I want a perfect complexion

To beautify my complexion without looking make-up I put on nude makeup. A trend that continues to play stars to create a flawless , natural and slightly satiny complexion . Essential: Choose a tone-on-tone fluid formula with your skin.

• The pro technique : take very little foundation , heat it on the back of the hand and apply it to the finger , by touches, on the forehead, nose, chin. For a "transparent fade" result, stretch it towards the outside of the face.
• The detail that makes everything : put with the brush, a hint of concealer on the internal angle of the eye, another on the external angle. Tap the finger and let the heat of the skin melt the material. Dress it all with a veil of iridescent powder for even more shine.

G ommer my wrinkles with a foundation? It's possible ! What was pure dreaming today is easy with fluid formulas that smooth and lift by delivering many moisturizing and plumping active ingredients . Collagens and silicones fill in wrinkles to re-inflate them and make them much less visible. Anti-wrinkle foundations also contain UV filters to limit skin aging.

To ensure a super fit to my make-up on putting on fixers? Not necessarily ! An ultra-moisturizing serum applied just before applying make-up to swell the skin texture and maintain the formula of the foundation intact.

• The pro technique : moisten a sponge with a few drops of tonic, then impregnate it with a little foundation and pat the whole face up to the neck. Then wrap the sponge with a tissue and dab again to absorb the surplus.
• The detail that does everything : a veil of loose powder applied to the large brush by touching the skin fixed makeup and ensures a dull long duration. Last step: finish stretching the powder with a round latex sponge.

The special dyed brushes, this is the new gesture of application of the foundation to integrate to its routine. This beauty tool is more gifted than the sponge to smooth textures and more delicate than the fingers to make them imperceptible on the skin.

• The pro technique : take a little foundation on the back of the hand, soak the brush and start by "painting" the middle line of the face. Stretch the material by sweeping back and forth, rings around the temples, cheeks to the ears, from the chin towards the birth of the neck and from the center of the forehead to the edge to avoid any demarcation.
• The detail that makes everything : for a homogeneous result, finish by applying the palms all over the face.

A well-applied blush? It's easy. But for positioning everything depends on the desired effect:
- Natural: pinch the crown of the cheekbones and apply its blush in circles where the skin pink. With a hint of powder and a wide brush , one works well the material to reproduce the natural rose effect that goes up to the cheeks.
- Chic: use a cream blush easy to melt with fingers. It is applied over the entire cheekbone and stretches by reducing the color towards the temples.
- Evening: choose a pearly blush and apply it high on the cheekbone overflowing on the brow eyebrow to hang the light.

A seductive look

The dense and worked eyebrows come back strong . To give them more presence, a pencil of the same color as the root of her hair is used. We opt for a dry-point mine , much easier to work in light weight than greasy pencils .

• The technique pro : apply the pencil in minipointillé starting from the inner end of the eyebrow. Emphasize areas where hair is light or less dense. To "melt" everything and make your cheek job invisible, brush up , starting with the inner corner.
• The detail that makes everything : for an impeccable outfit, you can fix with a transparent mascara or finish by brushing the eyebrows upwards with a brush brush previously impregnated with a pschit of lacquer.

Become a pro by eyeliner taking your time. One settles comfortably: elbows resting on a table, the face facing the mirror, chin raised to have the eyelid slightly lowered.

• The pro technique : begin by drawing the line with a fat pencil . Then apply your eyeliner line from the inner corner of the eye to the outside, carefully following the implantation of the eyelashes. Finish by slightly lifting your line to open the look.
• The detail that makes everything : with the pencil, fill well the interstices between the eyelashes. Finally, iron a second coat of eyeliner on your first trace.

And the smoky eye? Ultraglamour, this smoked makeup remains the undisputed star of winter by drowning the eyes in a halo of mystery seducer.

• The technique pro : smooth your eyelids with a clear tone-on-tone or some concealer. Emphasize the look of a dash of metallic pencil at the top and bottom of the eyelashes. All around the eye, then blend a black, anthracite, brown or blue night shade.
• The detail that does it all : melt the whole with a cotton swab and finish with a veil of translucent powder to give a diluted ultrasexy effect.
  
  

Want to grow his eyes? We forget the kohl inside the eye. To open the eyes, use a beige pencil , especially not white, apply it on the free edge of the lower eyelid and on the inner corner of the eye. Apply a clear blush to the moving eyelid and a touch under the eyebrows. A good tip to instantly raise their line, so "open" the eye to the maximum.

• The detail that does everything : avoid the eyelashes too loaded and, on the round or rounded eyes, zap the mascara on the bottom lashes.
  
  

Everything for a sublime mouth

To draw well the lips, they are emphasized with a light stroke of pencil , it is essential to define their outline, to prevent a lipstick from spinning or to give more presence to a gloss .

• The pro technique : choose the mine of the same color as your lips . Without pressing too much, define their contour by following the natural hem and tap slightly inwards, to melt the stroke. Ideal also to smooth the drawing of the mouth or cheat a bit on its volume.
• The detail that does everything : before you "pencil", apply a protective balm to allow the mine to slide more easily.
  
  

First imperative to choose well lipstick : take into account its natural skin tone. If you have a clear complexion, the reds bluish, carmine, purple, purple or fuchsias are perfect. Matt complements prefer warm shades: salmon, coral, brick, and the whole palette of browns. To make the right choice: face a mirror, apply the hue on the pulp of a finger. The color of the skin is very close to that of the mouth. Then, finger to the height of the smile, judge the effect, always in the light of day.

Many thanks to our make-up artists: Olivier Echaudemaison for Guerlain, Yannick Vaudry for Yves Saint Laurent, Alexis Dralet for L'Oréal Paris and Jérôme Sandevoir for Stila.
Dossier coordinated by Dominique Garnier.