A Beauty Tool Every Woman Should Own
Chin and or upper lip hairs, stray eyebrow hairs, uneven eye-liner, irregular foundation coverage, incomplete concealer, mascara messiness on the eyelids, lipstick outside the lines — you know, the makeup mishaps we may not notice until we are in the car peering at ourselves in the rear-view mirror wondering what the heck we were doing when we put on our cosmetics.
Professionals use them, make-up artists rely on them and if you don’t have one yet, it’s time to get a good makeup mirror.
Yes, the one with the magnification on one side. Some are lit with LED lights, some are wall mountable and others stand on your counter, sink drain, or vanity. Regardless of style, get one.
What magnification is good for makeup application?
5x Magnification is the best choice.
Lighting Matters with a Makeup Mirror
Purchasing a mirror with or without lights may be decided by the lighting available in your bathroom.
If you have poor lighting that cannot be remedied by changing a few light bulbs or light sources, then get a mirror with lights.
LED lights have improved since they first hit the market, making it now possible to have a good light spectrum for makeup application.
Makeup mirrors can be found online for $25 – $200 depending upon style and functionality.
A good Mirror is Like the Friend who Lets You Know You Have Lettuce in your Teeth.
Wall-mountable Magnifier Mirror
Recently, I received a wall-mountable magnifier as a gift. I had considered a magnifier mirror for many, many, many years.
My personal hesitation in buying one for myself was that I was not sure I wanted to see my face that close up!
No matter what our age, it’s not fun to see our skin in all the light and magnification.
As our eyes age, our eyesight for closeup activities diminishes. Applying mascara and eyeliner becomes more challenging with time.
We all know those “much older” women with mascara on their eyelids. Magnification and good lighting are like good friends – letting you know your beauty, your flaws, and your opportunities for improvement before you go out in public.
We Cannot Fix or Improve Upon What We Do Not Know About
We may not like fully what we see yet the closeup magnification of a mirror lets us improve our makeup application ability and overall look.
Feeling confident and comfortable — I believe — is the best part of good cosmetics and cosmetics applications.
Confidence is gained when: You leave the house feeling confident with how you look without the surprise of getting out into the natural light and wondering what the heck you were doing!
Better choices about cosmetic colors that compliment your skin tones are made with a good mirror and lighting. Cut it out with the orange lipstick and bright blue eye shadow already.
Benefits of a Makeup Mirror
- Balance and evenness of color and shape are achieved when coloring in your brows with a pencil or powder.
- Mascara application goes well and one can actually see if one got any on one’s eyelids.
- Successful hair plucking maintenance is quicker and more effective without squinting.
- Applying concealer and foundation is smoother. Seeing splotches and discolorations needing coverage is more apparent. See my post on tinted moisturizers.
- Lining the eyes with a lip liner or applying eyeliner to your lips doesn’t occur anymore.
- When you apply the lip liner to your lips and the eyeliner to your eyes. As it should be, the application is far more precise.
Summary for Why Owning a Good Makeup Mirror Will Help You Look Better
I was thinking lately of the beautiful “older than me” women I know.
In addition to their undeniable natural beauty, what I find attractive about them is that they took the time to understand how to look their best.
Utilizing tools for our own beauty such as good mirrors, good lighting, good makeup brushes, and knowledge, we too can build our own confidence about the skin we’re in.
Here’s to all of us learning and understanding more so we can be, look and feel our best at every age.