36 Cool Makeup Hacks

Learning the art of makeup application is a process and the first thing we try to perfect is eye makeup. Earlier, swiping on a little kohl used to be enough. As a beginner, all that the makeup world has to offer can seem a little overwhelming. Making mistakes is part of the learning process, and yet they can be easily avoided with all of the great tips available to you.

I’ve always loved dabbling in makeup and I love learning new application tips! Check out these clever ideas for a more perfected look to your makeup…

36 Cool Makeup Hacks

1. Perfect Your Liquid Eyeliner

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Before and after eye makeup photos showing a black winged liner, with a liner pen and tape dispenser below

2. Sultry Smoky Eye

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Step by step eye makeup photos building a gray and taupe smoky eye on green eyes, with a title in the middle

4. Acne Cover Up

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Three step makeup graphic for covering acne scars with foundation, a pink sponge, concealer and powder

5. Line And Curl Your Lashes At The Same Time

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Pink makeup graphic of a pencil on an eyelash curler, the curler on the lashes and the lined eye

6. Get A Facelift In 30 Seconds

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Makeup photos of concealer drawn in an X under the eye, a brush at the smile line and blending near the nose

7. Popsicle Stained Lips

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Six step photos of pink lips turning into a bright pink ombre lip stain with a popsicle and lipstick

8. Easy Eye Makeup For Tired Eyes

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Close up of a smiling face with brown eyes, defined lashes and soft pink lips under an eye makeup title

9. Overnight Beauty With Vaseline

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Beauty graphic of five overnight petroleum jelly uses: lashes, lips, split ends, feet and nails

10. DIY Makeup Contouring Tips

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Woman with long dark hair wearing light and dark contour makeup stripes on her forehead, nose and cheeks

11. Add Eye Drops To Old Mascara To Prevent It From Drying Out

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Eye drop bottle tipped toward an open black mascara tube with the wand standing beside it

12. Make Your Own DIY Natural Non-Toxic Mineral Foundation

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Glass jar of homemade brown mineral foundation powder shown three ways with a makeup brush and white flowers

13. Test new foundation shades on your neck, not your arm.

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Foundation swatches numbered one to four on an arm and along a jawline, marked false match and true match

14. Fix Any Broken Powder Or Makeup

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Before and after of a pink blush compact, shattered powder on the left and smooth pressed powder on the right

15. Save Dry Or Clumpy Mascara

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Contact lens solution bottle tipped over an open teal mascara tube with the black wand held beside it

16. Sigma Brow Expert Kit Eyebrow

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Brow makeup grid of before and after eyes plus ten labeled steps from pluck and trim to matte and glow

17. Use Scotch Tape As An Eyeshadow Stencil

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Clear tape held at the outer corner of a brown eye wearing gold eyeshadow for a crisp makeup edge

18. Make Your Lips Look Fuller And Bigger

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Eight close ups of lips going from bare to fuller with liner and nude color across seven labeled steps

19. Kool Aid Lip Stain

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Lip stain steps: drink mix powder poured into a cup, mixed with a fingertip and dabbed on for red lips

20. Get Sexy, Voluminous Lashes in Seconds

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Lash makeup steps showing white liner, black pencil, mascara and the finished full lashes on a blonde woman

21. Make Lipstick Last

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Makeup artist pressing a tissue over a model's lips and dusting powder through it to set lipstick

22. Secret Eye Lift

thebeautydepartment

Before and after eyes with a white pencil line drawn under the brow bone and blended with a fingertip

23. Repurposed Plastic Spoon

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White plastic spoon held under the lower lashes as black mascara is brushed onto a brown eye

24. Eye Highlights

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Two eye close ups, one black and white with white highlight on the inner corner and brow bone, one in color

25. Fix Clumpy Mascara

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Eye drop bottle squeezed into an open yellow mascara tube, wand raised, with more mascara tubes behind

26. Eyeliner Tightlining

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Close up of a brown eye split down the middle, one side tightlined with black pencil and one side bare

27. When To Toss Out Makeup

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Makeup expiration chart with red circles showing shelf life for mascara, blush, polish, lipstick and liner

28. Concealer Makeup Hack

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Woman applying concealer in a triangle under one eye, with pink arrows marking right and wrong placement

29. Basic Contour Makeup

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Contour makeup guide with a finished face above and a face map of highlight, bronzer and blush zones below

30. Foolproof Concealer Map

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Concealer map with white dots marking where to apply on the brows, under eyes, nose, chin and mouth corners

31. Totally Not Boring Brown Eye Makeup

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Brown eye makeup steps on a smiling woman with auburn hair: shimmery base, added depth, liner and mascara

32. Apply Eyeliner The Right Way

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Tall strip of six eyeliner photos showing pencil placement from try this and not this to a soft smudge

34. Lengthen Your Lashes Naturally

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Extreme close up of a brown eye with long curled dark lashes above a 5 Ways to Lengthen Lashes title

35. Natural Glow Highlighting

Contouring doesn’t have to feel like a full art project. Think of your cheek as a sandwich: matte bronzer on the bottom, blush in the middle and highlighter on top. Sweep the bronzer from your hairline to mid cheekbone, blending up rather than down, then barely dust it along your forehead edges, nose and jawline. Blush goes just above, then highlighter on the very tops of the cheekbones. A final touch on the bridge of your nose and cupid’s bow gives that sun kissed glow.

Get the full tutorial at A Beautiful Mess.

36. Homemade Eye Makeup Remover

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Small glass jar of golden homemade eye makeup remover oil with a jar of cotton balls and tweezers behind

37. Beet Root Lip And Cheek Stain

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Homemade beet lip stain in a kraft labeled tube being applied to the lips in a round hand mirror

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