Happy Monday to All! We had a very low key weekend. My hubby was sick so we spent a lot of time inside relaxing. Then we had a major rain storm and OUR HOUSE DIDN'T FLOOD! I guess spending all that money on raising the our house 12 inches was worth it. (Yes, we raised our house a foot off the ground and I have no idea how. I am assuming magic wands were involved. Ha ha ha.) To celebrate the new ,"No Flood Zone," that is our house I took my kids out in the storm and we played in the rain. We were soaking wet and my makeup was running down my face, but it didn't matter one bit. My kids and I loved every second of it. (Maybe I loved it a little to much.) Then our low key weekend went to a high strong on Sunday evening when I was making soup for my family. I was slicing a carrot and cut the tip of my finger/nail off and had to go into the E.R. I think that makes visit 1 million for us this summer. Luckily, I didn't need stitches, just super band-aid glue with a regular band aid on top. To say that we are ready for this summer to be over is an understatement.
Me poor fingy!
I posted on my Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter a purple smokey eye with fake lashes that I had been messing around with. I had so many email requests for this look that it was a no brainer on what the topic of this week should be. Keep in mind that I am down a finger, so I hope I did alright. (This means no fake lashes. I can barley handle them with all 10 fingers let alone 9.)
Lets get started:
Step 1 and 2.
First I moisturized. Then I used the teeniest bottle of Benefit 'The Pore fessional," primer I have ever seen. It is seriously the smallest bottle. I am one who likes to try things out before spending money. I have been reading a lot of great things about this primer. I emailed Benefit and they sent me this free sample 3 days later. I am really liking it. A small amount goes a long way.
Then I used my new GARNIER SkinActive BB 5-1 Miracle Skin Perfector Anti-Aging Cream formula in Tan. OMGosh am I in love with this stuff. It is light weight, great coverage, and it smells like summer. It gives my face the kind of glow that I have been missing from all of my other BB Creams that I use. I then grabbed my, you guessed is, damp Beauty Blender sponge and stippled it onto my face. (I forget how much the Beauty Blender spread my foundation. Whoops! I put way to much on the back of my hand. Still learning.) I feel like my skin looks so clean and fresh!
Step 3.
I then used my itCosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye waterproof concealer in medium.
I take my ring finger and place it in the corner of my eye, down the side of my nose, and make a triangle shape on top of my cheeks. Real life people. My adorable 15 month old was not happy with mommy not giving him 100% of her attention. Oh mom life. I then take the same damp Beauty Blender and use the pointy end to blend the concealer into my skin.
Step 4.
I figured since I am doing a smokey eye that I should do some contouring. I am using Cover Girl True Match creamy concealer in a dark tan.
As you can tell the concealer isn't to much darker then my regular skin tone right now so after I blend, blend, and blend, my contour areas I use Wet and Wild Contouring and Highlighting Powder kit. Yes, you read right. Wet and Wild. It is one of my favorite powdered contour kits out there and I think I spend $6 on it. I then take my flat blush brush and blend, blend, and blend some more. You have to be careful when contouring because if you don't blend enough you will just end up looking like you didn't wash your face. Gross!
Step 5 and 6.
You can't contour with out highlighting and since it is so humid out side, seriously feels like I am living inside someones mouth, I need to Bake!
For my highlighting I used Maybeline Instant Age Rewind concealer in Ivory. I read about this concealer on so many other blogs and I had to try if for myself. It is now has become my favorite highlighter as well. After blending in my highlighted areas I used a generic translucent powder and Baked my face. Baking your face is a big trend right now. You take your translucent powder and put a thick layer on top of your newly highlighted areas. You leave that layer on from anywhere to 5-10 minutes. When you are done you just brush it off with a blush or powder brush. What it does is set your highlight and helps prevent it from smearing and creasing. It also helps prevent fall out from your eye shadow smearing and messing up your look. (Take breath here.) I have not perfected this yet, but like I write all the time, make up is all about trial and error.
Step 7-11. (Taking in the biggest breath ever)
It is eye shadow time! I used Urban Decay Naked 2 palette. This palette has so many rich colors. For this specific look I used Tease, Suspect, and Busted for my lids and Bootycall for under the arch of my eyebrow.
My 15 month old was not having it this morning. I was going to put off doing my pictures later, but then I decided that this is how I do my makeup a lot of the time. So I might as well show you my real life. Do a smokey eye with a baby on my lap is no easy task, and lets not forget that I am down a finger.
First things first I used Lorac eyelid primer. The next step was dipping my blending brush into the color Tease. It is a medium purple/mauve. The reason I like this shade is because it is a warm mauve, when most of the time it this color comes off more of a cool then warm. I take Tease and do a windshield wiper motion across the entire crease of my eye lid. Then I get a little more on my brush and do circular motions. The key to a great smokey eye, no matter what colors you use, is to blend, blend, and blend. That is why with every color I add I rotate between the windshield/circular motions. You know you are doing it right because your eye lid starts to get a little sore. Ha ha ha! But seriously! Then I take the darker shade of purple Suspect and spread it with my blender brush half way across the crease of my eye. I then blend, blend, and blend some more. I then dip into the Tease shade again to make sure that you cant see the transition from one color to the other. I finally take my setting spray and a regular eye shadow brush. I lightly spray the brush and dip it into the darkest and most metallic color Busted, and spread it on my entire eyelid. The reason you spray the brush before hand is that it makes the color stand out and makes it look wet. After doing that I take my blending brush again and blend blend blend!
Step 12-14.
I took a clean blending brush, dipped it in the color Bootycall , and then spread it under the arch of my eyebrows.
I then took a smear brush, dipped it into Bootycall, and smeared it across the top of my eyelashes. I used it as a light eyeliner. (To give my smokey eye an extra pop I dipped my ring finger in Bootycall and rubbed it into my middle of my eye lid. It gives it a little something extra.) I then took my smudge brush, dipped it into Suspect, and smudged it under my lower lash line. I then repeated that process with the color Tease.
Steps 15-18.
Time to brush off the Bake. My concealer/highlight is all set and ready for the day.
I did my normal bronzer/blush routine. I then took my Sugar Box Face shimmer cream stick in the color pinknude and placed it on the top of my cheek bones, middle of my forehead, on the tip of my nose, and my cupids arrow. (That is what the dip in your top lip is called. Isn't it just the cutest.) Then I took my blush brush and blended it all in.
Step 19-20.
I took an eyelash curler and ran it under warm water. (My lashes curl better when I do that.) I then curled my lashed by squeezing the curler 10 times.
Then I added my black mascara.
Final Result: I forgot, I added NYX soft matte lip cream in the color Antwerp. It is a perfect pink to keep things focused on the eyes.
Now I didn't add eyeliner to this look because I wanted to show a smokey eye for the day time, but all you need to do is add some black eyeliner with a cat eye and you are all set for date night.
I know that this was a long read, but I wanted to introduce some new things that I have been learning about that are on trend. I also get so many of you who ask me what products I use. I am trying to get better at that.
I hope this gives you a fun idea for work or a night out with you partner in crime.
Remember readers, I may be a jack of this trade, but I am a master of none.
Natalie
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