After pregnancy and experiencing several sleepless nights with a newborn it is hard for new mums to feel and look their best. With a simple, go-to look, it will be easier for a new mum to get ready quickly while concealing the fact that her head hasnt hit the pillow for days.

Makeup Products Needed for New Mum Makeup Look

With a few makeup products, this new mum makeup look will work for anyones skin tone and skin concerns.

Tinted Moisturizer

Cream Concealer

Concealer Brush

Pressed Powder

Peach Cheek color

Two Eyeshadows in neutral tones

Brown Eyeliner

Black Waterproof (or water-resistant) Mascara

Tinted lip balm

Makeup Application for New Mum

These eight quick steps will take just a few minutes to apply but will give new mum an easy makeup application that can be used for any time and any place.

First, apply tinted moisturizer all over the face. Tinted moisturizer will give enough coverage to hide minor skin imperfections but is easier to apply making it impossible to mess up. Look for a tinted moisturizer with sunscreen to help keep skin healthy and reduce a couple steps in the skincare regimen.

With a concealer brush, apply a small amount of the cream concealer to the dark areas under the eyes, as well as any other skin imperfections like acne, sun spots, and skin discoloration. Blend softly with the tip of the finger.
Set concealer with pressed powder. Although loose powder is best for setting makeup, pressed powder will cause less of a mess and is easier to use when on the go and in a hurry.

Apply a peach cheek color to the apples of the cheeks, blending up along the cheekbones. A peach color will help give the illusion of being more awake and gives a more youthful look.

With neutral eye shadows, a shimmery vanilla and a warm cocoa for example, will work for every eye color, and will help the eyes look more awake. Even if new mum has been up all night with a colicky baby! Apply the vanilla eyeshadow to the entire eye, from eyelid up to the brow bone. With the warm cocoa color, apply into the crease of the eye and blend.
Eyeliner should be kept at a minimum, line the top of the eye, get as close to the lashes as possible. Blend with a cotton swab to smooth line if needed.

Apply a couple coats of black mascara in a waterproof or water-resistant formula.

Touch up lips with a tinted lip balm. This will keep lips moisturized while adding a subtle color. With a newborns wobbly head, many times the baby will hit the lips, smearing lip gloss and lipstick over mum and baby. A tinted lip balm will be less noticeable and easier to clean up. If you can afford to treat yourelf you could also consider Designer Permanent Makeup. This is a long lasting soluion that allows you to wake with your make up permanently in place every morning!

To maximize makeup application, keep makeup products on hand in a small bag. It can easily be tucked away in a diaper bag for touch ups and will help reduce the time needed for makeup application.

Scared of making a mess of wedding day make-up? There is no need to fear with these easy fixes to make sure your make-up looks flawless.

Not all brides hire a professional make-up artist for their wedding day. However, every bride wants to look her best in the photos as well as enjoy the celebration. Avoiding most wedding make-up problems is easy with just a little planning. Although make-up normally goes as expected, knowing how to fix common beauty mishaps means that getting ready for the ceremony will become part of the fun and calming ritual that it should be.

Sunburn and Uneven Tanning

It can be hard to ensure an even tan for weddings at the end of summer. This applies especially to anyone who participates in outdoor sports, such as running. Added to this, wedding dresses are usually cut differently when compared to regular clothes, therefore wedding dresses tend to show different areas of skin. Occasionally it is possible to catch the sun on the face, especially the nose, without even realizing until it is too late.

If you find that you have slightly burned any areas, apply a good after-sun lotion to keep the skin soothed and hydrated. Use a specific after-sun repair product for this rather than home made preparations or anything not specifically meant for this purpose. Aside from taking the colour and the sting away, a prescribed product will also prevent peeling.

It is important to avoid applying too much make-up to burned or uncomfortable areas, so use a light coverage to blend in any colour.

Dry products are usually better because they can be dusted lightly over skin. A compact powder foundation can give a little coverage as well as preventing shine.

Any areas that no longer feel burned, can be concealed with a full coverage concealer. Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage is good for this type of work.

Sunburned areas tend to shine more than regular skin, so take care to apply extra powder or dab on some anti-shine.
Blend in a patchy tan on the face by using a non-glitter, non-orange bronzing powder. Sweep this lightly over cheeks and under jaw line to make a darker nose seem part of an overall healthy glow.

Cracked, Dry and Chapped Lips

If lips are dry and flaky rather than very sore, then exfoliate with a gentle scrub, soft toothbrush or light liquid exfoliator. Continue to apply lip balm on exfoliated lips throughout the morning.

If lips still look really flaky when it comes to doing make-up, then a slick of glassy lip gloss usually gives the illusion of smoothness. If you were aiming for a natural look anyway, just use this with a little neutral pencil for definition.
If using something with more colour, make sure to blot lips and reapply product in thin layers rather than thick cover and always use a brush.

Horribly Smudged, Disastrous Eye Make-up

If you have chosen to do a slightly heavier eye make-up than you are confident applying, or did not get enough practice on the run up to the wedding, it may be best to do the eye make-up before applying foundation and concealer. This can avoid the kinds of smudging that come from a lack of confidence and practice. Simply clean the skin after applying eye make-up and then apply all the base products.

Cotton buds soaked in eye make-up remover to clean smudges easily

Use dry cotton buds to clean up powdery spills over foundation, as this will create less disturbance to the base.
Blending helps to soften a look. Use a soft blending brush to keep working over very strong or messy shadow.
Add a little translucent powder to the blending brush if trying to calm down an eye make-up.
If eye make-up is looking like a completely smudged mess, use cotton pads soaked in good quality eye make-up remover to sweep it all off and start again with a clean eye. This might set you back 10 minutes, but the finish will look so much cleaner and fresher that it will be worth it.

Essential Bridal Make-up Rescue Products

Keep these products close by on your wedding day and they will fix any make-up disasters in a trice.

A sticky roller is essential should pick up any powder or shimmer that has fallen on a white dress. For wedding purposes, look for a roller with a cartridge of tear off paper strips, rather than the permanently sticky kind, as this will ensure that the roller is completely clean and cannot mark the dress.

Buy a dry camouflage concealer palette, which contains at least a couple of colours. Try Laura Mercier or Dermacolour.
A pressed powder foundation, in a light formula, gives coverage but is less likely to irritate skin.

An easy to use exfoliator like Aveda Exfoliant has a visible smoothing effect on the skin. Unlike a mask or scrub it does not need to be rinsed off. Even more conveniently, it can be used topically on specific areas such as flaky lips or a scaly nose.

Alternatively, you could consider permanent make up in time for your big day. I recommend designerpermanentmakeup.co.uk.