You should apply it to clean skin. Just squeeze a little dab on your finger and smooth it over the potentially offending areas. It is great for T-zone, forehead, bald head,etc...

Advice when anti-shining your skin: skip the cheeks and let them illuminate, so you still have a healthy glow. This little bottle will travel in your bag with no mess, no more crumbling powder! Love it!

This is makeup that I did in Harper's Bazaar for a great article about salon lash extensions. F.Y.I.  I hand-applied real hair extensions to achieve this special effect. (Do not try this at home).

Today we are going to talk about maxing out your eyelashes with the correct mascara.
Mascara has advanced leaps and bounds.

Take a look in the mirror.  If you use the appropriate  mascara for the look you would like to achieve, it saves you from that  layered, caked on look.
If your lashes are sparse  have large gaps in between choose a thickening mascara.
Some have 2 parts that allow you to go Twiggy extreme.
Maybe your lashes are short. There are great lengthening mascaras out there with building fibers.

• Start with clean dry lashes. free of oils,creams, mascara residue.
• Curl lashes before mascara by holding curler  safely close to lash line and squeeze 10 times quickly.(one long squeeze can break lashes).
• Check mascara wand for globs and start at base of lashes with a slight horizontal wiggle across base of lashes then glide up to tips. Coat all lashes once completely.
• Comb lashes to separate.
• After your makeup is done you can take your wand again (lightly blotted) and touch up.

If you have chronic smudging issues, there is a great mascara called Fiberwig at Sephora.
It comes off with warm temperature water!
If you like a really simply straight forward mascara I like Defencils by Lancome. It is my must have kit mascara!

Buy a mascara that you can afford to replace when it starts drying out. If it's old and dried out it doesn't matter how fabulous it was when you bought it.
Here are some of my favorites...