Brooklyn Beauty Artists Share Their Secrets To The Perfect Beat Face

Make-up artistry has grown tremendously over the years and many have paved the way for several beauty gurus who call Brooklyn their home. From events like Beautycon to the wide range of make-up tutorials on YouTube, we now have the pleasure of learning from them on how to perfect the “beat face.”

A lot of folks think in order to achieve a flawless face, you must purchase expensive products; however, as you’ll learn below, it’s not about the price but more so about the product. OurBKSocial got the chance to catch up with a few Brooklyn-based artist, as they shared their favorite products, where it can be purchase, and how much it’ll run you.

Let’s check em out!

Mila

Mila shared that it’s tough to pick a favorite product when she has so many. She quoted “I’m like a mother being asked to pick my favorite child.” Mila’s favorite products are combined of high end and drugstore products, but her most consistent faves are listed below:

Mascara

• L’oreal Voluminous Mascara – DRUGSTORES – $6-$8

Primer

• Revlon Photo Ready Primer (Oily skin) – DRUGSTORES – $10-$12
• Becca Backlight Primer (Dry skin) – SEPHORA – $38

Foundation

• Lancome Teint Idole Ultra Foundation – SEPHORA – $48
• Maybelline Matte and Poreless – DRUGSTORES – $8-$10

Concealer

• LA Girl Cosmetics – BEAUTY STORES or RICKY’s – $1.99-$3.99
• Nars Creamy Radiant – SEPHORA – $24

Setting Powder

• Laura Mercier Setting Powder – SEPHORA – $38

Eyeliner

• Urban Decay 24/7 – SEPHORA – $38
• Nars – SEPHORA – $20
• LA Girl Pencil Gel Liners – RICKY’s – $8

Bronzer

• Too Faced Milk Chocolate – SEPHORA – $32

Highlight

• Becca Champagne Pop – SEPHORA – $38

Lyndsey Ariel

Lyndsey Ariel is a professional make up artist who covers more than just Brooklyn. She gave us an inside look on some her favorite products and utensils she uses on her clients.

• Make-up Forever HD Pressed Powder – Make-up Forever Flagship or SEPHORA – $22
• MAC 24 Hour Eye Primer – MAC Store – $22
• Altair Beauty Flat Kabuki Brush – Altairbeauty.com – $16.95
• MAC Duo Fiber Brush #187 – MAC Store – $42

Wolfie B

Wolfie B, another glamorous Brooklyn artist, embraces the beauty of make up but she likes to remind her clients that in order to achieve a perfect finished look, it is important to take care of your skin.

“The one thing people ask me the most about is how I achieve my natural looking foundation finish,” Wolfie stated. “One thing that I’m always sure to mention to my clients and friends before I give any make up advice is, before you can achieve a smooth and flawless skin effect, you first have to take care of YOUR skin. Healthy skin starts with a healthy cleansing and moisturizing regimen, so make sure you choose one that best compliments your skin type.”

She also shared some of her “favorite and fail-proof” products that she believes will surely serve a flawless face and suit any occasion.

Wolfie’s flawless and fail-proof foundation essentials:

• Cover Fx Illuminating Primer $38 coverfx.com (online) / SEPHORA (in stores)
• Cover Fx Anti Age Smoothing Eye Primer $34 coverfx.com (online) / SEPHORA (in stores)
• WunderBrow Brow Gel $22 – RICKY’s
• CoverFx Total Coverage Cream Foundation (n80) $42 CoverFx.com (online) / SEPHORA (in stores)
• Cover Fx Custom Color Drops (n80) $44 CoverFx.com, SEPHORA
• CoverFx Contour Kit (n deep) $48 CoverFx.com, SEPHORA
• CoverFx Cream Concealer (n medium) $27 CoverFx.com  SEPHORA
• Ben Nye Luxury Powders (olive sand & banana powder) 1.5 oz $15 each – RICKY’s
• Shadow Shields- $9.99 RICKY’s
• Nars (albatross) Light Golden Sheen $30 SEPHORA
• Nars orgasm blush $30 (cult classic) SEPHORA
• Nars Laguna Bronzer $30 SEPHORA
• Mac (gold deposit) Highlighter $30 Mac
• Urban Decay – all nighter Makeup Setting Spray $30 SEPHORA

