Step-by-step makeup

Timaree Reed lives on the fourth floor of Beede Hall, where girls, as well as makeup, surround her.

“I’m one of those people who just wake up and don’t want to spend a whole lot of time,” Reed said.

Her sister taught her about makeup at home in Pierce, Neb., and now she uses those skills she learned as a child almost every day.

Reed’s makeup regiment is simple, but effective.

She washes her face thoroughly the night before and in the morning before applying her powder, CoverGirl foundation.

“For me it keeps oil from coming back,” she said. “It doesn’t for some people, but for me it does.”

She follows that up by applying any dark colored gel eyeliner to her lower lid and waterline to accentuate her eyes. She said she has always preferred a gel pen applicator because of its simplicity and speed.

“It works better,” she said. “I’m a poor college kid. I get the cheap stuff.”

For special occasions or for going out at night, Reed said she would follow this step by applying white, grey and black eye shadow to create a smoky eye. For an everyday look though, she moves directly on to applying Maybelline’s One by One mascara.

“I don’t really care if it’s waterproof because I’m never really in the water,” she said. “I don’t really get the point of waterproof makeup.”

Reed moves the mascara brush back-and-forth on her lashes in quick side-to-side strokes, distributing more mascara evenly.

“My sister always showed me in this order so I kind of got used to it,” she said. “I stuck with it because I like to do my eyes last because I like them the most.”

To achieve a more dramatic look, she sometimes applies eyeliner to her upper lid as well.