Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Eyebrow Pictorial!



Welcome back! Today's blog I'll be showing you guys how I color in my eyebrows in my everyday makeup routine using the NYX Eyebrow Cake Powder in Brunette.



First, you want to comb through your brow hairs with a spoolie or disposable mascara wand. I just use the spoolie that comes in my NYX brow powder kit.  



Then, I dip my small angled brush into the darker brow powder and line the bottom of my eyebrow, creating it's shape.




Using the same brush and powder, I do the same to the top of my brow.



Grabbing more powder, I fill in between the lines in small, short strokes. Be careful not to fill in all of the brow, and leave the small portion towards the inner most part of the brow bare.



Then I take the same brush and dip it into the lighter brow powder. Flipping my brush sideways, I fill in the rest of my brow with a light hand.



To ensure my brows are crisp and clean looking, I take a small concealer brush and a cream concealer, 2-3 shades lighter then my skin tone. I use my BH Cosmetics 10 Color Camouflage Concealer Palette. I apply the concealer across the bottom and top of my brow. This will also give your brows a highlight, accentuating your arch.






Make sure to blend out the concealer with your brush or finger. To seal it all together, I run my Tarte Amazonian Colored Clay Tinted Brow Gel through my brows to keep my hairs in place all day.




And we're all done! I hope this was helpful for you guys. Until next time! :) 




Sunday, April 6, 2014

Fresh Spring Eyes!

Happy April everyone!! And welcome back! I am so happy winter is officially over and I thought this week would be the perfect time to show you all a fresh, spring, eye makeup look. I kept it very natural, soft and easy, I hope you enjoy! :)

First, i always start off priming my eyes. Today I used MAC's paint pot in Painterly







Then, I took the shade Cream from my Lorac Pro Pallet, and patted that on my brow bone with a medium sized shader brush.


I then took MAC's eyeshadow in Cork, and applied that to my crease and outer-v, using a medium sized blending brush. It is important to use a light hand during this step, going in circular and swiping motions.


Taking a large shader brush, I packed on MAC's eyeshadow in Expensive Pink all over my lids.


To open up and brighten my eyes, I applied MAC's eyeshadow in Shroom to the inner corners of my eyes with a small shader brush.


To ensure everything is blended, I took a clean, very large blending brush and went in circular motions all around the color Cork that I placed in the crease.

Eyeshadow is finished! Then I put Maybelline's gel liner in Brown on my top lash line. I used a small angled brush, slightly winging it out.


To brighten up my eyes even more, I applied a nude colored pencil liner to my water line.

And to finish it all up, I applied my favorite mascara at the moment, Tarte's Lights, Camera, Lashes!

The finished look!

Until next week! XOXO