Tutorial Thursday

Happy Thursday all!

So I absolutely LOVE make-up. Which is kind of strange because on most given days I don't wear make-up. Nonetheless I LOVE it, any kind of it I can never have enough.

Today I am going to show you how I do my natural glam look. Sounds contradicting but it's really not. It's a glamorous look using a natural/neutral palate. 

So here is the look I will be teaching:

Step 1:

Start with a fresh face. I like to prime my face with Revlon Photofinish Primer. (Eeek...excuse my no make-up face.)

Step 2: Contouring. I like to use MAC Conceal and Correct palette in Medium. I take the lightest color and go underneath my eyes, the corners of my eyes, my to-zone. I then take the darkest color and swipe under my cheekbones, sides of my nose and my forehead and my chin.

 

Step 3: Blend! Blend! Blennddddd! And add your brow powder to your brows. I use Ardell brow powder on mine. I do not like pencil. It's too harsh. Anyone who knows me knows I am obsessed with my eyebrows. In the pic I did one brow and left the other. It's a subtle difference but you can tell. Also note the difference after contouring. 

Step 4: Eyeshadow and liner and mascara. (Now I'm an idiot and didn't take pics as I did it but I will explain in detail.)

1• Prime eyelids with a shadow primer. I use Urban Decay Primer in "Greed".

2• Start with a light shimmery shadow an pat all over lid and up to brow bone. I used my Naked palette color "Virgin".

3• Take a slightly darker color shadow and pat all over your lid only. I used my Naked palette color "Sin". It's a slightly pinky brown color.

4• Crease color. Now this is where it gets tricky. You want to start slow and you can always add more. You want to put the shadow on your brush and tap off the excess as you want to be smooth with this. Put it only on your crease of your lid. I like to make it heavier on the outside of the crease. Make sure to then take a fluffier eye shadow brush and BLEND! The biggest mistake girls make is lack of blending. It will ruin any make up look. I used my Naked 2 palette color in "Busted".

5• Eyeliner. On the top lid I like to use a liquid pencil. I use one by Lorac. It gives me complete precision. On my bottom lash line I like to use Urban Decays liner in "Zero".

6• Mascara. This is self explanatory. I use "Lashgasm" by Too Faced.

Step 5: Bronzer. Now you want to be delicate with bronzer if you don't have a tan. I do, so I can use it a little more heavily. Swipe bronzer with a fluffy Kabuki hair brush on your cheek bones upward to your temples. Also on the outside of your forehead and down the nose and chin. 

VOILA!!! There you have it! The natural glam look my way. 

Any questions please feel free to ask! 

-Shannon