Aesthetics My first faceup! Critiques welcomed.

I’m not a faceup artist so I don’t have any tips. In my non-professional opinion she looks gorgeous though! Especially your first try!!

 

You did an amazing job with the matte lipstick! I would say my only advice is to use a lighter touch with the lower eyelashes. The shading and eyeshadow are great!

 

This is so great for your first faceup! I think for next time, doing lashes in more than one layer, and with a smaller brush will give a nice effect (and different colors, or lighter and darker versions of the same color to create more depth), the lashes being all the same color and line thickness kinda makes them all blend together visually. I think also for her eyeshadow, to get a more blended, softer look (if that's a look you'd like to go for!) don't put the pastel where you want it to fade out to initially, but lower, then blend upward with a light hand to where you want the eyeshadow to fade out. I also think you did a wonderful job with getting the lipstick even! Doing full opaque matte lipstick is really hard to get even, but I think maybe planning out the outline with a watercolor pencil beforehand can help you decide the placement and allow you to play around a bit with the shape before using acrylic. I'm excited to see your future work!

 

I think It's really pretty! I don't do faceups myself but personally I would go lighter on the lips. otherwise its absolutely adorable!

 

I think this is a great first try! I love the lip color, and while I can see that it isn't perfectly symmetrical, I don't think it's distracting at all, and is good the way it is I agree with others that the lower lashes are too heavy. Use the thinnest paint brushes you can find (some people use nail art brushes, but Volks also sells some) and water down your paint to an inky consistency. It still takes practice, but it'll make it much easier!