How To Get Makeup Press Kits

OK, we all accept to starting time somewhere when it comes to doing makeup, and past somewhere, we mean today, with a well-stocked makeup kit that includes literally all of the necessary products, instructions, and diagrams, equally if you're doing a 2nd-course science projection, rather than contouring your face or doing your brows. Considering why should have to spend 13 hours watching YouTube tutorials or purchase a zillion products y'all're not sure if yous really even need, just to learn some bones makeup skills? Exactly. Which is why we're so obsessed with how-to makeup kits—beginner-level face and middle palettes with easy-to-follow instructions that tell yous exactly how to use each shade and production.

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And no, these instructions aren't the confusing, gibberish-filled kind that will make you lot lose your listen after three minutes (ahem, Ikea), just gorgeously drawn images and diagrams with uncomplicated explanations, breaking downward whatever look you're aiming for, whether that's getting an all-over glow with irised highlighter, coral blushes, and sheer bronzers, shaping and filling in your eyebrows with pomades, powders, and tints, or mastering a soft smoky eye with warm, bawdy shadows. No matter your skill level—or lack thereof—your beauty routine is about to await really, really good. Then click through to see all of our favorite superlative-rated, tutorial-filled makeup kits, and be prepared to finally lose your beginner status.

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To get glowing, bronzed skin...

A little styling card gives you step-by-step instructions for sweeping on highlighter, chroma, and bronzer for a subtly contoured and bronzed cease.

Essence Make Your Face up Glow Kit, $x; at Forever 21

Photograph: Essence

To get fuller, more-defined brows...

Diagrams and instructions line the within of this brow kit to aid y'all shape and fill in your brows using stencils (yes!), wax, powders, and tweezers.

Too Faced Forehead Green-eyed Brow Shaping & Defining Kit, $39; at Likewise Faced

Photo: As well Faced

To contour...

The card on the inside of this 4-pulverisation kit shows you exactly where to blend and sweep for a soft, natural-looking contour.

Glo Minerals Profile Kit, $38; at Glo Minerals

Photo: Glo Minerals

To master the smokey eye...

Along with 8 incredibly pigmented shadows, this palette contains five—yes, five—illustrations of different smokey eyes with step-by-pace instructions for creating each one.

Jane Iredale In The Blink of a Smoky Eye Kit, $50; at Dermstore

Photograph: Jane Iredale

To get plumper, fuller-looking lips...

This cherry-lip trio, which includes a gloss, lipstick, and lip liner, features an easy, v-step process for creating a full, make clean lip.

Kevyn Aucoin The Expert Lip Kit Femme Fatale, $48; at Kevyn Aucoin

Photograph: Kevyn Aucoin

To go perfectly layered eyeshadow...

On the back of this palette is a labeled diagram that tells you lot where, how, and when to blend each shadow for a seriously professional person-looking finish.

Revlon PhotoReady Primer + Eyeshadow in Romanticism, $8.99; at Target

Photo: Revlon

For clean, precise eyeliner...

This eye kit, which includes jet-black eyeshadow, a black eyeliner pencil, and inky-black mascara, comes with a pullout set up of instructions for copying four different liner looks, ranging from soft and natural, to bold and winged out.

BareMinerals Bare Tutorials Eyeliner Set, $26.55; at Nordstrom

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