I wanted to do a look incorporating muted turquoise greens, grays and purples, however I didn't want the look to look clownish. I decided on this look because I thought the lips would bring some brightness while the eyes remained subtle and muted enough to be wearable. The trick to keeping your eyes simple is to use brown eyeliner instead of black eyeliner. It really helps to keep the eyes soft wand pretty. I hope you all enjoy!
Products Used:
Face:
Nars Sheer Glow in Punjab
Laura Mercier Pressed Mineral Powder in Rich Vanilla
Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer in Sand with Pale Yellow Powder
Bobbi Brown Corrector in Light to Medium Bisque
Mac Beauty Powder in Briar Rose
Mac Bronzer in Bronze
Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion
Urban Decay Book of Shadows Volume III - New York Palette
Money (Crease)
Loaded (Crease)
Too Faced Romantic Eye Palette:
Bouquet Toss (Highlight)
Kiss the Bride (All over lid)
The Balm Shady Lady Palette Volume III
All the Way Annie (Lower Lash Line, Outer V)
Rock & Republic Asphalt Eyeshadow (Crease and Outer V)
I used The Balm Shady Lady Volume 3 palette to create this pretty wearable copper eye. I listed exactly how I applied each color below in the Products Used section. I hope you all enjoy!
Products Used:
Face:
Laura Mercier Pressed Mineral Powder in Rich Vanilla
Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer in Sand with Pale Yellow Powder
Bobbi Brown Corrector in Light to Medium Bisque
Mac Refined Golden Bronzer
Nars Exhibit A Blush
Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden
The Balm Shady Lady Palette Volume 3:
Racy Kacy (all over lid and crease/lower lashline)
Guilty Gwen (Lashline and blended out)
Mac Brulé Eyeshadow
Make Up For Ever Lash Fibers
Dior Diorshow Iconic
Benefit Bad Gal Waterproof Liner (waterline/lower lashline blended out)
I have been getting a lot of requests for looks with the Urban Decay Naked Palette. I decided to do a quick face of the day using the Urban Decay Naked Palette to achieve a very wearable, yet semi-smokey eye. I think this look is very wearable and pretty easy to achieve. Since this is not a video tutorial, I have added how I applied the color from the Naked Palette on my eye for your convenience. Enjoy!
Products Used:
Face:
Laura Mercier Pressed Mineral Foundation in Rich Vanilla
Bobbi Brown Creamy Concelar (Sand with Pale Yellow Power) and Corrector (Light to Medium Bisque)
This is a face of the day inspired by Spring and The Balm Shady Lady Palette Volume 3. I wanted to use purple, but I didn't want to do "another purple tutorial", so I decided to make this look a face of the day. I want to let you all know that this weekend and the next week I will be pretty busy with school. I have a pretty big exam coming up and class on Saturday and Sunday (yes, I said SUNDAY!), so my video creation process is significantly hampered during this period. I will continue to do face of the days, but I won't be able to have as many videos for you all. I will get back to normal speed with videos with the Mac Jeanius Collection (March 3rd). Until then, I will continue to do Face of the Day's using The Balm Shady Lady Palette Volume 3 because I think it's a really great palette. Enjoy!
Products Used:
Face:
Nars Sheer Glow in Punjab
Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer in Sand with Pale Yellow Powder
This is a super simple classic smokey eye using TheBalm Shady Lady Volume 3. This is one of my go-to favorite looks and super easy to achieve. If you struggle with how to get a pretty yet simple smokey eye then this is the tutorial for you! I used three colors on the yes and did minimal blending and work. I hope you all enjoy!
Products Used:
Face:
Nars Sheer Glow in Punjab
Tarte 12-Hour Amazonian Clay Blush in Blissful
Bare Minerals Faux Tan Bronzer
Nars Albatross Highlight
Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer in Sand with Pale Yellow Powder
The first of TheBalm Shady Lady Volume 3 looks had to be anything but traditional. I initially filmed the entire Overview and first tutorial with a classic smokey eye for a more everyday approach to this palette. But upon reviewing the overview video I decided it would be a lot more exciting and fun if my makeup was out there and fun for the first tutorial. I decided to scratch the first overview video and re-film the overview with a bright and bold makeup look. I decided to use teal and purple, because I think teal and purple compliment each other well. I decided to whip out my brand new Mac Viva Glam Gaga 2 for a "make it work" moment. I think the look is actually really pretty and goes nicely with the bright eyes. I hope you all enjoy!
