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Glam Up Your Look Every Day
A five-minute routine that takes you from bare-faced to boardroom-ready, using just four products already in your bag.
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Ines Duval
May 28, 2026 · 4 min read
The five-minute face, broken down into four products.
You don't need forty-five minutes and twelve products to look put together. Here's the five-minute routine our editors actually use on busy mornings.
The four-product method
- A tinted SPF instead of separate moisturizer and foundation.
- Cream blush applied with fingers for a natural flush.
- One coat of mascara, curled lashes only, no false lashes needed.
- A tinted lip balm that doubles as cheek color in a pinch.
The trick is picking multi-use products so each one does two jobs. Cream formulas also blend faster with fingers than powders do with brushes, which is where most of the time savings comes from.
The best five-minute face isn't a shortcut — it's just editing down to what actually shows up in a photo.
Ines Duval, Makeup Artist
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Ines Duval
Makeup Artist
Ines has worked backstage at fashion weeks on three continents and specializes in makeup that survives a twelve-hour day.
