I think once you find your go-to makeup items, it can take 5 minutes to get your routine down. Skin care is the key to minimal makeup, but it is so nice to have a few items that help me feel awake and ready to face the day. This is a break down of 5 minute every day makeup routine as well as what I use when I want to dress up a little more. I use Beautycounter as a one stop shop for all my makeup, skin care, and hair care items since I know I can trust their ingredients to be safe, but they are comparable in performance to my old favorites.
FIVE MINUTE FACE STEPS
- Tint Skin Hydrating Foundation – Lightweight, hydrating, and very flattering pigments. I love how this is layerable if you need additional coverage, but it does’nt feel like I am wearing foundation. I will add a few pumps of dew skin tinted moisturizer over it if I want the spf 20 and dewy finish.
- Touch Up Concealer Pen – Brightens up under the eyes, and is super easy to apply with a click. I blend with a brush or ring finger over my foundation.
- Color Define Eyebrow Pencil – I fill in my brows with this pencil in the color Dark. It does a really good job filling in and still looking natural. I use the other side of the pencil to brush brows upwards.
- Satin Powder Blush – I use the cheek brush to apply this on the apples of my cheeks to add a little color to my face. I used to use Nars blush, but it rated a 7 out of 10 in toxicity level on ewg.org so I was so happy to find this Satin Powder Blush clean dupe! Nectar is almost the exact shade of my old fave.
- Volumizing Mascara – I had a hard time letting go of my L’Oreal mascara and still holding out on them to start going clean! For every day, I have really liked the volumizing mascara because it doesn’t leave residue under your eyes, and it leaves your lashes feeling full and soft vs clumpy and sticky.
- Nourishing Lip Gloss – I finish with a swipe of nourishing lip gloss in Opal or Bare Shimmer and it feels SO good on your lips.
These 6 steps are enough to make me at least semi-awake in the mornings;) These items are also offered in a complete set for a bundle price, as well as a free oil free makeup remover with purchase! So it is a really good time to make the switch to non-toxic makeup. I love how there is a free return label in every box in case you need to swap colors! *I am sharing these items from my own BC website, so if you have questions about your order or need help color matching feel free to email me!
If I want to dress up the look even more I will add a Radiant All Over Bronzer, Liquid Eyeliner, Color Intense Lipstick in Brunch or 9 to 5, and a smokey eye from the Romantic Palette. This is the look pictured above.
I really don’t like spending much time on my hair either (I need a GIF in here of ain’t no mama got time!), so I will wash and style once every three to four days (I will keep dry when I shower), and use dry shampoo and hair spray in between.
- I have been using Volumizing Shampoo and Conditioner, and will blow dry afterwards.
- This hair curling wand from amazon is awesome. It has interchangeable wands so I will use it to style waves and spray with Josh Rosebrook hairspray which is also clean ingredient.
- If my hair needs a lift on day 2 or 3 I just use Bambu Earth dry shampoo at the roots and blend in.
- Hair scarves like this one pictured are such an easy way to dress up your standard pony and it takes less than 5 minutes when you are in a rush.
Cheers to simplicity, and finding things that give you a little pep in your step!
