keeping it supple and preventing it from becoming too dry and thus more prone to wrinkling. Extra protection in sunshine is essential. Sunscreens which are water-resistant are the most effective and of the moisturisers the water-in-oil preparations are the best. Ideally, you should use two types of moisturisers – a light consistency for day-time under make-up and a heavier one the ‘feed’ the skin at night. The latter is the especially necessary to aid dry skin. Finding the right moisturiser for your skin is a matter of trial and error but once found can make a very positive contribution to the look of your skin.

4. Skin Massaging

• Facial massage should be done daily and should not take more than five minutes because if done for a longer time, there are chances of your skin being stretched and loosening of facial muscles.
• Massage should be done on a clean face and your hands should be scrupulously clean as well.
• Stand in front of a mirror, take a little cream and spread it gently all over the neck and face.
• Start from the base  of the neck and move in upward strokes to  the jawline repeating this movement ten times.
• Then move to the side of the face, with gentle upward and sideway strokes.
• Then move your fingertips in circles around the nose.
• It is essential to remember that the area under the eyes has to be massaged from the outer corner of the eye to the inner comer, going over the top lid to the outer comer and again going under, thus completing a round. Repeat ten times, using your finger tips.
• Then work your fingers to the forehead. Start from the eyebrows upto the brow line, in upward strokes
• Frown lines if any, can be removed by massaging in circles on the forehead with your fingertips
• Prevent laugh lines around the mouth by moving in circles around the mouth line, starting from the comers of the mouth to the sides of the nose.
• Use your thumbs to massage the chin. Incase you have a double chin, do a little bit of pinching at that area.