20 Beauty Mistakes You Need To Stop Making

Here is a list of 20 common beauty mistakes that you need to be aware of:

1. Not cleaning your makeup brushes
2. Putting bronzer on your entire face
3. Matching foundation to the back of your hand.
4. Sleeping in your makeup
5. Applying concealer wrong
6. Applying lip liner to just the edges
7. Wearing waterproof mascara every day
8. Skipping base coat
9. Using the wrong blush formula
10. Wearing too much foundation
11. Not using primer with eye shadow
12. Not setting your concealer
13. Curling your lashes with mascara on
14. Applying blush incorrectly.
15. Adding nail polish remover to thin out nail polish
16. Applying makeup in the wrong lighting
17. Keeping makeup for too long(guilty!)
18. Applying the wrong shade of concealer
19. Pumping the brush
20. Using the wrong primer for your foundation formula.

Review: Clinique Makeup Applicator

First, there were sonic toothbrushes. Then came sonic cleansing brushes. And now, sonic makeup sponges—like Clinique’s new Airbrushed Finish Liquid Foundation Applicator — have the market, quite literally, buzzing.

Clinique’s version is unique in that it’s a replacement head for its pre-existing Sonic System Purifying Cleansing Brush. Just pop off the brush head and attach the sponge before dotting foundation onto your forehead, cheeks, and chin. Then use the vibrating sponge to gently buff and blend to an airbrushed finish.

I sampled the cleansing brush, switching to the sponge applicator with ease. My instinct was to mash the sponge into my face, as I would a Beautyblender. But the trick here is to let the sponge glide over your skin, allowing the sonic vibrations to do the work for you. A few passes later, and I was thoroughly impressed: My makeup was blended so evenly, I looked like I’d had it done professionally.

The verdict? If you’re a tinted-moisturizer type who typically just applies with your fingers for a natural finish, this probably isn’t for you. But if you’re a full face of foundation kinda girl who generally throws every tool in the shed at getting a seamless finish, this little device will save you a whole lot of energy. (Energy you won’t have to spend cleaning your makeup brushes, I might add.)