Eyeliner Elegance
Here it’s focus on eyeliner. Think elegant Audrey Hepburn. Sweet, pinky blush, soft pink lips, strong defining eyeliner.
EYELINER:
The runways may be showing liquid liner, but we all know that’s a pain. One mistake, and it’s over. Make it easy on yourself.
Take a black eyeliner pencil. Line your eyes lightly both top and bottom. Then take a long eyeliner brush. Take black eyeshadow,and mist the brush with water. Lightly blend into the eyeshadow. Lightly trace over the eyepencil. Just a super thin line. Because you’re tracing over pencil, you’ll find you have a steadier hand and it just seems easier because you’ve ‘already done it’ with the pencil. See?
Then, with the brush, place it on the outside of the eye, right where the top lashes meet the bottom lashes. There’s this little spot between the two. Place the brush there and sweep out. Make that little flip at the end of the lashes. As you sweep out, lift the brush up away from the face. The line will go from thick to thin. And the placement makes it perfect every time.
BLUSH:
Think baby pink. Apples of the cheek. Take a brush that’s exactly the size of your cheeks when you smile. Place the brush tips there. Smile. Too big? Too small? You’ll see it right away. You’ll need a brush that’s just right. Take your brush, tap lightly onto the blush. Tap, tap, tap. Shake the brush. Then, lighly tap, tap, tap onto the cheeks as you smile. Do both cheeks, and then blot the bristles off on a kleenex. Then with the same brush, lightly blend the blush into the skin, and a touch backwards towards the ear.
TRICK OF THE TRADE:
Afraid you’ll do too much? Do a photo trick of mine. Appy your powder blush before your foundation. Do a bit more than you’d like. Then apply your liquid foundation over, with fingers or a foundation brush. It’ll cut the color down perfectly and you’ll find your blush lasting all day long. Don’t forget to powder over.
LIPS:
Think pink with a touch of tan in it. Lightly apply to lips. Even a soft frost is nice. But remember. No gloss. Sooooo out this fall. Remember: It’s matte this season.
Think elegant, refined, fresh.