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1. Perfect your makeup in a magnifying mirror with LEDs that mimic natural daylight so you don't step outside and see unblended blush and splotchy foundation.
2. Map out where to put on concealer, foundation, and translucent powder for the best photo-ready makeup. 100+ Instagram likes, anyone?
3. Try a popular Etude House Zero Sebum translucent powder to set your makeup for the whole day without cakiness.
4. Or mix e.l.f.'s Make Me Matte Foundation Adjuster into your usual formula for a smooth, flawless, and shine-free finish that lasts and lasts — no touchups required.
5. Apply your under-eye concealer in a triangle rather than little dots — it'll draw attention to the brightest part of your eyes!
6. Set your under eye concealer and say goodbye to creases with a baking technique — press on a generous amount of setting powder, let it "cook" for a few minutes, and brush it off.
7. Seamlessly blend all your products from foundation to concealer to eyeshadow with a set of brushes that have tightly-packed fibers for an airbrushed finish.
8. And for an easier blending experience and smoother finish, handle your brushes like a pro — hold them like paintbrushes (aka loosely from the bottom) rather than like pens.
9. Apply skin care and makeup in the right order for a flawless finish (and less wasted product) every time.
10. Blend your lipliner through the inside of your lips to avoid that liner-with-no-lipstick look.
11. Or if you're tired of buying a lip liner for every shade of lipstick you own, try a transparent universal liner to keep your lips on lock.
12. Brush on translucent powder between layers of your favorite lipstick to help it last alllllll damn day.
13. Perfect your pout by tracing the edges of your lips with a dab of concealer on an angled brush.
14. Prime your lips with Too Faced's Lip Insurance primer, a vitamin E–infused formula that'll keep your lips hydrated, smooth, and keep your lip color or gloss from transferring, feathering, or fading.
15. Use a tweezer or eyebrow pencil to line up where your brows should start, arch, and end before filling them in for your best and most natural-looking forehead caterpillars ever.
16. Try Benefit's Browvo conditioning primer both at night and underneath your makeup to help your eyebrow powder, pencil, or pomade last longer AND to help your brows grow in fuller.
17. Layer eyelash primer (like this top-rated Lancôme one) under your mascara for long and clump-free lashes for days (it conditions to keep them healthier, too!).
18. If you get that mascara smudge under your eye without fail, try this handy trick to stop it once and for all.
19. Combat clumping and make reapplying mascara in the evening less of a mess with a set of eyelash combs.
20. Dot your eyeliner, then connect the dots to make doing a cat eye with liquid liner so much easier.
21. Or opt for a cat eyeliner stamp to get evenly matched wings in approximately five seconds.
22. And erase any errant eyeliner or mascara marks with a remover pen for the most precise strokes.
23. If your eyeliner isn't perfectly pigmented or turns splotchy, fill it in with a matching eye shadow for a bolder line.
24. Tightline your eyelashes (that is, use a pencil or brush to line the spaces between hairs) to avoid having that annoying space between your liner and your lashes.
25. Create a shadowy cat eye on monolids (that won't disappear into the crease); just move it up higher on your lid.
26. Catch eyeshadow fallout or guide a perfect eyeliner wing with a pack of adhesive shadow shields; they stick right to your face and remove easily.
27. Layer a white priming base under your eyeshadow to keep your pigments true to color.
28. For a quick and effortless eyeshadow look, draw a hashtag in the outer corner of your eye with an eyeliner or shadow pencil and blend, blend, blend.
29. Or try a Revlon eyeshadow quad with super-pigmented shades and a numbering system to make doing a smoky eye easier than ever.
30. Fully remove one pigment from your brush before applying another; just wipe it on this brush-cleaning sponge so your eye makeup is blended without errant marks.
31. And finish off your whole look with NYX's cult-favorite setting spray with a lot of staying power for not a lot of money.
Mulan-level makeup just got easier!
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