5 Makeup Tricks for Spring | Creating a Fresh, Fun Look!

1. Colorful Lower Lashline

Creating a fun, springy look can be as simple as adding a pop of color to your everyday makeup routine! There are endless possibilities for fun, spring-appropriate colors! My trick to this look is to KEEP IT SIMPLE. If you want to add a pop of color to your lower lashline, try keeping the lid area clean and neutral to keep the look balanced. I like to add a soft brown to the crease, a light neutral color with a sheen to the lid, and a cream color to highlight the brow bone and inner corner. Then add the colorful shadow tight against the lower lashline and blend with a pencil brush for a seamless transition! It's that simple! Credit to Alexandrea Garza and Casey Holmes for a bold purple lower lashline with the Too Faced Peanut Butter & Jelly palette! I am obsessed with this look! The Jelly shade is that perfect bright purple to jazz up your eyes for spring and summer. Check their tutorials out here: Alex's tutorial and Casey's tutorial. You get the best of both worlds with this palette. The warm neutrals make the perfect complement on the lid to a bright purple lower lashline! Plus, I had no idea how convenient it was until I began purchasing palettes, but having all the shadows you need (base, transition, lid, outer corner, and highlight) in one place is perfect for on-the-go and travel! If you don’t want to purchase a full palette, no worries! Most of you probably already have neutrals in your collection to pair with a bold color, so opt for single eyeshadows like the L’Oreal Infalliable shadows or the Nyx Hot Singles, both of which are available in the drugstore or at Ulta! If you have more time to wait for snail mail, I highly recommend trying Makeup Geek shadows! They make the creamiest, most BEAUTIFUL shimmer and matte shadows in amazing shades. Plus, they are at or below a drugstore price point!

If you pair this look with a colored lip, I recommend following trick 2 below ↓ for a subtle color and lots of shine. 

Here are some of the colorful shadows I have been obsessing over!

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Greens:

L’Oreal Infalliable Shadow in Endless Sea 

L'Oreal Infalliable Shadow in Emerald Green

Makeup Geek shadow in Sea Mist

Blues:

Makeup Geek shadow in Dragonfly

Makeup Geek shadow in Poolside

Urban Decay shadow in Divebar

Purples:

L'Oreal Infalliable shadow in Burst Into Bloom (from the Butterfly Collection)

Makeup Geek shadow in Wisteria

Makeup Geek shadow in Caitlin Rose

Pinks: 

Urban Decay shadow in Woodstock

Makeup Geek Duochrome shadow in Mai Tai

L'Oreal Infalliable shadow in Always Pearly Pink (from the Butterfly Collection)

Tip: Don’t be afraid to try pinks on your eyes! Combine this with trick 3 below ↓ to avoid looking like you have pink eye. The white eyeliner on the waterline will separate the pink shadow from the pink tones in your waterline and the veins in your eyes to assure the look is fresh and purposeful!

Left: L'Oreal Glossy Balm in Pink Me Up
Center: L'Oreal Infalliable Eyeshadow in Burst into Bloom
Right: L'Oreal Infalliable Eyeshadow in Golden Emerald



2. Flushed, Glossy Lips

Glossy lips with a hint of color is perfect for spring because it pairs perfectly with flushed cheeks and a glowing complexion! The key to this look is to pick fun, bright colors and apply them to have a sheer finish. If done correctly, it gives a pouty, just-bitten feel that looks fresh and daytime-appropriate. You can achieve this several ways:

Glosses- Choose a gloss that has sheer color payoff and bright shade selections. My favorite gloss formula has to be Buxom Full-On Lip Polishes. They have a wide array of colors and they give a truly glass-like finish. Some of the shades that come to mind: Kayla (bright pink), Mia (guava), Debbie (coral pink), and Erin (pinky lavender). These shades as well as several of the Buxom Full-On Lip Creams (Tequila Sunrise, Mai Tai, Pink Lady, and Berry Blast to name a few) are sure to give a pop of color to your spring makeup routine!  

