With a plethora of beauty products marketed constantly, beauty tutorials, social media and the glossies boasting a new launch, sometimes putting on a full face of makeup can be very daunting. Especially if you love wearing makeup otherwise. Or perhaps, some days you just like keeping your face bare and like letting it breathe. But in case you want to cheat on those bare-face day, you will need a product that will do the job of many, without making you look made up. So here’s a list of products that will make you look polished, but just very slightly.

In case you didn't know, petroleum jelly is one of the most versatile products out there. Not only does it help you in keeping your skin moisturised, it also helps lend a glow to your skin. But how does it work makeup-wise? For starters, apply it on your cheekbones for a dewy highlighted look. No more expensive highlighters required! You can also use product to tame your unruly eyebrows. And lastly, pointing out the obvious, it can be used as a lip gloss!

If you like reading celeb beauty tips, you’d know how much they love their mascara! As a makeup newbie, we never understood it. But it was only when we started wearing it regularly, that we understood the obsession. A good mascara will not only just lengthen, curl and volumise your lashes, it will also make your eyes appear more open and big – and that’s big thing. With bigger eyes, you look more awake and fresh. So if you have eyes that are very tiny, this should be the product you go to.

Pale skinned women would be easily convinced, but from personal experience, we think just an addition of little colour on the cheeks does wonders for everyone (of every skin tone). Don’t believe us? Do a full face of makeup without the blush. A blush not just adds colour to the cheeks, it gives the face dimension and makes it appear naturally flushed and fresh, and who wouldn’t want that?

You probably knew this, but we’re going to say it any way. Most women miss a lipstick on the face when they’re not wearing lipstick. While directly applying a lipstick would be the obvious way to go, but we’d recommend against it. Not only will a lipstick come across too jarring with the rest of your bare face, it could possibly dry them out.A tined lip balm will give you beautiful flush of colour and moisture that pout! Woot woot!

A well-done eyebrow definitely changes the entire look of a person’s face. Ask anyone who has sparse eyebrows. You could use an eyebrow pencil too, but if it is a more natural look you’re going for, choose tinted mascara for the brows. It will texturise the brow hair and add more colour to it.