How to Wear Less Makeup – and Look Flawless

May 27, 2014

I was in 7^th grade when I first noticed that nearly all the other girls in my class were wearing bras, and, well…I just didn’t need one yet, and kept forgetting to wear mine. Of course, I had already gone out and gotten a few, but that was mostly because I wanted to be like my friends, and not because there was all that much that needed support. I felt frustrated that I couldn’t manage to remember to put it on every day and I sincerely wondered how girls had already incorporated this new step into their morning routine.

I recall asking my mother, “How can I remember to wear my bra every day?”

My mom smiled and replied: “Oh honey, when you need one, you will not forget.”

And so it goes with makeup, too, in a way. By that I mean: when I was much, much younger, I truly didn’t need to wear any at all—and certainly didn’t ever wear foundation. It was just lip gloss, mascara, and go.

But a bunch of years down the line and I like to look a bit more pulled together. I rely on the literal and metaphorical support that makeup can provide—reducing the appearance of dark spots and fine lines, and providing brighter, more even skin-tone all over—without looking all that different and working that much harder than I did when I was able to skip this step. Naturally flawless: two words that every woman can get behind!!

And thankfully, the new bareMinerals^® bareSkin™ Pure Brightening Serum Foundation makes achieving a healthy glow seriously, deliriously easy—even for someone as time-pressed and reluctant to wear a lot of makeup as me. Guess how many drops you need to use? Just one or two! If that’s not minimalistic makeup, I don’t know what is. (The fact that this product is such a star is hardly a surprise given this brand’s legacy of skin-perfecting genius.)

Application is simple:

Shake the bareSkin™ Foundation well
Drop 1-2 weightless drops onto the Perfecting Face Brush
Buff into skin using a circular motion

The foundation is completely buildable – start with one drop for light coverage, and add more as needed to achieve the coverage you want. Easy.

This post was sponsored by bareMinerals

Liz Krieger is a wife, mother, writer in Brooklyn, New York. She's been a magazine editor for over 15 years, having worked at publications including Health, Self, More, Real Simple, Allure, Good Housekeeping, and Parents magazine. She has written for publications including Bazaar, WebMD Magazine, Women's Health, and O, the Oprah magazine. She's the mother of two lovely little girls, and when not chasing after clumps of cat hair (thanks to the two orange tabby cats who sleep near her head), she can be found avoiding to cook, attempting to regain some semblance of core muscles, listening to podcasts while jogging around Prospect Park, and reading really, really fast. Special skills and interests: Figuring out how to have a clean, organized home without actually having to clean or organize, seething at various Real Housewives, varsity-level lint rolling, and the ability to eat an entire pineapple in one sitting.