Is your makeup always cracking when you use it for a long time? I know it will make you feel a bad mood, moreover when you’re attending special occasions that will take so many photos. Sometimes it could happen when you use the wrong makeup and technique. But do you know where’s the main problem? Of course, your skin type is the first reason for this problem.

Usually, cracking makeup is experienced by people with dry skin. So, you need some product that will not make your skin dry and you should also consider the technique that you use. I know for you who are still a beginner at makeup will be confused and think all makeup or technique is the same for all skin type.

That’s why we are here to tell you about makeup tutorials and tips for dry skin. This is the kind of makeup that will have a dewy and glow finish so your skin will look healthy. Furthermore, this makeup will not be cracked even if you use it all day long. Are you interested in this kind of makeup? Okay, let’s get start the tutorial!

Dewy and Glow Makeup for Dry Skin Tutorial

1. Skincare is a Lifesaver to Heal Your Dry Skin

As you know, people who have dry skin can’t live without skincare. Am I right? And If you let your skin condition dry, I’m sure your makeup will not stick well on your skin which can cause your makeup crack.

Therefore, before applying makeup you should make sure your skin is already moist and hydrated so your makeup will stick well on your skin and can stay all day long. You can choose a product that has a thick texture that can heal your skin.

2. Use Sheet Mask Before Applying Makeup

This is a tip that almost every Korean girl does to have long-lasting makeup without cracking. Do you know what it is? Of course, you’re right! A sheet mask is an answer. Because of the cold weather in Korea many people have dry skin, that’s why this product is created.

Sheet mask contains a lot of serum which is very good for you who have dry skin. You can use it 30 minutes before doing your makeup. Furthermore, you should make sure the serum is absorbed into your skin before putting on your makeup.

3. Choosing the Right Primer for Your Skin

Not only skincare, but primer can determine your makeup too. If you choose the wrong primer, I believe your makeup will not stay longer and not be flawless. I know, a lack of people still know about the use of primer and think it’s not important. But, you should throw away that mind!

If you are still curious about choosing the right primer, let me help you! For dry skin, you should make sure anything that you wear doesn’t make your skin dry. Therefore, you can choose a primer that has a gel or cream texture that can moisten your skin. And focus to apply primer on the area that is easy to get cracked or dry.

4. Dewy Finish Complexion to Even Your Skin Tone

Next, you should be careful of choosing your complexion products. Because complexion products have a lot of types that will confuse you. So, we recommend you choose a cushion or foundation that has a dewy finish.

Furthermore, you should be careful about the way you apply the products. You can prefer to use a cushion puff or wet beauty sponge than a foundation brush to get a natural finish. And you can blend the product by doing a pat until it looks merge with your skin.

5. Liquid Concealer for Cover the Blemishes

Your blemishes still can be seen even if you already use foundation? Be calm girls! Because concealer will fix it. The concealer has two types there is liquid concealer and cream concealer. For those who have dry skin, you should avoid using a cream concealer that can make your makeup crack.

You can apply concealer on the area that needs extra coverage like on your dark circle, dark spots, and acne. If you feel it still can’t cover your blemishes, we have a tip for you. After you apply the concealer, you can wait for it for a few seconds until it is half dry. Furthermore, you can blend it slowly using a wet beauty sponge to get a natural finish.

6. Prefer Cream Contour Than Powder Contour

For you who have dry skin, we don’t recommend using powder products because it will make your skin drier. Moreover, it will be the first potential to make your makeup crack. So, to prevent this problem happens to you, you can use cream contour as the alternative.

You can wear cream contour before applying powder to make it easy to blend. Furthermore, you can put it under your cheeks to make your cheek look thin. If you want to get a V-shaped face, you can use it on your jawline. Then, for you who have a big face, you can make it look small by applying contour on your hairline. And last, put it on your nose to get a pointy nose illusion.

7. Cream Blush to Get Natural Finish Blush

Not only for the contour product but for the blush you should also choose the cream product. Besides preventing craked makeup, it can help you get a natural blushy cheek too. For this kind of makeup, we recommend you prefer nude or peach color blush to keep the natural look.

But you don’t have to worry if you don’t have a cream blush, because you change it using lipstick. And same as cream contour, you should apply cream blush before using a powder. You can put the blush on the apple of your cheek to make your face look fresh and sweet.

8. Set Your Base Makeup with Loose Powder

If you feel your complexion already looks flawless and feels enough, you can continue to set it using loose powder. But if you need more coverage it’s okay if you want to use a two-way cake powder or powder foundation to get more coverage.

