“MAGNIFY the beauty that already exists, and may your day be as FIERCE as your MAKEUP”

Tiffani Alston

Tiffani Alston is an accomplished creative makeup artist and full specialist esthetician with experience in all aspects of skincare and media makeup artistry. Born March 12, 1991 she began her makeup artist journey at the age of 19 and has accomplished great success with over 7 years of experience in the industry. She worked as a makeup artist for MAC Cosmetics for over 3 years and received her Full Specialist Esthetician license from AVEDA Institute. Extensive training and education, along with her loving and welcoming personality provides all of her clients with fierce, dependable, detail-oriented, and multi-faceted professional skills. Tiffani has the innate ability to bring out the natural beauty of her subject, no matter the gender, ethnicity or character and she is always leaving a dose of love and a fierce impression to be remembered. Whether you prefer to be natural or beat to the gods, it’s important to start with a nice clean slate anytime you’re giving face. Your skin is the first thing people see so why not really give them something to look at.

LIFELONG CHANGES, LIFELONG RESULTS

Having great skin has just as much to do with what you put in your body as the cleansers and creams you put on your body. YES! Eating the right foods, drinking lots of water, getting enough exercise and the right amount of sleep, on a consistent basis, is going to work hand in hand with your favorite skincare products to keep your skin fierce and healthy. When you take care of your skin, your skin takes care of you.

LONG LIVE THE SERUM

Make sure you have a face serum in your skincare regimen, for it is the leading force that drives the skincare bus. Your face serum is what does the real work and leads all your other skincare products (like moisturizers, eye creams, etc.) to victory. Because serums have concentrated ingredients, they are chemically formulated to penetrate further into the skin and are of course much more effective. Serums should always speak to the condition of your skin and what you’re working on, whether it’s dark spots, fine lines or dehydration, having a good serum in your skin care is going to provide you with some of your daily essential skin vitamins.

ORDER OF THE SKINCARE LINEUP

One of the biggest doses of love anyone gave me while starting out was a general sense of how to apply my skincare and makeup on a day-to-day basis. Your day and night skincare routine should remain the same, so try not to cut corners on this. Your makeup lineup you can play around with to see what works best for you. Skincare: (1) Cleanser (2) Toner (3) Serum (4) Eye Cream (5) Moisturizer (6) SPF Makeup: (1) Primer (2) Brows (3) Eye shadow + Eyeliner (4) Foundation (5) Concealer (6) Setting Powder (7) Bronzer + Highlighter (8) Mascara + Lashes.

DIRTY BRUSHES ARE YOUR SKIN’S WORSE ENEMY

There is nothing that you beautiful skin hates more than dirty brushes. Using dirty brushes on your skin can clog pores and leave you with breakouts and unhappy irritated skin. Cleaning your makeup and facial brushes depends on how much you use them. You want to use a daily brush cleanser to keep them sanitized on a day-to-day basis, and use a brush shampoo to deep clean them at least once per week. MAC Cosmetics or Parian Spirit both make for a great daily brush cleaners and simple baby shampoo or Ely Maya Makeup Brush shampoo & conditioner are my favorites for deep cleaning your brushes.

WHAT GOES ON, MUST COME OFF!!!

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Trust me! I know that feeling when you’ve gotten your face slayed to the GODS by your favorite makeup artist and then you get home and love your makeup so much that you just want to go to sleep on your back and wake up the next day with that same beat face. Or the ladies like myself that have had a long epic day and get home and don’t want to do crap but get in bed with a glass wine and Netflix and pass out…I call that the “I’ll just do it in the morning” excuse but its just that, an excuse! I will stress this to all of you beauties the same way I stress this to myself and all of my fierce clients…WASH OFF YOUR MAKEUP BEFORE BED!!! I know it hurts but it’s for the greater good of your skin’s health. Trust me when I say that sleeping in your makeup is the only other thing that your skin hates more than dirty brushes. I recommend by starting out with an all-natural nourishing face oil first (argan oil, rose hips oil, coconut oil, etc.) to break down all the makeup first. Followed with your favorite gel or cream cleanser to remove the oil and makeup and continue with your toner, serum, eye cream and moisturizer. Your skin will thank you later!