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This is the desk's default answer, built from nothing you have told it. Whatever is saved in this browser replaces it in a moment — and if nothing is, every line below stays marked uncertain until you fill something in.

Look Plan · the connected path

From what you want
to what to check afterwards.

The Edit scores a profile. This page connects the score into a plan: the goal, the look, what each product is for, how to apply it, what the wear day should look like, and what to check at the end. Every line names its confidence — known, inferred, suggested or uncertain — so you can tell what is yours from what is the desk's best guess.

Plan confidence

Uncertain

The desk does not have enough to say this with any confidence. Set more fields on The Edit to move lines from suggested to known.

The path

  1. 01 · What you are aiming for

    No specific goal is named. The plan is built from the default profile.

    Uncertain

  2. 02 · The look the model builds toward

    Performance minimal: sheer coverage with an even finish. Tinted SPF or sport tint, stain colour, brows — sweat-honest.

    Suggested

  3. 03 · What each object is for

    6 products filling 8 roles. No role overlaps.

    Suggested

  4. 04 · The sequence and technique

    6 steps, about 10 minutes end to end. 2 layering points to watch.

    Uncertain

  5. 05 · What the day should look like

    Day-brief index 49. The model sees moderate wear pressure; a blot-first maintenance test is worth logging.

    Suggested

  6. 06 · What to check afterwards

    Look at the same zones in the same light. What moved first, and where?

    Uncertain

The goal

No specific goal is named. The plan is built from the default profile.

Uncertain

Set your goals on The Edit →

The look

Performance minimal: sheer coverage with an even finish. Tinted SPF or sport tint, stain colour, brows — sweat-honest.

Finish & texture

How the surface will read

a fluid base set with targeted powder.

Satin · recommended

Daylight ·
Reads as skin with a slight sheen. The most forgiving finish in daylight.
Warm light ·
Holds dimension in warm light. Catches light without looking wet.
Flash ·
Photographs cleanly. No flashback unless powder is heavy.
Oily skin ·
Needs blotting by midday but does not rebuild as cake.
Dry skin ·
Flexible enough for dry skin. Does not emphasise texture as strongly.
Wear ·
Holds a skin-like finish longer than matte or dewy.

Matte

Daylight ·
Flat in daylight. Every edge where product stops is visible.
Warm light ·
Reads slightly grey in warm light. Dimension disappears.
Flash ·
Can flashback if powder-heavy. Photographs pale.
Oily skin ·
Controls shine initially, but rebuilds cake by midday.
Dry skin ·
Emphasises every dry patch and fine line. The worst finish for dry skin.
Wear ·
Holds shape longest, but the finish itself ages fastest.

Dewy

Daylight ·
Luminous and fresh in soft light. Can look oily in direct daylight.
Warm light ·
Beautiful in warm light. The finish candlelight was made for.
Flash ·
Can look oily under flash if the sheen is not placed deliberately.
Oily skin ·
Adds shine to skin that is already producing it. High maintenance.
Dry skin ·
Excellent for dry skin — the sheen reads as hydration, not oil.
Wear ·
The sheen fades first; the base underneath usually holds.

Natural

Daylight ·
Reads as nothing — which is the point. Skin that looks like skin.
Warm light ·
Holds in all light because it is not trying to do anything.
Flash ·
The safest finish for photography. Nothing to reflect.
Oily skin ·
Lets the skin's own texture show. Blot, do not powder.
Dry skin ·
The best finish for dry skin. No film to emphasise anything.
Wear ·
Wears the most honestly — it fades rather than failing.
How each finish behaves across light, skin type and wear. The recommended finish is chosen from your profile — set skin, climate and lighting to make it yours.

Layering & film load

6 products, 3 film layers — a moderate stack. 2 layering points to watch.

Three features are all emphasised. This is a full look — the risk is that nothing recedes, and the face reads as busy rather than composed.

  • · Watch · Performance sport tint over Green redness corrector

    Slipping, then patchiness where the base slides off in the first hour.

  • · Watch · Long-wear cheek stain over Performance sport tint

    A finish that reads as a surface rather than as skin, and greys slightly by afternoon.

Product roles & placement

What each object is for, and where

Each card names the job, where it goes, what to watch for, and how confident the desk is in the assignment. Select a card and the drawing isolates that one role.

Showing every role in this plan.

Every role in this plan, and how each one meets the face.1. UV — the whole face, spread as a film, meant to be invisible. Pressed over the whole face as one continuous film — the gaps are what cost you the number on the label. 2. Colour correction — under-eye, beside the nose and apple of the cheek, placed on the spot itself, present. Tapped onto the coloured area only, thin enough to still see it underneath. 3. Base — the whole face and t-zone, spread as a film, present. Worked from the centre of the face outward, thinning as it reaches the perimeter. 4. Blush — apple of the cheek and cheekbone, spread as a film, present. Tapped onto the apple of the cheek and carried toward the temple, not downward. 5. Setting — t-zone and under-eye, spread as a film, barely there. Pressed only where the film actually moves — the T-zone first, and often nowhere else. 6. Brow — brow, worked along an edge, present. Short strokes in the sparse places only, then brushed through to soften them. 7. Lip colour — lips, spread as a film, deliberate. Filled in from the centre outward, stopping inside the edge rather than on it. 8. Lip comfort — lips, spread as a film, meant to be invisible. Pressed over the lip surface whenever it stops feeling comfortable. The drawing is schematic. It is not measured from anyone and nothing on it is worked out from anything else you told the desk.12345678
  • spread as a film
  • placed on the spot itself
  • worked along an edge
  • How loud the mark is— one tick barely there, three deliberate
Every role in this plan, and how each one meets the face.Placement comes from the job each object is doing in this plan. The drawing is schematic: it is not measured from anyone, and nothing on it is worked out from anything else you told the desk.

