Articles about: back to basics
The foundation mistake you might not even know you’re making (and how to fix it)
Some foundation issues grab all the headlines, like wearing a shade that’s several ethicities too dark or failing to blend past the jawline. And while this one isn’t nearly as obvious a...
Back to Basics #9: The Perfect Red Lip
Leonard’s Japonesque palette holding all his depotted red lipsticks – check out the variety of tones he’s got for all skintypes; cools, warms, brights and darks We’ve mastered...
Back to Basics #8: How to Apply Powder Blusher
Next up in Back to Basics: blusher! A hard one to get right, all too often application can lead to that most unflattering of things: Bosco Cheeks. In order to avoid said effect, Leonard Daly’s...
Back to Basics #7: How to Apply Gel Liner
Gel liner: the wild wild west of beauty. You know it’s out there waiting to be tackled, broken and bested and the rewards are rich – perfect cat’s eye flicks! – but it’s...
Back to Basics #6: How to Apply False Eyelashes
Leonard and Eva mug it up for the camera! In the last Back to Basics tutorial we looked at curling lashes and applying mascara but for some of us, that’s simply not enough in the lash-flattering...
Back to Basics #5: Curling Lashes & Applying Mascara
We’re back with part five of Back to Basics and Leonard Daly is turning his attention to all things lush and lash. This week’s tutorial focuses on curling and colouring lashes –...
Back to Basics #4: An Easy Peasy 5 Minute Neutral Eye
The whole idea of the fourth Back to Basics tutorial is, in Leonard Daly’s words, “super simple make up.” Many tutorials online rely on the use of huge numbers of products, a lot of...
Back to Basics #3: How to Groom and Fill Eyebrows
Brows are our next area to be tackled in Back to Basics and once again Leonard’s covered all options high and low, wax and powder by doing Eva’s eyebrows with different products. He...
Back to Basics #2: How to Contour Using Cream and Powder Products + Highlighting
We’ve got two ways of doing contouring and highlighting in this second Back to Basics tutorial, and again, we’re crossing price points with products. Use what you’re comfortable with...
Back to Basics #1: How & Where to Apply Foundation & Concealer
We promised you a new series of beauty basics tutorials for 2012 before Christmas, to sit alongside Sara’s Friday eye makeup tutorials and here we go. This, girls, is Back to Basics. It’s...