"A Look For Everyday and Holidays..."

Happy Monday All!  Another week has passed and just like that November is going to be over.  I am so excited for Thanksgiving.  My family goes camping with my in-laws.  It has become my all time favorite tradition.  It also helps that we go to my all time favorite place in the entire world. I am just excited to be taking a break from thinking about packing, cleaning, and moving for a week.  I can't wait to watch my kids make more memories with their cousins, aunt's/uncles, and grandparents.  Can you tell I am excited?

On Election Day I posted this picture with the captions, "Look 1 or Look 2?  What should I post on?"

 Look 2

Look 1

By popular vote Look 2 won.  I was excited and nervous at the same time that this look won.  The main reason being...I suck at doing "Winged," liner.

Wearing winged liner they are supposed to be a clean sharp line that can cut glass.(No dramatics here.)  I have a hard time accomplishing that.  I am normally a simple straight across liner girl, or a simple cat eye.  I just have a hard time getting my wing liner to look the same every time I do it.

As I was sitting there thinking about how I didn't want to do this liner, I remembered my own advice, "Make up is trial and error.  You do what works for you."  I also remembered that makeup wipes off.  If I really dislike how something comes out I just take a makeup wipe and start again.  It is what make makeup so amazing!

This is what I did:

Of course I started off with a clean slate by using Mabelline Fit Me Matte Foundation!  If you want to know what I think of this foundation you can go back and read, "Is it worth it? Let me work it." post I did last week.  

I also concealed with It Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye Concealer to cover up the fact that I hadn't been sleeping due to stress and my little dude getting 3 new teeth at once. (Yes, he is a part shark.)

Then came the, "fun" part...The Eye Liner!!

I find that using a product with a felt tip is easiest when doing a wing liner.  This product I am using here is a $1 matte black liner with a felt tip that I got off of Cute.  

First I do my normal straight line across my lid, but I don't take it all the way to the edge of my lid.  I stop where my lashes stop.  If you take it across all the way and then add the wing it can make your eyes appear more hooded.  So here is where I am finding it difficult to explain...you go to the outer corner of your bottom lash line.  You are then going to take your liner and follow the natural curve of your bottom lash line up to create the out side of the wing.  Once you have that set you then make an obtuse triangle. Then all you have to do is fill in that triangle and Yay! You did it! (I am all sweaty just writing about this.)  If you mess it up and it is not straight or it is more curvy then angular; take makeup remover or concealer and cover up the mistakes.  Again,  it is why makeup is so great!

My next step is to tight line my upper lash line with a black pencil liner.  

Now, most people can get away with tight lining their bottom lashes with that same black eyeliner.  I have learner over the years through trial and error, and by that I mean, so many bad bad pictures, that I should STOP doing that.  All that does to me is make my eyes appear smaller then they already are.  So instead of a black liner I use a nude or white pencil liner. (Wet n Wild or Remil London make those colors for cheap and they have worked will for me.)  Not only does makes my eyes look bigger then they are, but it also gives the appearance of them being more awake. After this last week I could really use that.

Then I go on with the rest of my routine.  (Look back at earlier post if you would like to see my routine.)  

Here are the results...

I love how this look came out and my winged liner, not perfect by any means,  is getting better every time I do it.  This look is perfect to pair with a nude lip for work, or brunch or you can jazz it up for your work Holiday Party with a bold red lip. You really can't go wrong.

I hope I you try something daring and difficult for yourself.  There is noting wrong with trying something new.  Thank you guys for reminding me of that.

Remember readers, I maybe a jack of this trade, but I am a master of none.

Natalie