Use what I own

Can the shelf build this plan?

This reads the same drawer audit as The Shelf against the kit above. It does not invent a second recommendation system: it asks whether something you already logged can cover the plan before the plan becomes a shopping brief.

Nothing is logged on The Shelf yet, so the desk cannot tell what this plan can reuse.

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Application sequence

6 steps, about 10 minutes

About 2 minutes of this routine is waiting rather than applying. That is the cheapest anti-cake time in the whole system — the alternative is a product that has to compensate for a film that had not set.

  1. 01 · Colour correction

    wait 30s

    Green redness corrector

    Dot only on the red itself — never a sheet across the cheek — and let it dry before base.

    Where · The specific area of discolouration

    You will know it worked when · The colour has dropped back without the area turning grey or pale. You should still be able to see the shape of it.

  2. 02 · Base

    wait 60s

    Performance sport tint

    One pass, quickly, then stop. It sets fast and will not accept a correction.

    Where · Centre of the face outward — forehead, nose, cheeks, chin

    You will know it worked when · In daylight, you cannot find the line where the base stops. The perimeter should be thinner than the middle.

  3. 03 · Blush

    wait 20s

    Long-wear cheek stain

    One small dot per cheek, blended within a few seconds, then not touched again.

    Where · Apples of the cheeks, blended toward the temple

    You will know it worked when · The colour reads as one soft area with no visible edge. If you can see where it begins, take one more pass with an empty brush.

  4. 04 · Setting

    Pressed powder compact

    Blot first, then press powder only where shine returned. Never powder over unblotted oil.

    Where · Where movement or shine is expected — T-zone first

    You will know it worked when · The zone you set has stopped reflecting and the zones you left alone still do. A face matte all over was over-set.

  5. 05 · Brow

    Brow pencil

    Short, hair-like strokes in the sparse areas only, then brush through to soften.

    Where · The brow, following its natural shape

    You will know it worked when · The sparse places have closed up and no individual stroke is findable at arm's length.

  6. 06 · Lip comfort

    Tinted lip balm

    Apply directly. Reapply whenever it stops feeling comfortable.

    Where · The lip surface

    You will know it worked when · The lip is comfortable and the surface looks smooth rather than wet.

Full technique and why each step sits where it does →

Wear expectations · hour by hour

What the day should look like

The model sees moderate wear pressure; a blot-first maintenance test is worth logging. The day-brief pancake index is a planning heuristic from today's hours, climate context and pathway. It is not the same as the profile pancake index, and neither is a probability or a wear test of a named bottle.

Hour 0

Suggested

The look is holding well

Minor shine possible at the T-zone

Blot if needed; no product required

Hour 2

Suggested

The look is holding well

Minor shine possible at the T-zone

Blot if needed; no product required

Hour 4

Suggested

The look is holding well

Minor shine possible at the T-zone

Blot if needed; no product required

Hour 6

Suggested

Base still present but thinning

Shine at the T-zone, slight fading at the cheeks

Blot first. If powder is needed, place it only where shine remains

Hour 8

Suggested

Base still present but thinning

Shine at the T-zone, slight fading at the cheeks

Blot first. If powder is needed, place it only where shine remains

Hour 10

Suggested

Base still present but thinning

Shine at the T-zone, slight fading at the cheeks

Blot first. If powder is needed, place it only where shine remains

Log what actually held →

Reassessment · what to check afterwards

  • 01At the end of the day, look at the same zones in the same light you started in. What moved first, and where?
  • 02The model sees moderate wear pressure. A blot-first maintenance test is worth logging before changing the product.
  • 03You did not state how long the look needs to hold. Next time, set the hours — the wear forecast is scored against that number.
  • 04Log the day on the Wear desk. Four logged days and the forecast starts correcting itself.

What the desk does not know

  • Undertone is not set, so colour recommendations are generic rather than matched.
  • Depth is not set, so shade and corrector guidance is not depth-specific.
  • Hours on the face is at the default, so the wear forecast is not scored for your day length.
  • No lighting context is set, so finish advice is not tested against the room you will be seen in.
  • No goals or outcomes are named, so the plan is built from the default profile rather than a stated aim.
Fill in the gaps on The Edit →

Next

Where this plan goes next

Chosen from your own record: 3 things open at the beginner stage, and what usually follows this page.

When this is not a makeup question

Nothing is written into another desk without you choosing it. These links carry only the context named on them.

  • Skincare Intelligence

    Carry your skin, climate, sensitivity and named concerns across so the routine can be evaluated with the same stated inputs the makeup desk used.

  • Vanity or Vice · Routines & Ingredients

    The order you apply things in, what each film is intended to do, and where the evidence is uncertain — argued long-form rather than scored. This is the reading behind the sequence this desk just gave you.