How to Create a Fresh, Dewy & Bright Spring Makeup Look

Tools and materials:

• Brightening serum
• Eye cream
• Active sunscreen
• Hydrating mist
• Foundation
• Concealer
• Translucent powder
• Contour stick
• Liquid lipstick
• Highlighter
• Brow brush or spoolie
• Brow pencil
• Liquid eyeshadow
• Mascara
• Lash curler
• Sleeping lip mask

1. Apply a brightening serum

Take a brightening serum and apply it all over your skin. This really brightens up my skin and leaves a beautiful, dewy finish. 

2. Apply eye cream

Next, go in with an eye cream and apply it gently underneath your eyes to make the skin plump and hydrated

3. Apply an active sunscreen

Then, apply an active sunscreen. I’m using one with SPF 50. Active, or chemical, sunscreens are typically very rich, hydrating, and moisturizing all without leaving a white cast.

4. Spray your face with a hydrating mist

To finish prepping your skin, use a hydrating mist all over your face. Use your hands to fan dry.

This is perfect to use before your foundation as it plumps up your skin and makes the process of applying foundation a lot more smooth.

5. Apply foundation

Now it’s time to go in with the foundation. I like to use a foundation that gives my skin a beautiful dewy finish while still giving me pretty good coverage. I typically only need one pump for my entire face. 

After you’ve blended out the base of your foundation, take some of it on your fingertips and pat it over the areas that need a little bit more coverage.

6. Apply concealer

For my concealer, I prefer to take it on the back of my hands first. Apply to the back of your hands, then use a damp sponge to pick it up and apply.

I feel like doing it this way gives it a much softer and much more beautiful effect compared to applying it directly to your skin.

I apply concealer under my eyes, over my lids, and on the bridge of my nose, but apply wherever you wish to conceal.

7. Set

Set all the areas that are prone to creasing with a translucent powder. I lightly dust under my eyes, on my chin, and a little bit on my forehead and nose. This keeps the oil at bay.

8. Apply contour

For bronzed skin, take a contour and apply it to the sides of your face. Blend with a big fluffy brush. This helps get a soft, natural look compared to a harsher contour. 

Take some of the product on your fingers and apply it by rubbing it down the bridge of your nose.

9. Mix and apply blush

Mix a bit of liquid lipstick and a small dot of foundation to create your own cream blush. This blends beautifully and gives your skin a soft and natural flush of color. Apply to cheeks and nose.

10. Apply blush to lips

Use that same shade on your lips to give them a very natural soft pink shade that is reminiscent of your lips, but better. 

11. Apply highlighter

Apply a highlighter to all the high points of your face, including your lips, with your fingertips.

Highlighter gives you such a beautiful sheen without any chunky glitter or shimmer particles and makes your skin look as if it’s lit from within.

12. Shape brows

Using a spoolie or brow brush, brush your brows in an upward direction to give your eyes and face more lift. 

Use a pencil to fill in.

13. Apply eyeshadow

For eyeshadow, I used a matte brown shade and just used a small dot on my lid. Blend out. This shadow warms up my lids without being too tense.

14. Define your lashes

Curl your lashes and apply a light coat of mascara. Just enough to define lashes.

15. Apply highlighter to eyes

Tap a very little amount of highlighter to the center of your lids and the inner corners of your eyes.

16. Apply color and shine to your lips

For gloss, I’m actually using a lip sleeping mask! This gives a beautiful shine to my lips without being too sticky or heavy like an actual lip gloss.

To add more color, lightly pat a liquid lipstick to the center of your lips.

17. Spray hydrating mist

Finish off with the hydrating mist again to make everything look super dewy, bright, and spring-like!

Bright spring makeup tutorial

Here’s the finished bright spring makeup look! That was my take on the fresh spring makeup look trend. If you decide to try this look, let me know what you think!

Products used

• LAKMÉ Absolute Perfect Radiance Skin Brightening Face Serum
• Dot & Key Retinol + Caffeine Eye Cream
• The Face Shop Naturalsun Eco Super Active Unisex Sun Cream SPF50+
• The Face Shop Chia Seed Hydro Mist
• L'Oreal Paris Infallible 24H Fresh Wear Foundation, 145 Rose Beige
• L.A GIRL HD Pro Conceal (Concealer), Creamy Beige
• SUGAR Cosmetics - All Set To Go - Translucent Powder
• SUGAR Cosmetics X Wonder Woman 24-Hr Lip Lacquer - 09 Gritlaza
• SUGAR Cosmetics - Own The Light - Liquid Highlighter - 02 Diva Dazzle (Rosey Taupe)
• SUGAR Cosmetics - Arch Arrival - Brow Definer - 04 Felix Onyx (Dark Blackish Brown Brow Definer)