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Hooray! It’s that time of the year once again to make Valentine’s Day the perfect excuse to be exceptionally beautiful. Ladies, get your game on. This is the moment to feel like the center of the universe. Let’s give our men the “aha” with our big V-Day glam reveal.

Starting with your face.

The best way to gather the spotlight all about you is when you can walk into a room a be breathtaking. Make makeup your best friend and there’s no way you can go wrong. Follow these easy, breezy steps to look nothing but your best self come February 14.

Step 1: Start with a clean canvas.

Seriously, this step can make all the difference between a good and a bad cover up which makes this part of your beautification program all the more important. Find time to exfoliate. If you’re using chemical exfoliants or plan to go in for a procedure, do so at least a week before Valentine’s so that you can give your skin time to do all the cracking up and peeling and growing new skin once again. On Valentine’s Day or the night before, a physical exfoliation will also be helpful.

Step 2: Feed your skin a generous amount of nourishment. 

One of the cardinal sins women commit to their skin when using cosmetics is to completely ignore this step altogether. “Big no, no,” ladies, most especially if you’re going for a more natural, “no makeup” look this dating season.

Deep nourish your skin with a mask. Layer your skin with serums and creams. Make sure that whatever you’re putting on your skin won’t be irritating. The longer that you can do these prior to your scheduled date, the better it is for you and your skin.

Step 3: Treat your skin.

When the day of reckoning finally comes, your canvas should be in a great condition if you’ve followed Step 1 and Step 2 above. The moment you start putting on your makeup, always begin with your moisturizers. When using skin conditioners under makeup, what you want are products that will seep in quickly and deeply without leaving grease on the surface of your skin, so watch out for those oils.

If you’re dating outdoors during the day, don’t skip on sunscreen. Some sunscreens are not ideal for use under makeup but see what choices may be available. Reading up on Clinique sunscreen reviews can be a great takeoff point for a new sunscreen product discovery.

Step 4: Work out your eyes. 

Of all the romantic Valentine’s Day makeup tips, focusing more attention to your inescapably appealing eyes is the best advice you can get. You want to capture the gaze of your date (or potential date for that matter) and lock it in. Let your mesmerizing eyes do that.

Start by framing and shaping your eyebrows. As long as you can achieve natural looking eyebrows, your eye makeup is on its way to getting into shape. How exactly can you do that? Find the inner and outer endpoints of your eyebrows by aligning these to the outer corner of both sides of your nose. Make the center of your eye the peak of your eyebrow. Use a tiny, light strokes then even out the color using a spooley brush.

Once done with your eyebrows, line your eyelids. At this stage, you should have already made up your mind whether you’re going for a light or heavy makeup. If you want a romantic, dreamy feel then, you want light, feather-like strokes on your lids and a nude eye shadow to go with it. If you want something more dramatic, take your eyelid color to line the fold of your eyes. Use a darker eye shadow shade to fill in between. Use a nude color to create a subtle shadow between your eye fold and your eyebrow. However way you go, don’t forget to give yourself bold, long and curly eyelashes.

Step 5: Spread the color. You want subtly colored cheeks and lips. These have to match the look that you’re going for. A little glitter can help perk up romance even more. Make a decision whether or not to use highlighter around your brows, eyes and lips.

CONCLUSION.

Now, there’s only one thing left for you to do, and that is to start humming Taylor Swift’s newest hit single, “You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye / And I got that red lip classic thing that you like”. Go work it, Girl!