Okay, so all of us women love makeup and want to learn how to do more with it. I mean why would you be paying attention to my makeup blog if you didn't? Also, we are all on a budget... and if I am honest, makeup takes a lot of mine lol. So, I went to Target the other day and after checking out I realized that I bought an entire new set of makeup and seriously only spent like $40. My mind was blown. That's seriously like one compact of powder for some of the name brands that aren't even that reputable. So there you have it. I have officially been converted. That being said, I have created a chic/relaxed look today that I hope you all will enjoy!
Step 1 which is also my number one rule no matter what, always start with a clean face! That way you're not clogging your pores so much that you begin to get pimples.
This seriously is my new favorite foundation ladies. It is light and you don't have to put a lot of it on to get full coverage.
To apply the foundation, simply rub the sponge that comes with it in the creme and swirl away! Be sure to cover all of your skin though!
This new powder is a gift from the makeup gods. I got the medium/dark shade and this is truly a skin tone matching powder. It is perfect on my face!
To apply this, I bought a cheap makeup pad because I do not like the little brushes that come with them. So when using the makeup pad, I applied the powder in a circular motion all over my face including my eyes.
Speaking of eyes, here is the most wonderful eye pallet ever! It can be used for a smokey eye, a single shade, or simply use the primer for a full coverage and skin tone evener and then throw on some mascara and go!
First, I used the primer creme (far right, bottom) and put it all over my upper lids and under my eyebrows with my finger.
Then, I used the illumination creme (far right, upper) under my eyes and applied it with my finger as well.
Here, I used the bottom gold shadow and applied it all over my upper eyelids and under my eyebrows.
Then, using the beige just about the gold shadow, I applied it only to my eyelids.
Now, to create my crease I used the top purple shadow and put it on my crease and all this time I have been using the shadow applicator that came with the pallet.
Then, using my finger, I gently blended in the shadow I applied to my crease to my eye lids and under my eyebrows.
And then, using the dark brown shadow, I applied a line of shadow to my lash lines on my upper and lower lids to create depth and break up the soliditiy.
This is a cat eye revolution my loves! This liquid eyeliner will get you hooked! It has a very tight brush so that it will not put on a thick line and have a very sharp-pointed end to create the perfect cat eye!
There are two previous cat-eye tutorials. The Baby Cat Eye and The Cat Eye.
This is simply a straight on view. I personally love doing cat-eyes. However, if you desire a straight line, feel free! It's your face darling!
Then comes the brown eye liner pencil. I almost always go for brown because I have blue eyes and it isn't as harsh as black eye liner. (Excuse my pad to keep it from rolling lol)
So using the brown eye liner pencil, I applied it to my waterlines.
I then applied it to the bottom eyelid. Then using the little sponge on the end, as you will see in the next picture, I spread it out as well as soften it so that there is not such a definite line.
So in this picture, I have spread out my eyeliner on the bottom. Also, I using my bronzer that will be shown with the cheeks, I slightly darkened my eyebrows.
Now in this picture I tried to focus on the "FLAMED OUT" which is a new CG mascara and I must say I am a fan!
So first, as many of my readers know, I hate putting mascara on my top lashes first for several reasons. So here I have applied mascara to my bottom lashes.
And here I now have applied mascara to my top and bottom eyelashes.
And now we have E.L.F. blush and bronzer. Also, I bought an E.L.F. blush brush because you can never have too many!
In this step, I have simply applied the bronzer to my cheeks as if it is a dark blush. It accentuates the cheek bones as well as gives depth to the sides of your face.
Here is a side view of my bronzer.
Next, I applied to actual blush to my upper cheek bones only. It adds a soft hint of pink and tones down the boldness of the bronzer.
I also bought an NYC twistable. Red is a classic lip color and can be worn with anything!
And there you have it! Thank you all so much and I hope you were inspired in one way or another! XOXO Lala!
