It’s hot, it’s humid and my pasty, pasty
skin is starting to freckle and burn. It can mean only one thing. It is summer.
If you can’t tell, I am not the biggest fan
of summer. I like jeans, tights, winter makeup and hot coffee. All these things
give way to shorts, bikinis and ice tea when the weather get hotter.
Oh well, at least the makeup is fun.
In this makeup look I decided to focus on
the skin and eyes, highlighting them with bronzy shades. I personally have worn this look for going to the shops and other casual things.
After getting the base down as you usually
would (by which I mean foundation and dem eyebrows), it’s time to get to the star
of the show, the eyes. For these eyes we are looking for lovely smoky bronzes and coppers.
This will bring the gold out in brown and hazel eyes and really intensify blue
and green eyes.
Now start out by priming those peepers. You
can use any eye shadow primer or a concealer, but I’m using a Maybelline Tattoo
in Bad to the Bronze. Look at that bronzy goodness.
Now buff that out with a warm caramel
colour. I’m using the Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette’s Salted Caramel shade.
After buffing that out, apply your brow
bone highlight (I used the White chocolate shadow) and dust a light brown all
over the lid. I used milk chocolate.
Now the fun part! Wetting a brush, pack
inglots’ pigment in 63 all over the center of the lid. Blend that out with Semi
Sweet.
I now conceal in a highlighting triangle
underneath my eyes, down my nose, on my forehead to sharpen those brows, and
then on my chin. To do this I used Maybeline Fit Me Concealer in Fair and then
dust over that with Hourglass Ambbient Lighting Powder in Dim Light. I set the
rest of my face with…
Back to the eyes, dust Semi-sweet and
Caramel under the eye and line the top lid lightly with a dark chocolate liner
or powder to add some definition. Blend over the eye shadows to make it look
seamless and smoky.
Apply a highlight on the inner corner (I
used the Gold) and I applied a nude eyeliner from
Rimmel on my water line to really make my eyes look wider and more awake.
I’m not planning to use liquid liner or a
dark liner on the lash line, so go ham with mascara to add volume and length.
Use false lashes if you wish and while I usually don't, for tutorial sake I’ve used these Ardel
Naturals.
To finish off the face, bronze and contour.
To contour I mix the bottom left and middle contour colours in the Australis AC
On Tour Contour Kit (a dupe for the Anastasia Beverly Hill Contour Kit) and
lightly place it under my cheek bone. To blend this out I bronze with the Stila
Bronzer and I also bronze my forehead, temples and jaw. It’s summer – go ham
with the bronzer.
Add a peachy pink blush and highlight. For
blush I use the right Peachy Blush in the BYS On the Brightside blush trio. To highlight I use M.A.C Soft and Gentle (Wow,
way to be cliché). I place this on the top of my cheekbones, on the bridge of
my nose and on the cupids bow. It is a beautiful champagne gold colour that gives
a radient glow. And if you use it like me, slightly like a disco ball. Spray
your face with your setting spray to really finish the look and settle the product
down.
For this look I chose to go with a nude
lip and I applied Rimmel’s Moisture Renew Lipstick in 720 Notting Hill Nude to finish
the look off. While this looks great with a nude lip, don't be afraid to go bold with a peach, orange or red.
And that is the finished look. What do you
think, and where would you wear this? What do you like to wear for summer?
Comment below.
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