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I Woke Up Like This: Easy Daily Makeup Routine ft. Merit Beauty

Gone are the days of full glamour looks. As I get older, I realize how amazing a simple daily routine can be. Not only do I look put together, but I also love feeling effortlessly chic! That's why, today, I want to share with you my everyday makeup routine! The look is so natural it looks like I woke up like this! A quick disclaimer: the brand gifted me a few of their products, and I am not obligated to write a review. But I decided to go ahead and write one anyway to share the love!

MERIT | The Minimalist Perfecting Complexion Stick Foundation

MERIT | The Minimalist Perfecting Complexion Stick Foundation

My Shade: Bone Application: Using The Minimalist Perfecting Complexion Foundation and Concealer Stick, I like to cover any acne spots, hyperpigmentation, and uneven skin tone. I typically use one swipe on my nose, a swipe on either side of my cheeks, and one dot on my forehead and chin. I pat the product on my skin using my fingers or a sponge. Why I Love This: This product gives a glowy finish but provides excellent coverage! I love the convenience of the stick, and I don't have to worry about any foundation spilling in my makeup bag! Another reason why I love this product compared to other foundations is because you can purchase a lighter or darker shade and use it for contouring or highlighting certain areas. For example, I purchase the darker shades as a cream contour stick! Quick Tip! If you want an overall BB cream finish or look, try taking a tiny chunk of this product and mixing it with your moisturizer. This can help create a complexion cream to help even out the overall skin tone and help cover any concerns on the skin.

MERIT | Bronze Balm Sheer Sculpting Bronzer

MERIT | Bronze Balm Sheer Sculpting Bronzer

My Shade: Seine Application: Right after evening out my complexion, I love to go in with a bronzer to bring back the warmth to my skin. I swipe the bronzer onto my outer temples and my jaw area. I also like to bring the bronzer down my neck to give a deeper shadow to minimize the look of a double chin. An important note is that I use the same sponge as my previous step to blend the bronzer with my complexion stick. Why I Love This: My skin is fair, so you expect me to use lighter bronzers. However, I prefer to use darker bronzers on my skin so that my skin doesn't look awkwardly muddy or too orange. The shade Seine is the perfect dark bronze color for me. This bronzer gives me the sun-kissed glow that I want! Quick Tip! I also love using the bronzer to warm my eyelids and under-eye area. To give my eyes a slight 3-dimensional effect, I use this bronzer like a cream eye shadow.

MERIT | Flush Balm Cream Blush

MERIT | Flush Balm Cream Blush

My Shade: Cheeky Application: Next up is blush, my favorite step! I am pretty generous with my blush. I swipe on the blush on my entire cheekbone and cheek area, even bringing it onto the outer sides of my nose. Then, with my fingers, I pat the product and blend it. I also like to get a little bit of the blush on my fingers and pat it on my eyelids to give my eyes a slightly pinky look. Why I Love This: I am obsessed with the shade Cheeky. It is a cool pink, perfect for those with fair to medium skin. It leaves my cheeks looking flushed and glowy, the perfect everyday blush! For some stick form blushes, it can be difficult to control how much applies to the skin. However, this product is sheer and gives the perfect amount of color payoff without being too strong!

MERIT | Day Glow Highlighting Balm

MERIT | Day Glow Highlighting Balm

My Shade: Cava Application: Time to highlight and shine like the sun! My favorite shade is Cava for my cheeks. But I love rotating all the shades and using them on my eyes! I like to place highlighter under my eyebrows, eyelids, inner corner of my eyes, and lower lash line. Then, using a blending brush or my fingers, I blend the product to help make it look more natural. On my face, I use the highlighter on my forehead, the bridge of my nose, the tip of my nose, my cheekbones, and the flat center of my chin. Using the highlighter on these areas allows for a more three-dimensional look, perfect for those with flatter features! Why I Love This: I tested these highlighters at Sephora, and I instantly fell in love! The products have amazing color payoff and feels super creamy and luxurious, like all of their other cream products. I was expecting it to look chunky or gritty, but it feels and looks so natural and smooth.

MERIT | Brow 1980 Volumizing Pomade

My Shade (Brows): Soft Black Application: By now, my eyes are already quite perfected with the cream products. However, I like to use the Brow 1980 Volumizing Eyebrow Pomade Gel and the Clean Lash Lengthening Tubing Mascara for an extra pop. I use Black Brown for the brow product shade because my hair is closer to black brown than brown. Why I Love This: Overall, I love how the brow gel shapes and grooms my brows without using multiple products!

MERIT | Clean Lash Lengthening Mascara

Application: For the mascara, I place them on the ends of my eyelashes just to accentuate my lashes rather than lengthening them or volumizing them. Why I Love This: Impressively, the mascara removes quite easily with my typical oil cleanser, and I don't need to use a separate eye makeup remover. One thing to note is that this mascara does transfer, so I recommend using either a lash primer or face powder on your under eyes to minimize mascara transfer.

MERIT | Signature Lip Lightweight Lipstick

My Shade (Lipstick): Baby Application: Last but not least, the lips! I use the Signature Lip Lightweight Lipstick in the shade Baby to give a nude base to my lips. Why I Love This: I love Merit's lip products. They offer lipsticks and lip oils. I love using lipsticks as a base to mute the original color of the lips. The lipstick is not drying at all, and I am also impressed with its longevity!

MERIT | Shade Slick Tinted Lip Oil

My Shade (Lip Oil): Sangria Application: I top off my lipstick base with Merit's lip oil. I use the Shade Slick Tinted Lip Oil in the shade Sangria. I like to use the shade Sangria near the inner part of my lips and then fade it outwards. Why I Love This: I love Merit's lip oils! To keep my lips hydrated, I like to use and reapply the lip oil throughout the day! The lip oils provide the most amazing moisturizing effect, unlike other lip oils that just sit on top of the lips.