The best light up mirrors are big enough (and magnified enough) for you to see every little detail, lit up properly so you never put a brushstroke wrong. Our compact mirrors may well have been handy for "on-the-go", but right now, we're rotating between our bed, the kitchen table and back again, so let's leave them in our handbags (which also aren't see much action these days).
A full-span mirror will help you to see the full effect of what you're putting on, upon initial application.
So, what do light-up mirrors actually do to help improve application?įor starters, they help to get the best out of our makeup. But, beyond being a glamorous interiors piece, the mirrors helped create the flawless beauty looks of Hollywood icons - looks that we still admire and try to emulate today (hello Marilyn Monroe's classic red lip and perfectly placed beauty spot). We've all seen old-school Hollywood mirrors, lit up with high-watt Edison bulbs. If you can't see what you're doing, you're not going to do the best job, are you? Lamplight or normal indoor lighting just can't provide adequate application conditions and will inevitably lead to streaky discoveries under the full beam of the bathroom light or sunlight. You foundation is the wrong colour, your contour looks like stripes and you've totally overdrawn your lips (and not in a good way).Īny makeup artist will tell you: light it everything. But then, you step outside - or even into a different room of the house - and suddenly it's streak central. Sitting in front of your bedroom mirror, you apply your makeup carefully and with the utmost precision, taking time to blend everything in perfectly with an array of makeup brushes for each particular facial feature. We all know the struggles of bad lighting.