Simple Look with Red Lips

Alright so I'm going to jump right in, the look that I'm doing below is more suitable probably for night time if you're going out somewhere or if you're going somewhere formal, etc.  You can easily turn to a daytime look by not adding the second color of eyeshadow to your eyes and either omitting the eyeliner or just tone it down. 

If you haven't already, reading my last post about Red Lips in general may be beneficial to you ! (o;  First I'm going to start with the list of brushes I used; these are just the types of brushes I used, you can use any kind you like.

brushes : powder brush, foundation/concealer brush, blush brush, medium sized eyeshadow brush with a slight dome to it, smaller blending eyeshadow brush, eyeliner brush.

makeup : MAC Studio Fix cream-to-powder foundation NC42,

15 color concealer palette,

Purity Mineral Science finishing powder Medium,

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion,

BeautiControl eyeshadow duo in Ice Princess (12152) (white/tan color),

Urban Decay eyeshadow in Sellout & Nylon,

Prestige Liquid Liner (felt tip) Black,

Maybelline ExpertWear in Night Sky,

Loreal Double Extend mascara (red & white tube) Black,

Victoria Secret's Mosaic Luminous Bronzer in Glitterati,

10 color blush palette,

Hard Candy Spotlighters All Over Highlighter 135 Brown palette,

Tropez lip liner nude 246-013,

Rimmel London Moisture Renew lipstick in Red Alert 900,

Mary Kay NouriShine lip gloss in Berry Sparkle.

The Look -

Tips: (1) When you grab any powder whether its foundation, eyeshadow, blush, etc. always tap off the excess to prevent fallout or heavy application !  (2) If you are using powder foundation, use a powder blush ; if you're using liquid foundation, use a creamy/liquid blush such as a mousse blush or the kind that comes in a stick.  (3) Always always alwayyys !  Start with a clean face; cleanse or exfoliate, tone, & moisturize liberally [; 

1. Apply your foundation all over the face.
2. Apply fleshtone concealer to under eye circles, blemishes, or scars by using your concealer brush.  I used the concealer in the 3rd row and column and the one in the 4th column 1st row.  Put onto the area just to apply it onto your face and use your finger by gently dabbing/patting blending it out 'til you don't see it anymore.  You can also roll your fingers around on your skin to help blend it out.
3. Contour according to your face shape, you can see my post on this in my blog archive under 10/09 Face Shapes and then apply finishing powder, 
   
   
   

   

1. Next are the eyes, apply your primer from your lashline to underneath your browbone and just below your lower lashline.  Use an eyeshadow or brow powder the same shade as your eyebrows to fill them in if you'd like.  I didn't do it in this look but will in future looks.  Use a brow brush to fill it in lightly.
2. Use an eyeshadow that is similar to the skin on your eyelid, I used the pinkish tan color in the BeautiControl duo.  Apply on all of your lid.
3. Next, I took a lighter shimmery brown (a matte light brown would look really good too) and applied it over the lower lid below the crease.  The color I used was Urban Decay's eyeshadow in Sellout.  After applying it on the lid bring it around and put some on your inner tear duct and line just the first half of the bottom of your lash line.  If you have eyes that are already far apart, skip this step (8
4. Then, I applied Urban Decay's Nylon over the outer half of your lid and slightly into the crease.  Blend, blend, blend !  If you don't have this color, it's fine just use a slightly darker color with some shimmer to it.  This is just to give your eyes some depth.  Take the same color and line what hasnt been already lined on your bottom lashline by the first color.
5. Take your liquid eye liner and press the side of the applicator tip as close to your top lashline as you can all the way to the outer edge and create a subtle cat/winged eyeliner or just line the top of your lids with a straight line.  It's all about preference and what kind of look you want. 
6. To set the eyeliner and aid in keeping it in place take your eyeliner brush or just a brush thats kind of flat and squared out at the end like the one below.  Dip the edges into a black eyeshadow and pat it onto the line you created with your liquid eyeliner .
7.  Now apply your mascara to you the top by curling the wand as you go.  Then apply below your lashes wiggling at the base and pulling out.  I find that applying mascara to the top and bottom of your top lashes gives them a better curl, this way you don't have to use an eyelash curler.
   
   
   8.  Now time for blush ; keep it natural.  I used the 3rd color on the bottom row of the blush palette above.  Smile, applying the color to the apple of your cheeks and blending at a slant toward the hairline again.
   
   
   9.  Grab your highlighter and using clean fingers dab it onto any areas that you want to bring attention to, this is also where reading my face shapes post from 10/09 would come in handy.  Highlighting helps to give a glowy/dewy complexion.

Almost dooonee !


1.   Next use the nude or red lipliner and outline your lips, filling them in with the pencil when done.  Filling them in are optional. 

2.   Afterwards, apply red lipstick and lipgloss if you choose according to your personal liking.

Thank you so much for reading !!

Unitl next time,

nana