I used to help my granddaddy make sausage. He would mix it up in a cleaned-out washtub with his hands, no gloves. Man, if we did anything like that today, they would jack the jail up and throw us under it.
I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you.
Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork quilt.