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No matter how many YouTube videos you watch, instructional books you read or people you watch applying makeup on public transport, there are always new beauty tips and tricks to learn.

Case in point: We like to think we know a thing or two about beauty, but a chat with Napoleon Perdis Makeup Artist Nicola Snell turned our makeup routine upside down — quite literally.

From doing your lip liner after your lipstick to the proper way to apply mascara, here are her four tips for professionally-applied looking makeup at home.

Did you know any of these tips already?

The Glow's basic beauty cupboard essentials

Napoleon Perdis Individual Lashes, $18

http://www.theglow.com.au/glow-guide/napoleon-perdis-individual-lashes/

Natio Foundation Sponde, $5.95

http://www.theglow.com.au/glow-guide/natio-foundation-sponge/

Shu-Uemura Eyelash Curler, $18

http://www.theglow.com.au/glow-guide/shu-uemura-new-generation-eyelash-curler/

Lip Gloss

Mascara

Face Wipes

Multitasker

Cotton Buds

Lady Jayne Thick Hair Elastics

Tinted Moisturiser

Lip balm