The most unknown uses of the illuminator, according to experts

The high zone of the cheekbone, in the tear, under the eyebrow ... Surely you already know the key points of the face in which you should use the illuminator to get the most out of your makeup, but did you know that it has many more uses?Undoubtedly, it is one of the weapons of many professionals, in addition to a product that is not lacking in the need of any other versatility and the flattering effect that it achieves on seconds.Therefore, we have talked to some makeup artists who have given us the keys to learn to dominate the highlight and become an expert of the new beauty basic.

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Different textures for different uses

"If you want to get a product -grade, we will opt for products that can be used in different ways, even wetting it, to perform day or night makeup. If it is a powder texture, it moistens a corner of the product and apply it as if it were a shadow of a shadow of Nacarada and bright eyes. It is something you can do with a brush and fingers, "says José Luis García Berjano, National Makeup Artistde Givenchy, which proposes another area of ​​the body in which you can also use the illuminator that can result Very suggestive for your most special appointments: "If you carry a generous neckline, do not hesitate to apply it on the chest and clavicles, but always with a brush, for a radiant effect of the skin." "You can also use it on your legs and it will seem that you wear glass half." Do it with a dust brush, they will leave a very flattering effect in these days that we wear 'naked' legs and less color than when we are in the summer months.

"If the texture is fluid, we can mix it with the makeup base with the day treatment cream, to leave the skin treated and luminous."Of course, as long as the pearl is tiny, because it will leave "a DEWY effect (as if it were sprinkled) and not a 'Christmas ball' effect.García Berjano recommends never using a compact illuminator throughout the face, as if it were a traditional dust."Limit its use to the most outgoing areas of the face, where the light is reflected (quotes, high part of the cheeks, Cupid arch ...) as well as to give light points to the eyes (tear, eyebrow arch ...).

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The keys of the best natural look

We have also talked to Myriam Artiles, Trainer de Nars, who explained to us that: "The illuminator is a product that does not always have to be so evident or be in the foreground."The natural light that must detach a radiant skin, Sanay Bonita."Therefore, to get a natural illuminated skin, you can mix the fluid illuminators with the treatment or with your pre-base. Another option ESPARS The bar in bar before putting the makeup background that you usually use usually. Apply a thin layer ofPowder illuminator as a base on the lips and eyelids and make them up to get more metallic finishes, it is a trick that you must sign if you want to dominate elhighlight.

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"The illuminator is one of the least used makeup products Yaque, in reality, it is a super versatile product whose uses can be infinite. However, most people only use it to contour the face," says Loyal,Royal Hideaway Sancti Petri.Among its most unknown uses, it is important to use it as a cream blusher: "Mixing a little pink or peach lipstick with a cream unpigments light. The result is a cream that melts with fabulous deform skin."In addition, when we woke up with the dark circles more marked than normal and it is not enough to cover them with the concealer: "A good trick is to mix it equally with an illuminator in cream without pigments of light to get a more awake look."

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How to choose the right tone

For his part, Alfonso Jorquera, official Catrice makeup artist, believes that: "Although the illuminator is created to use in concrete areas such as the arc of the eyebrow, the zone 'T' and at the top of the cheekbone, it can be put intoothers to highlight. They would be the tip of the nose, chin and in the heart of the upper lip (arc of Cupid) ". As it tells us, it is also important to look for the texture that best suits your skin type (ifIt is colder or warmer) and to the area where you are going to apply it.Of course, there are more and more illuminating colors and there are endless tones and finishes to choose from, so it is practically impossible that you do not find the one that favors you the most."A good trick to use the highlight is mixing it with the makeup base and thus get a Glow effect. If you want to do it with the concealer you can also," Jorquera confesses.

Finally, Maite Tuset, artistic director of Mac, has given us a trick to convert your illuminating powders into a liquid formula: "Apply a couple of droplets of essential oils in the palm of the hands and stain the fingertips with the fingers with theIlluminator. Mix the oil and powders with the fingertips and extend it to touch on the high planes of the face. "