NEWS!
Tomorrow the winner from my March/April giveaway will be announced. I will post a blog with the winner's name!!!
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Alrighty guys,
so this look is going to be really simple because it is my GO TO LOOK!
A lot of people have their signature, everyday looks that they do, so I thought I'd show you guys mine. It's not a signature look or anything, it's actually very plain.
Also, I don't always use all the products I'm showing you guys today. Sometimes I use less products, and sometimes I use different products, such as different foundations.
**Having trouble getting my pictures to be the right way. I apologize and will fix this ASAP.
So if you want to see how I do my go to look, well then, please keep scrolling! :)
Products I'll be using:
Smashbox Primer Water
Maybelline Fit Me Liquid Foundation | Normal to Oily | 120
Maybelline Fit Me Pressed Powder | Normal to Oily | 120
Milani Eyeshadow Primer
Estee Lauder Pure Color Eyeshadow Trio | 05 Gilded Chocolates
Almay intense i-color Eyeliner | 003 Black Pearl
Lancome Hypnose Star | 01 Noir Midnight
Clinique Airbrush Concealer | 04 Neutral Fair
Milani Baked Blush | 01 Dolce Pink
Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit | Light
Lancome Loose Powder | 01 Translucent
NYX Matte Finish Setting Spray
Yes, it's a lot, but like I said, I don't typically wear all of these every day for my go to look. It just sort of depends on the mood I am in and how much time I have to do my makeup.
So lets get started on the look.
The first thing I always do is MOISTURIZE! I can't stress that enough. I do have combination oily skin, but all skin needs to be moisturized. If you have oily skin, I'd recommend getting a moisturizer that is oil free. I put my moisturizer on and then I let it dry completely. It usually takes about 10-15 minutes.
Here's a picture after I did moisturizer, getting ready to start makeup. & yes, I know I look like I'm mad at the world. Sorry haha:
So for the makeup, I'm gonna prime my face first. And today, I'm going to use the Smashbox primer water. I have literally talked about this in so many blogs, I think. But I'm telling you guys, I love this product a lot.
After I prime my face, I want to do my foundation. I use two foundations always. I use a liquid and then set it with a powder for extra coverage. Today I used the Maybelline Fit Me Liquid & Pressed Powder. Both of these are the Normail to Oily in 120. These are amazing. I wouldn't say full coverage.. probably medium because I can still see freckles and whatnot through it. However you can build it up to full coverage. Also, they are inexpensive which I love. Highly recommend these to anyone. They also have a Normal to Dry kind as well.
& here is my face after applying my foundations:
After I apply my foundation, I move on to eyes because whenever I do my eyes I tend to get a lot of fall out with the eyeshadow, which can mess my under eye area up. I have found it easier for me to do it this way, but whatever works for you :)
To prime my eyes, I used Milani Eye Primer today. I haven't really used this primer, so I can't say much for it. However I do love the Milani line and have recently fallen in love with a couple of the Bella Eye colors.
For my eyes, I use neutrals for my everyday, go to look. I really like the Estee Lauder Eyeshadow Trio in Gilded Chocolates. I love the shimmer and glam it has to it. These eye shadows are also way pigmented and they are very easy to blend. I actually don't have a lot of fall out when using these eye shadows.
So whenever I did my eyes, I took the darkest shade in the outer corner, the medium shade in the inside corner, and in the middle I blended the two colors together really well. I also blended the eye shadows up so there wouldn't be any harsh lines. With the lightest color, I kind of just put it below my eyebrows so the harsh lines from the other shadows wouldn't be as noticeable, and again I blended all that out.
Here's a picture of just the eyeshadow:
For my eye liner, I used a NYC Liquid Eyeliner and the Almay intense i-color in black.
Surprisingly my cat eye was even enough the first time. I usually have to repeat this step at least 4 times, not kidding.
& then I applied some mascara! I used the Lancome Hypnose Star | 01 Noir Midnight. I did two coats, and curled them with a lash curler.
So after I go back and do retouches and make sure everything is perfect with my eyes, I start on my under eyes, cheeks, contour, and etc.
After I am COMPLETELY done with my eyes, I start on my face again. For my under eyes, I used Clinique Airbrush Concealer | 04 Neutral Fair to get rid of my dark circles and bags. I have big bags under my eyes, so this concealer doesn't hide that, but it does take away my dark circles, and that's my main focus for in the mornings whenever I get up and I'm tired and they're really noticeable. With this concealer, I put it under my eyes, a line down the middle of my nose, make a flower in between my eyebrows (like on the middle of my forehead), chin, and on my cupid's bow.
After I used the concealer, I set it with a powder. For my highlights & contours, I use the Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit | Light. It's by far one of my favorites. The powder doesn't settle into my fine lines or anything like that. And it stays all day. I also used the yellow tone, top middle, to set my under eye area. The reason I used the yellow is because dark circles are purple, so to neutralize them, you need to use a complimentary color. The complimentary color for purple is yellow. & that is the science behind that!
I also used the Contour kit for my contour, obviously. I like to blend all three bottom colors together, or sometimes I just use the bottom left color by itself. The only parts I contour are the top of my forehead and right below my cheek bone.
I typically skip the contour & highlight parts altogether whenever I'm in a hurry or just not feeling makeup that day. So this is not always part of my go to in a hurry look.
Next I just put on some blush that makes my cheeks pop. This time I used Milani Baked Blush in Dolce Pink.
After I'm done with everything, I just dab my face with translucent powder and apply NYX Matte Finish Setting Spray. I really like Lancome's translucent powder, so I used that for this look.
& that's it!
I know it was a lot, but that's just what I wore the day that I decided to take pictures for this blog. I normally just do a simple eye liner and no contour.
This normally takes me roughly 10 minutes and with contour and the cat eye, it only takes me about 15 to 20 minutes, so like I was saying, it just really depends on how much time I have.
Here's the final look:
Thanks for reading!!
XOXO
The Makeup Diva
Tarin
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