Technical Post: How to Cleanse, Tone and Moisturise

Well prepared skin, is the key to any good makeup look. Therefore skincare is not only important, it is essential. 

Skin must be thoroughly cleansed, and any previous makeup properly removed, otherwise the makeup you put on will never look its best. In the same way that you would not use dirty makeup brushes to apply makeup, you would never layer new makeup on dirty skin. 

Items needed:

-Cleanser (Always choose one for sensitive skin, and one that removes eye makeup as well)

-Cotton Pads

To cleanse the face:

- Make sure model/client is comfortable in the chair and has a gown over them

- Complete consultation notes to determine skin type, as well as any allergies

- Ensure all hair is pinned/tied back so that the face is clear

- Start by applying cleanser to cotton pads and using upward strokes, apply the cleanser to the face and neck. 

-Using fluid strokes, cleanse up the neck, across the jaw, up the cheeks, over the top lip, down the nose, across the forehead, across each eyelid, and through the brows.

-Place a cotton pad under the eye and get model to close their eyes. Take a cotton bud dipped in cleanser and using backwards and forwards motions, run cotton bud across lashes and lashline to remove any traces of mascara. Get your model to open their eyes and look upwards and run cotton bud across lower lashline in the same motion until all eye makeup is removed.

To tone the face:

-Apply toner to cotton pads

-Using the same motions as the cleansing, tone the face, avoiding the eye area

To moisturise the face:

-Apply a pea-sized amount of moisturiser to the palm of your hands and warm between fingertips so it is not too cold on your models face.

-Massage onto face and neck, again using the same upward strokes as cleansing and toning

*At this stage you can apply some form of lip balm to prep the lips, so that it has time to absorb before any lipstick is applied.