Lipsticks + Lip Balm or Lip Oil- This is one of my favorite tricks. Combining a creme lipstick with a lip balm gives a sheer, shiny wash of color to the lips with the added benefit of hydration! This is my go-to if I am failing to locate a sheer gloss to do the trick. Start by pre-hydrating your lips with the lip balm or oil as you apply the rest of your makeup. Finish by lightly dabbing the lip color on your lips (the idea is to stain your lips rather than fully coat them with the color), then top with the balm or oil again and tap with your finger to seamlessly blend the two together! The effect: pouty stained lips that are bright and glossy but still sheer and subtle! Any lipstick will do, but here are some great options for balms and oils to hydrate and plump up your lips: Dior Creme de Rose Lip Balm (SO hydrating and adds amazing shine!), Hourglass N 28 Lip Oil, Aquaphor Lip Repair, and Rosebud Minted Rose Lip Balm. Last, but certainly not least, there are some amazing glossy balms out there that deliver the perfect, sheer wash of color! A few that stand out to me: Clinique Chubby Sticks (Heftiest Hibiscus or Plushest Punch) and L'Oreal Glossy Balms (Pink Me Up and Innocent). 

3. White Waterline

The quickest way to fresh, awake eyes for spring is to pop a nude or white eyeliner into your waterline. This gives the illusion of larger eyes that appear more open, as opposed to black eyeliner which makes them appear smaller. This trick will look great paired with a colorful lower lashline or by itself to refresh your everyday makeup! I love the Rimmel Scandaleyes Nude liner, personally, but a stark white may be fun to try as well. Some white eyeliners sure to go on creamy and long-lasting are MAC liner in Fascinating, NARS Larger Than Life liner in Santa Monica Blvd, Lancome Liqui-Pencil in French lace, and Rimmel Soft Kohl liner in Pure White. 

4. Highlighted Inner Corners

A bright and shimmery inner corner is a fool-proof way to wake up your eyes and draw positive attention to them! A touch of neutral shimmer near the inner tear duct will separate the eyes to give the appearance of more space between the eyes as well as add a flirty detail. Spring makeup is the ideal time to call attention to the face and eyes with subtle hints of shimmer, and inner corner detail is an easily-forgotten trick to play up your eyes. A tip is to choose a shade that has fine shimmer, rather than glitter. If the pigment is not finely milled, it will cake up in the inner corners, but a fine shimmer shade that gives off a gleam rather than a chunky glittered look will give the desired effect. Try one of these shades or something similar in your own collection: MAC Nylon (pale gold frost), MAC Shroom (beige shimmer frost), Makeup Geek Shimma Shimma (champagne shimmer), Makeup Geek Ice Queen (frosty white shimmer), or Nyx Baked Eyeshadows (Moonshine, White Noise, or Easy Rider). 

5. Dewy, Fresh Skin

A fresh looking face is first in my mind when I think of what spring makeup should look like! Spring is when the moisture finally returns to the air and is generally when we start to see our skin looking more hydrated after the winter months, hence why our makeup should reflect this! The key is to let natural details of your face like freckles peek through and let the foundation focus on simply blurring imperfections and evening skin tone while leaving behind a glowy finish. Some of my favorite dewy light to medium coverage foundations are the MAC Studio Waterweight Foundation and the L'Oreal True Match Lumi Foundation. A tip for the full-coverage matte foundation lovers is to mix one of your favorites in that category with a BB or CC cream, or even a pump of your favorite moisturizer (make sure it is 1 part matte foundation to 2 parts cream of choice). This will give desired coverage but allow the matte finish to become a more satin to dewy finish. Added bonus: If you are like myself, finding the perfect shade match is impossible, and this trick will allow you to customize the shade to perfectly match your skin tone as you get a few shades darker into the summer months!! Another suggestion to keep the skin looking light and fresh is to sub powder blushes and bronzers for cream or liquid products. A cream blush will give a natural flush to the skin and blend more naturally with a dewy foundation, as opposed to a powder that may skip and look patchy on the skin. The same applies for cream bronzers. I will list a few of each that carry great reputations.

Cream Blushes: Tarte Cheek Stain, Perricone MD No Blush Blush, Benefit Dandelion Dew Liquid Blush, MAC Cremeblend Blush, and Sonia Kashuk Creme Blush

Cream/Liquid Bronzers: Chanel Soleil Tan De Chanel Cream Bronzer, Perricone MD No Bronzer Bronzer, Vapour Beauty Solar Translucent Bronzer, Dew the Hoola Liquid Bronzer, and Sonia Kashuk Undetectable Creme Bronzer.

I hope you enjoyed these quick and easy tips for fresh spring makeup! Leave me a comment about a favorite product or trend that you love for spring! Also, like and share this post if you found it interesting and useful!