aka “I’m a 22 year old newb and needed to find some resources”. Here’s what I’ve found so far that has really helped me! Lots of these are youtube tutorials; I find it more helpful to see someone doing it rather than just reading about it.
General:
- Makeup Starter Kit Guide
- How to Apply Makeup for Beginners
- 18 Makeup Tips for Beginners
- Easy Beginners Makeup - Drugstore
- Simple Everyday Makeup Tutorial
- Makeup for Beginners 101: Intro and Essential Items
- Beginners Makeup Bag (with TONS are helpful links in video)
- Makeup Mistakes We All Make
- 10 Beauty Mistakes I Used to Make
- Makeup Mistakes Black Women Commonly Make
- 13 Beauty Hacks
- Makeup Trends We’re Ditching in 2015 (hilarious)
Specific:
Eyes:
- 9 Different Eyeliner Looks
- How to Make Your Eyes Look Bigger
- Beginner Eye Makeup Tips and Tricks
- Easy Ways to Use Liquid Eyeliner
- Eye Shape x, x, x
Face:
- How to Cover Acne & Scars
- How to Apply Foundation
- Best Foundations for Women of Color
- How to Find Your Undertones
- Blush for Face Shapes
- Make Your Nose Look Smaller with Contouring
Lips:
Brows:
Tools:
Youtube Channels:
Blogs:
- Makeuploversunite
- makeuptips-blog
- makeupartistsofcolour (half makeup, half informational)
Cruelty Free Brands:
- Hard Candy
- N.Y.C.
- e.l.f.
- Lush
- Wet n Wild
- bh cosmetics
- Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics
- Impulse Cosmetics
- Urban Decay
- illamasqua
- Melt Cosmetics
- Sugarpill
- Colourpop
- Kat Von D
- Anastasia
- NARS
- Smashbox
*Important Note: Some of these brands may or may not be sold in other countries that require animal testing by law in order for the products to be sold, but I don’t have the time to research animal testing laws outside the US as well as what brands sell in those countries. So I’m leaving this one up to you.
Okay, this has been in my drafts for at least 3 months now. Time to roll it out! Keep in mind, these are videos/bloggers that helped me specifically and there may be some videos/links that aren’t as useful to you. That’s okay! I recommend you get lost in the beauty blogger side of youtube at some point, it’s a lot of fun and you never know what you’ll find!
And on a last note of disclaimer: I don’t follow the personal lives/twitter feed/rumors about anyone in these videos. I don’t know if someone is problematic or not, I am simply recommending the video.
wonderful resource for nonbinary/trans people who have a desire to wear makeup, but were never taught because of gross gender roles
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you know that unexplainable sickish feeling where youre not really sick and you dont really have a headache but you just feel wrong and you cant get comfortable or find something that youre really into but you kinda feel too ill to sleep or eat its like your body saying “i dont know what i want you to do but this isnt it”