5 Foolproof Hacks to Make Doing Your Makeup Much, Much Faster

Ariana Grande's cat-eye is cute as hell, but trying to recreate it on a daily basis might make you late for work — or whatever hot date you're going on. So, Cosmopolitan.com tasked the pop star's makeup artist Daniel Chinchilla with creating the quickest way to do a cat-eye, along with four of your other favourite looks, so you can shave time off your beauty routine and get to wherever you're going with time to spare.

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Brows:

1. Create your brow shape by lining the underside of your brow with an eyebrow pencil. This gives you a sharper and the most natural-looking brow shape, since you can blend it in more seamlessly, Chinchilla says. Just be sure to start at the outer corner of your brow and work inward, so your arch is darker on outer side and lighter as you move in toward your nose. 

2. Fill in your brow with quick strokes of an angled brush dipped in brow powder. Using tiny flicking motions, which create hair-like strokes, begin at the outer corner of your brow and work your way inward to fill them in flawlessly. T

Contouring:

"Not everyone needs a full contouring map to sculpt their face," Chinchilla says. "You only really need to apply bronzer along the perimeter of the forehead if you wanted to create the illusion of a smaller one — same goes with swiping matte bronzer down the sides of your nose to make it appear thinner, as well as applying a darker powder along your jawline to give it definition. But not everyone needs all of these techniques; however, everyone can benefit from chiseling their cheeks a bit, which happens to be the fastest way to contour anyway."​

Chinchilla's foolproof technique: Suck in your cheeks and use a small fluffy brush, and a matte bronzer (skip shimmer with contouring to make it look natural) that's one or two shades darker than your skin tone. Then, starting right at your temples, use light sweeping motions to bring the colour down toward the corner of your mouth. That way, you blend the powder at the same time and don't end up with a harsh straight line of bronzer, which is a telltale sign you're wearing it.

Blush:

The right way to apply blush? Chinchilla says to sweep a flat rounded blush brush ) over a universally flattering coral or apricot-coloured blush. Then, smile and starting at the apples of your cheeks, use light strokes toward the tops of the ears. This keeps the blush exactly where you want it (on the apples) and helps blend it out seamlessly. Using this application technique rather than a back-and-forth method, also prevents  the pink colour from going anywhere near the outer corners of your nose, which can look like redness around the nostrils.

Smoky Winged Liner:

1. Lay down a soft golden-bronze shadow onto your eyelid using a flat-tipped eye shadow brush. 

2. Create a smoky winged look. Then, using the pointed end of the brush, apply a dark matte brown shadow, along the upper lash line, and then wing it out from the outer corner of your eye to create a flawless flick that tilts up toward the end of your brows. Chinchilla suggests cleaning your cat-eye up with concealer and a cotton swab if it's not as sharp as you'd like it.​