Neutral Face and Orange Eye Look Tutorial

Seeing as I got myself some new bits and pieces the other week, and it is Sunday today which means day off, which means makeup experimenting; here's a tutorial for ya!




If you like this look, then keep reading to find out how I did it!


So I started by priming my eyes with, as always, the Urban Decay Primer Potion, then using the Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush, I applied the shade Naked from Urban Decay's Naked Palette into my crease, evenly distributing the colour from outer to inner corner.


Then with the Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush, I patted the shade Buck (also from Naked) all over my lid.



Then with MAC's Red Brick Eyeshadow and a Sigma E25 Blending Brush, I blended this into my crease, focusing on the outer corner, and then bringing it in when there was less product on the brush. Just keep blending and blending until it looks how you want it to look. I blended a lot, at least for a song per eye!


I then primed my T-zone with Benefit Porefessional, just with my finger tips, then with the Sigma F80 Flat Kabuki Brush I applied my gorgeous YSL Touche Eclat Foundation. I press the foundation into my skin with the brush, before blending it in in circular motions. Then using the Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer, I concealed my under eyes and nose creases, and highlighted my forehead, nose, chin and dimple areas (you can see in the photo). I think this concealer is really good for both concealing and highlighting.



I set my foundation and concealer with the Rimmel Stay Matte Powder in Transparent, then bronzed my cheeks, forehead and nose with this gorgeous matte Bourjois Bronzing Powder in 51 for a sun-kissed glow. I decided to just bronze my cheeks opposed to using blusher like normal because I didn't want anything to deter from the eyes, which are essentially the show-stoppers in this look, so it was neutral face for the win!


As always I filled in my eyebrows with the Rimmel Eyebrow Pencil in Black Brown and just used the little brush on the lid to blend it in nicely, then used the No7 Eyebrow Gel to help prevent my very long and fly away eyebrow hairs from going cray cray. Finally I highlighted my brow bone with the YSL Touche Eclat Radiant Touch.


Back to the eyes, I just used a Sigma E30 Pencil Brush to blend some more Red Brick under my lower lash line. Again, just keep blending until it looks how you like it!



I then applied a medium-ish line of Rimmel Exaggerate Eye Liner in Black, and of course with a wing. To make my eyes stand out that little bit more, MAC's Coffee Eye Pencil was essential, it just adds so much more to this look, and the coffee colour goes so well with the eyeshadow colours used. And then, of course, I applied two coats of Benefit 'They're Real' Mascara. If you've read a few of my tutorials, you've probably figured that I love dramatic bottom lashes, and would never apply anything less than two coats!


And as always we end with the lips. On a side note, it's always a good idea to put on some kind of lip balm before you start your makeup, so that when it comes to the lips they'll be nice and soft and moisturised. I'm using the Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm at the moment! Anyway, similarly to the cheeks, I wanted a subtle lip, so opted for the MAC Mineralize Glass in Be Nice. It's such a beautiful neutral pink colour, and gloss is so in at the moment so can't really go wrong with this one!

And that's it! I hope you liked this look and everything is clear. Any questions, just holla at yo girl!










Dani Alexandra
Xoxo

Lorde and Cara Delevingne Inspired Makeup

So after seeing a photo of Cara Delevingne with bright neon pink lips I was desperate to have a stab at copying the look. I also love Lorde's eye makeup in the "Royals" video so thought I'd have a go at putting the two together.





My attempt is no where near as good or perfect, but if you wanna know how I achieved it, then keep reading!




I started by priming my nose, as I always do, with Benefit Porefessional. Then using a Sigma F80 Flat Kabuki Brush I coated my face with a couple of layers of YSL Touche Eclat Foundation. Cara's skin is completely flawless and highlighted (probs thanks to a bit of airbrushing) so in attempt to achieve the same look I highlighted my forehead, cheekbones and cupids bow with YSL Touche Elcat and concealed my under eyes and any blemishes with NARS Creamy Concealer. I used my F80 to blend the Touche Eclat and my finger for the concealer. Then using a Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush and Rimmel Stay Matte Powder I set the makeup round my eyes, and set the makeup on my face using Bobbi Brown Sheer Loose Powder and a Sigma F30 Large Powder Brush.


Using the NARS Ita Brush and NARS Laguna Bronzer I contoured my cheeks and temples and then blended it out really well because I only wanted a really subtle contour. The I applied NARS Gina Blusher with a Sigma F50 Stippling Brush to achieve a really subtle sunkissed flush to the cheeks.


Using a Smashbox Fan Brush with MAC Lightscapade, I applied a generous amount of highlight to the center of my forehead as Cara is really highlighted there in this photo, and a little bit to the sides of my mouth (Excuse the AWFUL pictures, but hopefully you can see how my forehead is now glowing).


I drew my eyebrows in nice and thick as that's what Cara and Lorde's eyebrows are like in this look, with a Rimmel Eyebrow Pencil.


I dabbed a little bit of my Lightscapade using a Sigma E55 Shading Brush on the center and outside of my eye, then just drew a line of Topshop Gel Liner up towards my crease, then along my crease slightly with a Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush. Don't worry if it's a bit messy, we're gonna be blending like there's no tomorrow.


Then using the shade Creep in the Naked Palette and a Sigma E30 Pencil Brush I blended over those lines made with the gel liner. So much blending, just keep working it back a forth until it looks like how you want. And you literally only need the tinniest amount of creep because that gel liner acts as like a shadow when it's blended as well.


Then back with that E55 and the Naked shade Virgn, I just dabbed a little on the middle of my lid, swiping it slightly towards the outside. Then you wanna blend it all with a Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush. Just keep going backwards and forwards with the eyeshadows and various brushes until you get it how you want it. It took me a very long while and a lot of brush switching but I got there in the end! That E30 was my best friend by the end of it!


Then back with that E30 and a little bit more creep, I lined the underneath of my eye, focusing the most pigment on the outer corner. And then with Benefit Bad Gal Eye Pencil, I lined the outer corner of my waterline. Top and Bottom.


Eyes almost done! I then coated my upper and lower lashes with YSL Baby Doll Mascara (which smells AMAZING).


You can see in the photo of Cara that her lips are lined with a reddish lip liner so I just took MAC Ablaze to line my lips, then applied NARS Schiap Lipstick generously to my lips. Such a cool colour.

And that's it! I really hope this was clear and that you like the look! As always, sorry for the quality of the photos, I am gonna be getting a proper camera soon!








Dani Alexandra
Xoxo