Ngathatha iseluleko somculi odumile we-makeup futhi sashintsha konke

Inganekwane yemboni yobuhle, umsunguli womkhiqizo kanye ne-CEO, indlovukazi engangabazeki yezimonyo ze-catwalk… Noma ngabe ubhekisela kuphiUPat McGrath, kulungile ukusho ukuthi ungomunye wabaculi bezimonyo abanolwazi kakhulu (futhi abahle kakhulu) abakhona.

Njengesonto lemfashini elivamile, yena nethimba lakhe lochwepheshe bapenda ubuso babantu abanjengoBurberry, uLouis Vuitton, uPrada noLoewe, kanti uhlu lwakhe lwamakhasimende adumile luqhakambisa uNaomi Campbell, uGigi Hadid noTaylor Swift ukubala abambalwa. Akumangalisi ukuthi uhlobo lwakhe lwezimonyo, iPat McGrath Labs, lungomunye wabahlonishwa kakhulu emibuthanweni yobuhle.

Ngamanye amazwi, lokho uPat angakwazi ngokufeza izimonyo ezingenamthungo (noma ngabe yini oyibonayo) akufanele ukwazi. Ngakho-ke lapho ngithatha imizuzwana embalwa naye ekwethulweni kweqoqo elisha le-Celestial Nirvana, uqinisekile ukuthi ngimkhethele ubuhlakani bakhe kuzo zonke izinto zobuhle.

Okuhlazisayo ukuthi izimonyo zami azizange zibukeke kahle ngalolo suku. Zazinamabala, zinongwe futhi zishelela ezindaweni eziningi. Kodwa engakufunda kuPat cishe emizuzwini emihlanu yokukhuluma naye kwashintsha ngokuphelele umdlalo wami wokwenza izimonyo (kanye nesikhumba sami, uma ngicabanga ngakho) waba ngcono.

Ngakho-ke nakhu konke okudingeka ukwazi mayelana nokufeza izimonyo ezibukeka zingochwepheshe ngokushesha — noma ngabe uzibheka njengomuntu osaqalayo.

01: Qala njalo nge-essence yesikhumba

Izimonyo ezihlala esikhumbeni esingamanzi ngokwanele noma esingenawo umswakama zizogcizelela kuphela ukuthungwa kwesikhumba okungalingani futhi zihlangane ezindaweni eziqhekekile, okungenzeka ukuthi zihlukane futhi zibe namabala usuku lonke. Uma i-moisturizer noma i-primer yakho ingakusikhiphi, ikhambi likaPat ukufaka isinyathelo esisodwa esilula: gcwalisa isikhumba sakho nge-essence elula ngaphansi kwe-moisturizer noma i-SPF yakho ngaphambi kokufaka izimonyo.

02: Khetha isisekelo esihlanganiswe nezithako zokunakekelwa kwesikhumba

UkutholaisisekeloLokho okungami esikhumbeni sakho ngemva kwamahora ambalwa akulona neze iphutha. Ngithembe, sengizame amakhulu. Okujwayelekile kufaka phakathi i-hyaluronic acid emanzi (engase ibizwe nangokuthi i-sodium hyaluronate), i-squalane (i-emollient, esiza ekuvaleleni umswakama), i-dimethicone (isithako esisekelwe ku-silicone esivame ukutholakala ezimonyweni nase-moisturiser ukuze kube nomphumela omuhle) kanye ne-glycerin, isithako esimanzi esifaka isandla esikhumbeni esikhanyayo nesithambile.

03: Sebenzisa isisekelo sakho ukuze uhlole izindawo ezithile

Mhlawumbe akusikho umkhuba, ngisebenzise isisekelo, kodwa muva nje kwenza ubuso bami bubukeke buthambile kakhulu. Umdwebi wezimonyo uyavuma ukususa uhlaka lobuso bakho ngesisekelo sesisekelo, bese uchitha imali, isikhathi namandla ukuze ukhiqize ngethusi noma nge-blush. Uma udlula ukumbozwa okuphelele, ngeke kuxazulule ngempela. Kodwa-ke, uma ufuna isisekelo semvelo, sinesixazululo esingcono.

Icebo liwukushaya isisekelo lapho uthanda khona, uthathe ibhulashi lesisekelo elijiyile, njengebhulashi elithambile lesisekelo sendawo ye-hourglass, bese konke kusobala. Insimu yokunaka izombozwa ngoba lapho uqala khona, kodwa ubuso obusele akufanele buvinjelwe kumkhiqizo.

04: Faka i-concealer ngendlela enembile

Izikhathi eziningi sisebenzisaisifihla-ndawoukuvimba amaphutha esicabanga ukuthi akhona. Kodwa ngezinye izikhathi abanye abantu abashintshi ngemva kokusebenzisa. Kunconywa ukuthi usifihle eduze kwekhala. Isikhumba lapho sivame ukuba nombala noma sibe bomvu kancane, kanti umbala wesikhumba omnyama ozungeze umlomo umbozwe yinoma yikuphi ukushintsha kombala.

Isikhumbuzo esihle ukusebenzisa njeibhulashi lokucashaukuze ucwilise inani elifanele le-paste, bese ukhomba indawo ehambisanayo, hlanganisa i-paste kancane kanye nesisekelo soketshezi ngebhulashi le-concealer ngobumnene.

05: Zijwayeze ukusebenzisa i-powder ehlakaniphile

Ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izimonyo zakho zihlala isikhathi eside, uPat ungitshele ukuthi ukhetha ukufaka ufulawa phakathi kobuso (okuhlanganisa ne-T-zone — ngakho-ke ebunzini lakho, phansi ekhaleni lakho nasesilevini), kanye nendawo ezinhlangothini zekhala (lapho izimbobo zibonakala khona kakhulu). “Ufuna ukuthi lonke isikhumba sakho sibonakale siphila,” kusho uPat, ongeyena umthandi omkhulu wokufaka ufulawa esikhumbeni sonke — ngaphandle kokuthi usendaweni eshisayo.

06: Isifutho sokusetha sihle kodwa ama-skin mist angcono nakakhulu

Ukuze uthuthukise ukuqina kwezimonyo, sicela ulandeleimpuphungesembozo sokufutha esiqinile. Vele, abantu abaningi manje bathanda ukusebenzisa isifutho sokuzilungisa. Isibonelo, mina, ngakolunye uhlangothi, sifaneleka kakhulu esikhumbeni sami esinobuthi; ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngeke senze ubuso bonke bubukeke bungavamile.