Christmas is just a few hours away!!! You already got gifts for your loved ones? Good! Food for noche buena? Check. Dress for Christmas eve mass? Yes. Makeup look? NOOOO!
Hush, hush. Buttercup to the rescue! ;) This look is simple to recreate! The main focus here are the eyes. Apply golden bronze eyeshadow all over your lids and use a darker brown shade for the outer v area. Blend inwards. The two colors just look gorgeous together. And I admit I love gold and brown combined! To make the eyes pop more, apply white gold shadow on the lower lash line. Then tight line upper lash line with black eyeliner, curl your lashes and finally, apply mascara. Optional: highlighter on your brow bone.
Here’s me! I kept the blush and lipstick at a minimum to avoid clash of colors with the already-sorta-intense eyes. But feel free to play with darker lip colors if you wish.
Beauty products and tools used! Whew quite a lot, eh? But the whole process only took me around 30 minutes!
EYES: Urban Decay Naked 1 palette (used Hustle and Half-Baked shades), Avon Eyeshadow Duet in Apricot Mist, K-Palette Real Lasting Eyebrow pen, Benefit They’re Real Mascara, Benefit Bad Gal Waterproof Liner, Shu Uemura eyelash curler, Benefit Fake Up Under-eye Concealer
FACE: Ottie Plant Soothing Blemish Balm, Human Nature Perfect Glow Mineral Blush (in 02 Sun-Kissed), Benefit High Beam highlighter, Virginia Olsen Medium Cool Matte foundation
LIPS: Virginia Olsen Pure Organics Lip Creme (in Kiss The Girl)
BRUSHES: Virginia Olsen Short Shader brush, Flat Top brush, Blending brush, Concealer brush, ELF Stipple brush, Artist Studio Blush brush
Before I end this post, I’d like to share 3 makeup tips!
Tip 1: For an airbrush effect, use stipple brush (refer to the brush with the black handle on the photo above) and apply foundation/BB cream in dotting/stippling motion, as opposed to rubbing or brushing, for a more flawless look.
Tip 2: After applying under-eye concealer, don’t forget to seal it with a powder. I like using Virginia Olsen Medium Cool Matte foundation. My concealer doesn’t cake!
Tip 3: Cream or gel type of eyeshadows (like Avon’s Eyeshadow Duet) can also work as a base/primer to intensify the eyeshadow you’ll apply on top of it. Plus, eyeshadows will stick more to your lids with base/primer underneath.
That’s it for today’s post! Happy holidays, everyone! :)
