Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Nude vs. dark lips (2 in 1 looks)

This is very simple and basic look - neutral eyes, not too dark, no liner just some mascara, foundation, concealer, highlight & contour combination,rosy blush, naturally defined brows, nothing too edgy and rosy pink lips for daytime look and burgundy red for evening look. Simple as that.

I started with a primer, then I applied concealer under my eyes to cover up the dark circles, then I mixed leftover concealer ( on the back of my hand with foundation ) and applied it all over my face with bit more concealer to cover up imperfections.
I highlighted my forehead, under-eye area, nose and my chin and I set everything with a loose powder. Then I did some light powder contouring and applied blush.


Then I moved onto the eyes. As a primer I used Soft Ochre by Mac, than gel metallic bronze eyeshadow on top of it,
I blended the edges with matt taupe brown shadow and my skin color shadow. Then I applied white kohl eye pencil into my waterline and into inner corner of my eyes as well.
Afterwards I applied shimmery white-pinky shadow on top of it (in my inner corners) and onto my brow bone for highlight. I used the dark matt brown all along my lashes and I winged it out slightly.
I applied medium dark brown shadow onto the lower lid (great trick to make the eyes appear larger). I finished off the eyes with mascara.

I defined my brows with Anastasia Dipbrow pomade and brushed them through with clear brow gel afterwards.

The last step was lips. For the first natural look I lined my lips with light berry lip pencil and I applied some neutral gloss on top of it. For the dark lips I've used Maybelline 24h Super Stay lipstick in shade burgundy.