It's super important to dress your best on the first few days back since first impressions are crucial!
If you look good, you'll feel good, and you'll do good.
I've only done 1/2 of my face with my foundation to show how well it covers the redness of my cheeks.
Prior, I washed my face, moisturized it, and applied my face primer.
A really good piece of advice for deciding what shade of foundation to use is go with what is closest to the color of your neck. This way, you won't have to blend it too much on your neck. It's much easier to add color than to try to take it away (that's what blushers and bronzers are for).
A really good piece of advice for deciding what shade of foundation to use is go with what is closest to the color of your neck. This way, you won't have to blend it too much on your neck. It's much easier to add color than to try to take it away (that's what blushers and bronzers are for).
This is the amount of eye primer I use for each eye. A little goes a long way!
(All of the products I've referred to are described in previous posts - figured I wouldn't type it all out again).
For the first eye shadow, I'm using Sin from Urban Decay's Naked Palette. I put this on my main lid.
The next shadow I use is Buck from the same palette. Using a domed crease brush, I put Buck all over the rest of the lid - blending upward to the brow.
(I apologize for the blurriness)
If you are a more simple look kind of person, you can stop here with the eye shadow. But I like to add at least one more shade to add depth.
If you are a more simple look kind of person, you can stop here with the eye shadow. But I like to add at least one more shade to add depth.
The extra shade I'm using is Smog. I applied this shade with this hollow brush to the outer corner of the eye including on the outer of the main lid over Sin. Additionally, I blended this lightly along my bottom lashes.
I absolutely love these colors because they really bring out the blue-ness in my eyes.
For my last shadow, I used Virgin in the inner corners of my eyes so I look more awake (which will come handy when I have 8 am classes!).
Once again, if you wanted to, you could stop here and just put mascara on and call it good! It stands on it's own very well as a lighter look.
A new technique that I've been incorporating more and more is using a thin eye-liner brush and eye shadow to apply my eye liner. Here, I'm using Dark Horse.
You can either just go with the eye shadow eye liner or you can add your favorite liquid liner over the top of it. It tends to add a softer touch to the look when you combine both.
The very next step is to apply your highlighter. Here, I've colored the areas that I think are best to apply high lighter.
The blusher I used was Maybelline's Dream Mousse. I applied a little bit with my ring finger to the apples of my cheeks.
I powdered my face with Maybelline's Dream Matte powder to set my foundation.
To finish the look, I added Victoria's Secret Mineral bronzer to my cheek bones, bridge of my nose and a little bit around my face.
It's even cute with glasses!
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