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Making mistakes while applying makeup is common, but what is rather unknown are tricks to instantly fix any makeup gone astray.

Have you ever spent hours doing your makeup and then just as you’re about to be finished you get mas­cara everywhere? Then once you try and carefully take it off with a Q-tip you end up taking off all your eyeshadow and eyeliner with it?

Making a mistake while doing your makeup can be one of the most frustrating things because you always feel like you have to redo everything and waste even more time. However, there are some tips and tricks that can help camouflage your makeup blunders quickly without having to redo everything.

If you ever apply mascara too close to the root of the lash and end up getting it on your eyelid, there is a way to fix it. Take a dense eye­shadow, smudge brush and quickly blend out the dots of mascara on the skin. This will instantly give you a soft eyeliner effect. However, if you don’t move quick enough and the mascara dries, you will be trying to blend for quite some time.

Have an unsteady hand and al­ways end up with jagged eyeliner? A quick and easy way to soften the jaggedness of eyeliner is to smooth it out with eyeshadow. Take an an­gled brush and some black eyeshad­ow (or whatever colour your eyelin­er is) and start to pat on the pigment. Once the majority of the pigment is off the brush, gently blend the edg­es of the liner (windshield wiper motion) and you will achieve a soft and smooth liner look.

Have you ever finished doing all your complexion makeup and then realized once you are done you look really cake-like and dry? Instead of taking off and redoing, there are a couple of tricks that work perfectly.

First, try rubbing your hands to­gether to create some heat and then gently press your hands on your face; this will help bring your nat­ural skins glow back. If that doesn’t work, mist on some hydrating, fin­ishing spray. If that still doesn’t work, take two to three drops of face oil, heat it up in you’re the palm of your hands and press that into the skin.

Eyeshadow fallout is another one of those horrible instances that can completely ruin your makeup. The best way to fix this is simply by preventing it; do your eyeshadow first and then your complexion last. If it is too late for that, use a micel­lar water (Bioderma is the best) and cotton pad and gently swipe under the eye towards your hairline. This will remove most of your conceal­er but it will save majority of your foundation and blush. Definitely avoid using any oil-based makeup removers for this, as that would just completely ruin your entire com­plexion.

Even though makeup mistakes are annoying and a horrible way to start your day, there are tons of ways to quickly fix them without having to remove and redo. Get cre­ative, blend it out and make it work.