Natural Eye

Sorry I have been so bad about posting :( I made a quick eye look for you guys just so I could get back into posting and make a tutorial. This look is much more simple than my past looks and is more for those who aren't as makeup-adventurous or it's not appropriate for you to wear to school/work. Enjoy :)

 Apply an eyeshadow base then an eyeshadow nearly the same shade as your skin tone.

 Place an eyeshadow in the crease all the way up to the brow bone (just below where you will put a highlight color) that is a shade or two darker than the first shadow and blend well

  Using another brown color a couple shades darker than the crease, blend a small amount in the outer corner to add some depth.

   Highlight the brow bone and inner corner with a light cream color or even a white whatever looks best for you that is a few shades lighter than your skin.

  Line your upper lashes and the outer corner of your lower lashes with the darkest color you used so far (the outer corner medium-dark brown) with an angled brush.

  Apply mascara of choice. A brown would be more in the "natural" category but I only have black.

 Products!

 All over lid

  Crease

  Outer corner and upper lash line (the brown)

  Highlight

  Large fluffy for all over color crease and outer corner. Pencil brush for highlight and angled for lining the upper lashes.

Falsies Flared Mascara- black

So this is super natural and not for those who feel they need a load of makeup to feel comfortable. On the other hand for the people who think my past looks were too wild, this is for you! Hope you enjoyed and let me know what you think :) I'll try to start my series soon, I just need to check the votes. Thanks for reading!

~Stephanie

Kathlyn's Makeup

My friend asked me to do her makeup and I'm really happy with how it came out :) I did a kind of smoky brown fading into gold and a lot of highlight. I'll post pictures now and put up the directions later!

To create the eye look, I started with Too Faced Shadow Insurance in Lemon Drop. Then, I applied a light vanilla-y shade all the way from lashline to browbone. With an angled brush I lined her top lashes with a brown cream liner and then smudged it up on the outer corners. I used a medium-dark brown eyeshadow over that liner and worked it up into the crease, about halfway in on then eye. With a very dark brown shimmer (Urban Decay Twice Baked), I did the outer corners and a little bit in the outer part of the crease. Using a gold shimmer (Urban Decay Half Baked) I covered the rest of the lid and blended it into the edge of the brown. Finally,  using the NYX Jumbo pencil in Milk, I went just below the brow bone, blended that in, and put a very light, nearly white matte in top of that and in the inner corners for highlight. Topped this off with a teeny smudge of brown cream liner under the bottom lashes and some Falsies mascara! Done :)

 

For the whole face, I used Bobbi Brown Foundation in Sand, Bare Minerals Mineral Veil, Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso and the lighter bronzer in the Colorista Palatte (mentioned below).

 

Sorry about just color descriptions for a lot of these, but  many of the colors are from my Sephora Colorista Palette (I'll show that in my makeup bag video!!) but unfortunately that palette has been discontinued :(

Quick Review: Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso

I've heard great things about this blush, and since they sell Milani products at my local Walgreens, I had to try it! This is supposed to be a dupe or knockoff for the NARS blush in Orgasm and comparing pictures of the two, I can definitely say its about the same! Now to be honest, I've never tried the NARS one so I cannot say from experience if this is better, worse, or no different, but I do love this color so it works for me! Its a universally flattering peachy pink with a little golden sheen to it. It appears to have less shimmer than the NARS, which in my opinion is good because natural faces don't shimmer.  The Milani blush cost me about $8, where as the NARS is $27 so I think that for how similar they seem, this is the blush for those of us on a budget! 

 Nice looking package, not cheap or flimsy

 Decent amount of product for your money

 Subtle, but glowy and pretty

 Not too in-your face but still adds a nice bit of color :)

Overall I really like this blush! The one downfall I see is that it does apply heavy if you're not careful, so use a light hand when applying or use a fluffy brush afterwards to blend it in better. I find blending after tends to work better for me, but I think that's a preference thing. For almost a quarter of the price of NARS Orgasm and a similar flattering and subtle glow, I think this is very worth it! :)