Spa Day Makeup Artist - Makeover Game

Bright lights come up over a bare-faced client the moment Spa Day Makeup Artist opens, and the first step is a cleansing mask rather than a lipstick. Wipe the mask off and the skin underneath looks calmer and more even, a visible change before any color goes on.

The kit runs in the order a real routine would: cucumber slices and a steam pass first, then foundation and concealer, then a blush and eyeshadow palette, then a rack of lip glosses and a set of false lashes. Each layer sits over the last, so a heavy foundation shows through a light blush the same way it would on real skin.

A lot of makeup games skip straight to color; this makeover game spends its opening minute on skincare before the makeup case even opens, which changes how the finished face looks under the same shades. A round ends with a before-and-after split of the client's face, mask side by side with the finished makeup.

Finish the whole skincare pass before opening the foundation drawer, since a flushed face reads differently under the same blush. Blend eyeshadow before applying lashes so the lash line does not smear the color underneath, and pick a lip gloss shade a step lighter than the blush rather than matching them exactly.