Jasmyn Destine

Jasmyn Destine is a Brooklyn based YouTube content creator. She explained to us that as a college film student, she is always on the go. That only means, it’s important for her to pack a few daily face products to keep her face looking fresh, laid, and picture perfect. Jasmyn shared some of her favorite make up products, and why she finds them useful. Check them below:

• LA Girl Pro Concealer $2.99 “They have a great variety of shades from fair skin tones to us WOC which is great because you don’t find that in every drugstore brand.”
• Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder $38 ” I love this product because it’s so easy to use for a quick clean up when your makeup might need it through out the day such as, cleaning up your contour, brightening your under eye concealer, and blotting your T-zone area to control oil!”
• Neutrogena Oil Free Acne Wash $6.99 “We all know having clean skin under your makeup is a must when wanting a flawless face, and this face wash has never failed! Cleaning out your pores as well as preventing future acne it is a great drugstore product!”
• MakeupForever Ultra HD Foundation $43.00 “I absolutely support this brand and there products because of how many shades they provide for WOC, it’s very hard to find a brand that produces products for ALL skin tones! This foundation formula is light and appears as natural skin, yet still can be full coverage because it’s very build-able.”
• The Balm Cosmetics Mary Lou-Manizer Highlighter $24 “If you want to GLOW then you need this highlighter, it is a soft pearlized pink highlighter that goes great on any skin tone! Don’t forget to spray your brush with some setting spray or water to really pick up that product and glow on the skin! “

If interested in keeping up with Jasmyn Destine, she encourages you to check out her YouTube channel: JasmynDestine for some tutorials on the products listed!

Lovely Bastien

Lovely Bastien is another make up artist gave us an inside peek of a few of her favorite cosmetic items as well as her secret behind achieving a picture perfect look.

Here’s what she had to say: “As a makeup artist, I like to try many different brands and products to find the ones that will look the greatest on my skin. Every great makeup application begins with a very well prepped skin.”

“Primer all depends on the specific look I’m going for If I want more of a matte look I love the Makeup Forever Step 1 mattifying skin equalizer primer which retail for $37 at Sephora. On a regular day I love the Tarte timeless smoothing primer $39 at Sephora.

For the perfect brow, I love to use the dip brow from Anastasia Beverly Hills $18 Sephora or Macy’s.

Moving on to foundation. I’m very picky because I feel like foundation is a major key to flawless skin, and with the wrong foundation type or shade u can go all the way wrong. One of my favorite foundation is the Giorgio Armani luminous silk foundation retail for $62 at Sephora, for a more affordable flawless great coverage foundation I like the L’oreal infallible foundation retail for $13 at any drugstore.

Highlighting and contouring is a great way to bring back colors and create dimension. To highlight I love the Nars radiant creamy concealer $29- Sephora a cheaper alternative is the L.A girl pro concealer $3-5 online or at most beauty supply store. To set all that cream as we now call it “BAKING”, my favorite is the Laura Mercier translucent powder $38 Sephora. Contouring can be very tricky, we use contour to create the illusion of shadows to slim out the face, nose, forehead etc. I love to contour using the Anastasia Beverly Hills contour kit Can be found on the Anastasia website or Sephora and Macy’s for $40.

For that gorgeous glow I typically use the Laura Geller gilded honey highlight- $29 on Laura Geller website I like to top it off with the Anastasia Beverly Hills illuminator in “So Hollywood” $28 Macy’s.

To achieve that nice flush of color one of my favorite blushes is “Peaches” from MAC $22. As for mascara and lashes my favorite mascara at the moment is the Tarte light, camera, lashes mascara retail for $21 at Sephora.

For that final touch, that makes such a big impact on the face, I love to go for the Lilly lash in style “Miami” $30 or the house of lashes Iconic. $12 houseoflashes.com

There are many different eyeshadow brands that I love such as Mac, Anastasia Beverly Hills, urban decay and colourpop cosmetics. Prices vary.

For the lips my perfect nude at the moment is from Mac “peach stock” $17. There is a big trend for liquid lipstick my favorite ones are from Anastasia Beverly Hills $20 and Kylielips $30.”

Well, Brooklynites we hope you found this useful for your daily face slay. Remember the key to a flawless face is first your skin and secondly the product.