6 Lighting Options to Help You Apply Makeup Like a Pro It doesn't matter how many YouTube tutorials you watch to master the art of contouring or creating evenly winged eyes. If your lighting is off, you more than likely won't get camera-ready results. In order to create a flawless finish, you'll need toss out any unflattering lighting and ensure you're working in conditions that offer the best brilliance. We've gathered our favorite tools that will give the dimmest areas picture-perfect lighting. From cell phone cases to elegant vanities, there are more ways than one to get flawlessly even coverage with every swipe. Scroll down to discover six lighting options that will change your makeup game. RELATED: These 3 Sites Will Help You Find the Perfect Makeup for Your Skin Impressions Vanity Company Hollywood Glow Vanity Mirror Give your vanity table the ultimate glamorous makeover with this chic mirror. It includes ten bulbs that are available with clear or frosted tints, plus a dimmer option to help perfect your makeup application.

LuMee Case for iPhone 6 Keep perfect lighting at the tips of your fingers with the LuMee Case. Its LED bulbs create a soft flattering glow, which comes in handy for illuminating photo and video selfies in poorly lit places.Bengal Kittens For Sale In Denver Co Stellar Lighting Systems Webstar USB-Powered LED Ringlight for Webcams OV-120Led Light Strips For Golf Carts You'll never forget to properly blend in your contour while using the amazing Stellar Lighting Systems. Indoor Led Stair LightingTheir LED ringlights offer the same quality of lighting that professional photographers use, and the webcam holder is great for brightening up your Skype dates. GE Reveal 75-Watt Energy Efficient Halogen Light Bulb

While natural daylight is the best option for applying makeup, if you're not lucky enough to have a sun-drenched room it's easy to replace all bulbs with the GE Reveal. Say goodbye to dull unflattering lights and swap in these halogen bulbs, which mimic the pure rays of the sun. $10 for a pack of 4; OttLite Natural Makeup Mirror Get the perfect lighting at your desk with this 5x magnification dual sided mirror. There are two light panels with natural illumination that will help you flawlessly dust on the rouge at any time of the day. Glamcor Tec Multimedia Extreme with Selfie Function It's no surprise that celebrity makeup artists are obsessed with this game-changing light. Not only does it offer adjustable, flattering lighting, it's also easy to pack up and travel with. Aug 30, 2016 @ 4:30 PMHow to (Properly) Clean Your Makeup Brushes Aug 28, 2016 @ 12:30 PM9 Cute Makeup Bags You'll Want to Use for Everything Aug 26, 2016 @ 1:15 PMThis Loofah Is Infused with the Most Heavenly Smelling Body Wash Ever

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To find out the best lighting for beauty, the Cut spoke to makeup artists Nick Barose (whose clients include Lupita Nyong’o and Gugu Mbatha-Raw), Vincent Oquendo (who works on Jessica Stam and Cara Delevingne), and Deanna Melluso (Olivia Wilde and Natasha Lyonne). Let there be (good) light. All makeup artists agree natural daylight is best. It’s evenly diffused and clear, so you can easily see when something isn’t blended properly. If you have the option of doing your makeup near a window or skylight, take advantage of it. Backstage at a Fashion Week, I once saw a makeup artist wearing a lighting helmet contraption similar to what you find on a miner. But most makeup artists don't go to that extent for "good" light. Natural white light is the next best thing. Oquendo and Barose both praise this ultrafancy white portable light by Glamcor. “It doesn’t get too hot and I can adjust the height to minimize unwanted shadows,” Oquendo says. He explains that he prefers a wattage of about 60 to 65.

“You don't want anything brighter because it'll be too blown-out and bright, so you might end up putting on too much makeup,” he says. Melluso recommends the GE Reveal bulb in 75 or 100 watts. Avoid yellow, rose, and fluorescent lights. Melluso explains that “yellow light can make you look sallow, so you end up putting on too much makeup. Rose-colored light warms up your skin, but it’s not ideal for makeup as you can’t really see what you are doing.” And of fluorescent light, Oquendo merely says, “It is the worst. It pulls out all the imperfections.” Stand directly in front of your light. Don't stand directly underneath it. Barose clarifies, “Any lighting that's overhead is bad. It will cast a shadow and you’ll end up putting too much on.” Follow these tips and never have the fear of walking out your door with splotchy cake-face again.It’s the same case every time: You look one way in your bathroom mirror and then completely different everywhere else.

But the problem isn’t your makeup skills; it’s your lighting, which, when done wrong, seriously affects your morning makeup routine. Fluorescents can make us put too much on, and rosy lights can make us miss spots. Our makeup studios (aka bathrooms) deserve better illumination, and so do our faces. It’s the same case every time: You look one way in your bathroom mirror and then completely different everywhere else. Keep scrolling to find out the best lighting for applying makeup! These four are the absolute worst lighting conditions for applying your makeup: Fluorescent Lighting: For obvious reasons. It's not just you. No one, and we mean no one, looks good in fluorescent lighting. Cool, fluorescent white light is unforgiving and overly bright. This unflattering lighting can cause you to overdo it with the foundation, bronzer, or blush in attempts to compensate for the lack of color on your face. Yellow Light: Yellow light can make you look tired and sick, which may cause you to go overboard on the powder and concealer in efforts to neutralize your face and hide dark spots.

Rosy Light: Rosy light can make complexions appear healthy and vibrant, which sounds great, but it's all a lie. Due to our radiant appearance in this lighting, we tend to slack on the concealer, only to later realize that we missed a blaring blemish or dark spot. Downlighting: Remember when you were a kid and used to hold a flashlight under your chin to look scary? Well this is the same thing, but in reverse. Downlighting shines down on wrinkles and pigmentation and casts shadows under the eyes, making you look instantly older. The best condition for applying makeup is a warm or natural light source. Natural sunlight provides the most accurate reflection of your face, but for those cloudy days when fresh rays aren't an option, warm white light, like LED, is the next best thing. It closely resembles the color spectrum of natural light while evenly distributing light across the entire face. When installing lights in your bathroom, you want to create cross illumination or side lighting to ensure that the light evenly diffuses across your whole face.

A trick to setting up your lights is to check the mirror; the most illuminated section of the mirror should be at eye level. Also be aware of setting up lights solely above the mirror-they'll illuminate the forehead, forcing you tilt your head too far up and making it difficult to apply makeup with precision. Buying the right bulb is essential to creating the perfect atmosphere for makeup application. The GE Energy Efficient Reveal ($8) bulb in 75 or 100 watts is great. Installing dimmers in your bathroom is also a fantastic way to customize and tailor your lighting environment. But if you don't want to commit to changing the lighting wherever you do your makeup, consider investing a quality makeup mirror instead, like Conair's 7x Magnified Lighted Makeup Mirror ($50) or Simple Human's 8'' Sensor Mirror ($200), which contains LED lights. Take advantage of natural light when shopping for makeup. Department store lighting doesn't always provide you with the most accurate perception of your face, which is why the foundation that you thought was perfect in the store doesn't match your skin color as perfectly when you put it on at home.