Products Used
Benefit Porefessional Primer
Ex1 Foundation in F300 and F400
Maybelline Fit Me Concealer in Medium
Clinique Stay-Matte Pressed Powder in Stay Honey
The Balm Bahama Mama Bronzer
BH Cosmetics Glamorous Blush (matte dark pink shade)
The Balm Maryloumanizer
Anastasia Dipbrow Pomade in Chocolate
Inglot eyeliner in black (77)
No 7 Exceptional Definition Mascara
Mac Extended Play Gigablack Lash (bottom lashes only)
Nyx High Definition Eye Shadow Base
Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette:
- Salted Caramel in the crease
- Semi-Sweet in the outer v and bottom lash line
- Creme Brulee on the lid
- Champagne Truffle in the inner corner
Lashes from Hong Kong but any pair will do
Nyx Red Retractable Lip Liner
Nyx Lip Smacking Colours in Eros
The focus of this look is on the bright red lips and lashes. This look can be worn to an event such as prom, formal dinner or even a dinner date. This look isn't too heavy on the eyes as I want the focus to be on the lips.
If you are going to be taking photos, remember to try and use a foundation that contains no SPF to ensure there is no flashback in photos! You do not want your face to look white compared to the rest of your body. Likewise, make sure the setting powder you use also contains no SPF as that too can cause flashback in photos.
You can opt for a lighter concealer if you want the more "highlighted" look to brighten up your face but I decided to use a concealer that is quite close to my foundation colour.
I also opted for a very flirty blush colour, a dark matte pink because I wanted to get that "flush" of colour on my cheeks.
Also, remember to use a highlighter on your cheekbones so that when the light catches your face, you are glowing! You can also use highlighter on your cupid's bow, your nose and above your eyebrows.
For my eyes, I first applied my mascara, eye liner and lashes because this is the process I like to do but everyone does their make-up different so don't think you need to do it my way. I then applied an eyeshadow base, the NYX high definition eyeshadow base is a very good one to use and I've been using this one for ages and it seems to work very well! I decided to use my chocolate bar palette from Too Faced. Too Faced are such an amazing brand and I love the packaging of their products. I especially love their eyeshadows and my chocolate bar palette actually smells like chocolate! I used salted caramel in the crease so that it enables my eyeshadows to all blend together nicely. I then applied semi-sweet which is a dark brown in the outer v and bottom lash line. I blended semi-sweet out with salted caramel and smoked out the bottom lash line by blending it so it doesn't look too harsh and opted for a brown rather than black so it too doesn't look harsh. I used creme brulee on the lid and this shade is a metallic gold colour and it is so beautiful! I do not think the photos do this look any justice to be honest! The final shade I used is champagne truffle in the inner corner to brighten up my eyes.
NYX is one of my favourite brands because of how affordable the products are. The lipsticks are so creamy and buttery in consistency that it glides on so easily. Unfortunately, not all drugstore products are like this! Anyway, I lined my lips with the red retractable lip pencil so that it prevents my lips from "bleeding" red from the lipstick. I overlined my lips because my lips are generally quite thin and this is easily done by just following the outline of your lips. It is only slightly overlined though otherwise I think I would look silly if I went overboard! I then applied the lipstick in eros by NYX. The lipstick is quite glossy so I decided not to apply a lip gloss over it but if you want your lips to look extra glossy, go ahead and apply your favourite red lipgloss!
To finish off the look, you can apply a facial setting spray. Usually, I use Mac Fix +.
