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Use a dusting of powder to set your make-up, and deliver a flawless look.

You’re already familiar with contouring and strobing, but baking is the new buzz word in the beauty world. The term refers to letting translucent powder sit on your face for five to ten minutes, which allows the heat from your face to set your base foundation and concealer, and then dusting it off your face, leaving you with a creaseless, flawless finish.

Here’s how you too can pull off picture-perfect skin, and brighten your eye area while you’re at it:

Hydrate your eye area

Apply eye cream around your eye area to hydrate your skin and plump it up, minimising the appearance of any fine lines, creases, or caking from all the products you are about to apply.

Apply a thick concealer under your eyes

While concealer usually contains oils, and tends to crease, it won’t if it’s set right. Apply it upwards from the apples of your cheeks, towards your temples all the way underneath your eye. Then, blend it in with a damp makeup sponge.

Reapply more concealer

Dab on another layer of concealer, this time a brighter, lighter one, and pat it in.

Dust on translucent powder

Using a fluffy eye shadow brush, apply translucent powder over the entire patch of concealer to set the base makeup.

Bake your makeup

Now that you’ve pre-concealed, you can bake. Dampen a make-up sponge, and dip it into the translucent powder, layering the loose powder generously over the area where you applied the concealer. Leave the powder on for anywhere between 5 to 10 minutes.

Dust it off

With a clean fluffy brush, dust away excess powder from under your eyes, blending any harsh edges.

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