To keep dewy and glow effect skin, you can use a powder only on the area where you put concealer. But if you’re afraid your makeup will be melting, you can use less powder to set it all over your face and remember to apply the powder using a powder brush to keep the dewy effect.

9. Natural Brows Shape to Look Younger

Move on to the girl’s favorite part which is eyebrows. For this makeup, because dewy and glow skin identic with a young girl. Therefore, we recommend you choose natural eyebrows shape that will make your face look younger. I know getting natural brows is not easy, but you don’t have to worry because we will give you the tutorial.

First, all you have to do is brush up your eyebrows using a spoolie brush. Then, choose an eyebrows pencil that has a similar color to your hair to draw your eyebrow’s shape following your natural brows. Don’t forget to fill in the blank space to make your brows look full. Furthermore, you can continue to set your hair brows using brow mascara and tidy up the shape with concealer.

10. Neutral Color Eyeshadow to Support This Makeup

Now we gotta turn into the eye makeup. For this part, we want to make it simple but can make your eyes look deep. To get a natural look, you can prefer neutral color for the eyeshadow like nude or brown color.

You can put the light color all over your eyes as the transitions. Then, use a darker color on your outer corner and crease to make your eyes look deeper. Furthermore, you can make your eyes look alive by using shimmering shadows in the inner corner. You can put the same color on the lower eyes to balance the eye makeup.

11. Natural Eyeliner Look

This is optional, if you want to use this makeup daily, I think you don’t need to use eyeliner. But for you who want to attend a special occasion, you may wear it to make your eyes look sharp and awake.

You can choose black liquid eyeliner then draw a thin liner from your inner corner to the outer corner. Don’t forget to add a small wing at the end of your eyes that can make your eyes look longer. And the eyeliner part is done!

12. Finish Your Eye Makeup with False Lashes

You can finish your eye makeup by using false lashes or mascara. If you want to look natural and use this makeup daily, mascara is enough for you. But if you want to go to a party or any special event, you can add false lashes to make your makeup look bold.

Before you put on the mascara, you should curl your lashes with an eyelash curler first. Do this step carefully to not hurt your eye. After you get the curl that you want, you can continue by applying mascara to the upper and lower lashes. And last, if you want to use false lashes, you can choose lashes that have a natural shape.

13. Prefer Cream Highlighter That Can Give Natural Glow

This is the main part of having a dewy and glows effect. Yes, a highlighter is a right product for this kind of makeup. So, for the highlighter, you can prefer the cream product too that can prevent your makeup from getting cracked.

Besides preventing cracked makeup, cream highlighter can also give a natural glow finish so you will get healthy-looking skin. Choose the color of highlighter based on your skin tone to avoid the tacky look. So, let me give you a recommendation.

For you who have a light skin tone, it’s better if you can choose a champagne color. Meanwhile, for you with a dark skin tone, you can prefer a gold color highlighter. Furthermore, if you have pink undertone skin, a rose gold color highlighter it’s a great choice.

14.  Use Lip Gloss For Getting the Healthy Look Lips

Now we have already turned into the step that girls can’t live without. I’m sure all of you already know what it is. Yes, lipstick is the right answer! But for this kind of makeup, we don’t recommend using lipstick because it’s not matched the idea of this makeup.

Therefore, you can change it with lip gloss. I know some of you think it can’t give color to your lips, but you’re wrong! Lip gloss has a lot of colors that you can adjust to your needs. The plus side of wearing lip gloss is it can make your lips look healthy which is good for you who have dry lips.

Or you can use lipstick and add lip gloss at the end. If you just want to use lip gloss, you don’t need to conceal your lips. But if you want to use lipstick, you can conceal your lips first. Then put a lipstick color that you want. Furthermore, you can use lip gloss all over your lips.

15. Setting Spray to Lock Your Makeup

You don’t want your effort to be useless, right? So you should lock your whole makeup with setting spray. Besides that, a setting spray can also help you to prevent the crack and make your skin look healthy.

For you who have dry skin, we suggest you choose a setting spray that has a dewy finish. Or if you don’t have a setting spray, you can also use a face mist. I believe, your makeup will stay all day without crack or cakey.

Now your makeup is finished! What do you think about this makeup look? Isn’t it make your skin feel better even to use makeup? Yes, it’s because you use a product that is suitable for your skin type. Now everyone will look at you because of your gorgeous makeup.

Just remember, makeup will look flawless if you can choose the right product and technique. Besides that, this makeup will suitable to use for daily or attending special occasions. Okay, girls, I think that’s all about that we can share with you. I hope you can follow this tutorial easily and like this topic about dewy and glow makeup ideas for dry skin or simple but flawless makeup for dry skin.