Hey Beauties!
So I've uploaded a quick tutorial on how I do my contour, brows, and a simple eye look. To keep the video short I didn't speak about the products I was using or how to use it in the video so I thought it'd be better to write a step-by-step explanation of what I was doing, on my blog!
Before I started filming, I cleansed my face using NIVEA Purifying Cleansing Gel (Combination to oily skin w/ Ocean algae & Hydra IQ) using OLAY Regenerist Facial Cleansing Brush. After I washed my face, I applied BIOTHERM Aquasource Moisturizer Gel (Normal to combination skin), waited a minute, then applied SMASHBOX Photo Finish Foundation Primer (Oil-free). As my foundation, I used MAC Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 in NC25 and as I finished preparing my face, I started filming the rest.
For any questions or comments, leave a reply on this post or my video on YouTube! Steps + Products used are below. ENJOY!! <3
STEPS:
FACE
1. Use Rimmel Match Perfection stick to highlight T-zone and conceal for extra coverage any pimples or imperfections on your skin.
2. Start contour with Lise Waiter Contour Palette using your lightest colour (beige natural) on your cheekbones, forehead between your brows, bridge of your nose, and point of your chin. Use your second-lightest colour (beige beige) to highlight under your cheekbones and around your eyebrows. Apply your darkest colour (beige cafe) to outline your cheekbones, trace around your forehead, and sides of your nose.
3. Blend in all your contour and highlighted areas after you've sprayed your brush using a setting spray (L'oreal pro-spray&set).
4. Use Rimmel pressed powder in the lightest colour (012 buff beige) to highlight under your eyes and tip of your nose. Apply NYX powder foundation to the rest of your highlighted areas to set the contour, and gently brush off any excess powder.
5. Start contour of your darkest areas using Quo baked bronzer to give your face shape and definition. You can also add a soft pink blush to the apples of your cheeks (Milani powder blush).
6. Highlight your highest part of your cheekbones, tip and bridge of your nose, center of your chin, lightly the lower center of your forehead and any access that you have on your brush I like to clear up my contour line by gently brushing underneath my cheekbone contour.
BROWS
7. To do my eyebrows I use NYX brow pen to trace the outer lines of my eyebrows and add just a little colour to darken the tail and then I just blend in with an eyebrow brush the traced lines to give it a natural looking shape and colour.
EYES
8. On days when I don't feel like applying a heavy eye primer, I start by just spraying my L'oreal spray&set over my eyes before I start adding my eyeshadows. Today I started with Smashbox M5 as my base colour and added a bit of M6 to darken the crease.
9. As my lid colour I chose to use Urban Decay's Naked 2 palette in the colour Half Baked to give my eye a golden look. To create more depth I added Blackout in the crease and then just blended that out to make my eyes appear larger.
10. For my eyeliner I use Maybelline in Blackest Black liquid liner, I start to trace my lash line starting in the middle of my eye going towards my outer eye, then applying a thinner line towards my inner eye. To wing it out, I start at the end of my outer eye and create a straight line going outwards then connect it to my liner applied to my lid and just fill in the middle.
11. For a casual everyday look, I like to use my lashes from Quo because they are more natural looking, give my lashes length but don't appear to long or too bold. To apply my lashes I use Quo clear lash adhesive which goes on white but dries clear. To apply the glue just trace the glue around the lash line and using tweezers place it closest to your natural lash line and adjust as needed.
** Sidenote: I like to use the white glue versus the black glue because even on days when you don't feel like wearing eye liner but want to use false lashes, it will look more natural and you won't see the trace of the lashes. Even when applying lashes on eyeliner it could get messy and before you adjust your lashes you may have gotten glue on other parts of your eye lid so using clear glue won't mess up your eye look. **
12. After you have applied your false lashes and the glue has dried, apply mascara to combine your natural lashes and false lashes together so that it looks together and gets rid of your natural lashes going one way and your false lashes going another way, also ensuring your lashes look more natural.
13. To make the most of your eye look, you can also apply your eyelid shadow colour to just under your lash line to enhance the colour and then finish it off by adding a little mascara to your bottom lashes which bolds your eyes and complements the colour.
14. Once you have finished your complete makeup look, spray your whole face using your setting spray and you're good to go!
PRODUCTS:
1. RIMMEL Match Perfection 2-in-1 Concealer & Highlighter-- 125 Fair.
2. LISE WATIER Portfolio Correctors-- Beige Naturel, Beige Beige, and Beige Cafe.
3. RIMMEL Stay Matte Long Lasting Pressed Powder-- 012 Buff Beige.
4. NYX Stay Matte But Not Flat Powder Foundation-- SMP03 Natural.
5. QUO Baked Bronzer-- Beach Babe.
6. MILANI Baked Powder Blush-- 05 Luminoso.
7. KISS Highligher.
8. NYX Sculpt & Highlight Brow Contour Pen-- Golden Peach/Black.
9. SMASHBOX Full Exposure Palette-- Colours: Matte M5, M6.
10. URBAN DECAY Naked 2 Palette-- Colours: Half Baked, Blackout.
11. MAYBELLINE EyeStudio-- Blackest Black.
12. QUO Lashes, QUO Full Eyelash Adhesive-- White-dries clear.
13. ESTEE LAUDER Sumptuous Bold Volume Lifting Mascara--01 Black.
14. L'OREAL Infallible Pro-Spray & Set.
