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Heartbreaker // Valentine's Day 2018
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Hello again! It's nice to talk to you all so soon!
This look ended up being a lot easier to execute than anticipated. I used all Colourpop pressed shadows and the glitter liner is NYX.
To start out, after priming my eyes and setting the primer with powder, I took Colourpop's Full Zip single shadow and dusted that all over my lid from my brow bone to my lash line. I then took Colourpop's Wake Up Call into my crease and a little higher as my base transition shade.
I then grabbed my I Think I Love You palette.
From here, I took Belair and used this to deepen up my crease just a hair. I then took Let's Do It and packed it all over my lid. I didn't pack it as heavy as I was going for a more grey blown out look rather than a jet black lid. I kept alternating applying the black shade and blending out the edges with a mixture of Wake Up Call and Belair. And Voila! Your shadow base is complete!
Now let me tell you, I don't know exactly why I was so gung ho on doing this look. I'm not great at winged liner. I always end up wiping it off and doing something without liner because I'm a perfectionist and it never turns out even close to perfect. But this... THIS WAS SO SIMPLE. I kid you not!
I spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out the best way to apply the glitter. Do I use a glitter primer? Do I use a mixing medium? Do I mix the glitter into the medium and/or primer? In the end I used NYX Multitasker Mixing Medium. I found the best way to get the desired look was to take a small angled brush and apply the mixing medium in sections and then applying the glitter to the product I had just laid down, prior to moving onto the next section. Again, I thought this would be more difficult as the medium is essentially clear. But it was a piece of cake! The specific glitter I used was the NYX Face and Body Glitter in Red.
I also recommend doing this before the rest of your makeup. I was able to take a cotton pad with my Bioderma and make the wing super sharp. It also helps when you can easily clean up any potential glitter fallout.
I wanted to keep the look with a rosy tone, so to finish off my face makeup I took the Benefit Dandelion Dew and blended that out on my cheeks. I never reach for this product and I don't know why. Whenever I do break it out again I always LOVE the look. For my highlight I used Jouer's Rose Gold powder highlight. Jouer powder highlights are some of my favorite.
To tie everything together, I applied Kylie Cosmetics Posie K lip kit. This was the perfect lip color for this look.
Did you prefer today's look or yesterdays? I don't think I can decide!
As always, if there's anything specific you'd like to see from me, let me know!
I'm here to present to you the second look I created for Valentine's Day this year!
I originally wasn't going to post multiple looks for one occasion, but I saw this photo on Instagram by @cakefacehaze and fell in love with the look.
I definitely lean towards the edgy/grungy side of makeup and fashion. So this smoky eye with glitter liner was a MUST.
This look ended up being a lot easier to execute than anticipated. I used all Colourpop pressed shadows and the glitter liner is NYX.
To start out, after priming my eyes and setting the primer with powder, I took Colourpop's Full Zip single shadow and dusted that all over my lid from my brow bone to my lash line. I then took Colourpop's Wake Up Call into my crease and a little higher as my base transition shade.
I then grabbed my I Think I Love You palette.
From here, I took Belair and used this to deepen up my crease just a hair. I then took Let's Do It and packed it all over my lid. I didn't pack it as heavy as I was going for a more grey blown out look rather than a jet black lid. I kept alternating applying the black shade and blending out the edges with a mixture of Wake Up Call and Belair. And Voila! Your shadow base is complete!
Now let me tell you, I don't know exactly why I was so gung ho on doing this look. I'm not great at winged liner. I always end up wiping it off and doing something without liner because I'm a perfectionist and it never turns out even close to perfect. But this... THIS WAS SO SIMPLE. I kid you not!
I spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out the best way to apply the glitter. Do I use a glitter primer? Do I use a mixing medium? Do I mix the glitter into the medium and/or primer? In the end I used NYX Multitasker Mixing Medium. I found the best way to get the desired look was to take a small angled brush and apply the mixing medium in sections and then applying the glitter to the product I had just laid down, prior to moving onto the next section. Again, I thought this would be more difficult as the medium is essentially clear. But it was a piece of cake! The specific glitter I used was the NYX Face and Body Glitter in Red.
I also recommend doing this before the rest of your makeup. I was able to take a cotton pad with my Bioderma and make the wing super sharp. It also helps when you can easily clean up any potential glitter fallout.
I wanted to keep the look with a rosy tone, so to finish off my face makeup I took the Benefit Dandelion Dew and blended that out on my cheeks. I never reach for this product and I don't know why. Whenever I do break it out again I always LOVE the look. For my highlight I used Jouer's Rose Gold powder highlight. Jouer powder highlights are some of my favorite.
To tie everything together, I applied Kylie Cosmetics Posie K lip kit. This was the perfect lip color for this look.
Did you prefer today's look or yesterdays? I don't think I can decide!
As always, if there's anything specific you'd like to see from me, let me know!