Products Used:
Face:
Nars Sheer Glow in Punjab
Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer in Sand with Pale Yellow Powder
The point of this look was to use palettes already in my collection or yours with the Mac Wonder Woman Valiant Palette to create a really nice pretty look. I used the Too Faced Romantic Eye Palette and the Laura Mercier Silk Road Palette in combination with the Mac Valiant Palette to create this look. Feel free to substitute your own colors in place of the colors I used. I hope this is helpful!
Enjoy!
Products Used:
Face:
Nars Sheer Glow in Punjab
Mac Bronze Bronzer
Mac Mighty Aphrodite Blush
Laura Mercier Peach Mosaic Shimmer Bloc
Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer in Sand with Pale Yellow Powder
Bobbi Brown Corrector in Light to Medium Bisque
Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion in Eden
Too Faced Romantic Palette - Kiss the Bride
Mac Valiant Palette - Diana Undercover, Transformation, Manilla Paper
Laura Mercier Silk Road Palette - Regal Violet, Lavender Silk
Mac's Wonder Woman Collection had me really inspired to do a classic Wonder Woman makeup and hair tutorial. Now, I am not a hair expert. In fact, I know very little about hair. However, I have been promising my subscribers I would do a hair tutorial, so I decided what better time than now?
This is a two part tutorial - the first part has to do with "wind blown voluminous" hair. I was very inspired by the comic book art and fan art I found online of the classic Wonder Woman. The second part of this tutorial is makeup. I decided to ditch Mac's version of Wonder Woman (blue eyeshadow and nude lips) and go for the classic Wonder Woman we all know - Red Lips, Neutral Eyes, Structured Jawline and Face Contours, and Dark Eyebrows. I hope you all enjoy!
My Favorite Hair Style - Wind Blown Curls with lots of Volume (Comic Book)
Makeup Inspiration - Red Lip, Neutral Eye (Comic Book)
Makeup Inspiration (Fan Art) - the contoured cheek bones and nude eye with red lip.
Hair and Makeup Inspiration - more structured curl with heavy eyeliner and outer lashes and red lip. It appears she is wearing blue eyeshadow here. (Comic Book)
Hair and Makeup Inspiration (Fan Art) - Neutral Eyes with Nude Lip (I opted for the red lip) with Wind Blown Volume
Products Used:
Face
Chanel ProLumiere in Shell #30
Chanel Double Perfection Matte Powder in Tender Bisque #70
Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer in Sand with Pale Yellow Powder
So, you want to wear Mac's Spitfire but you don't know how to wear it and not look overdone? Well, the very virtue of Mac's Spitfire is that your lips will get noticed. However, this shouldn't deter anyone from wearing it. Why? Because it's an amazing color! I paired it here with a soft shimmery eye with heavy dark eyeliner. I purposely wanted my eyes to stand out, but I didn't want them to fight with my lips. Nobody wants a battle of color on their face! I decided to go with a neutral eye, dark defined eyes, and bright lips.
The most important part of this look that often gets overlooked when doing makeup is SKIN. Since my eye makeup was pretty minimal and my lips were so noticeable, I decided to really play up my skin by adding Mac's Strobe Cream to my foundation. What this does is add a nice sheen to your foundation - which gives the appearance of extremely healthy, glowing skin without over added sparkle of a highlight. Just like 1950's pin up girls sported matte, seemingly flawless skin, anyone who is going to strut a bold lip wants to make sure she plays up her glowing complexion to really sell the lips and eyes. I find this look very wearable. Not necessarily work appropriate, but I would sport it during the day. What are your thoughts?
Products Used:
Face
Mac Strobe Cream
Nars Sheer Glow - Punjab
Mac Mighty Aphrodite
BareMinerals Faux Tan
Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer - Sand + Pale Yellow Powder
Bobbi Brown Creamy Corrector - Light to Medium Bisque