Coral/Peach Summer Tutorial!

So today the weather was amazing and I felt like wearing some makeup that reflected it, and since I recently got a huge eyeshadow palette with a lot of colours, this seemed the appropriate thing to do! I liked the idea of a (sort of) single colour tutorial, so this happened.

So, to get everyone started with a fright, here is my naked face! To prime my skin I used my Smashbox Photofinish Primer and locally applied my Essence My Skin Illuminating Primer (cheekbones, nosebridge, forehead).

To prime my eyelids and eyebrows I used the Catrice Prime and Fine Eyeshadow Base. (Review of all three products shown above here.

I evened out my skin with a thin layer of the Catrice BB Cream, applied with my Beauty Blender Sponge.

To cover my problems (dark circles, redness around my nose, etc) I used the Catrice Camouflage Cream Concealer.

I went for a fairly natural brow today and started by first filling in my entire brow with Naked 2 from the Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette with an angled liner brush and then defining the arch and "tail" of my brow with Faint from the same palette.

For the palette I used for this look you can go here for extensive photos.

Over my entire lid I applied a light tan colour which is a little darker than my skin tone, but will make a nice base for the rest of my eyeshadow and help everything blend better. I blended it across my entire eyelid with a fluffy blending brush.

To lightly define my crease I applied a dark taupe colour with a tapered crease brush and also blended this onto the outer portion of my lid.

Time for some fun colour! I have blue eyes and to accentuate that (It's a colour theory thing!)  I went for a very trendy colour that comes back every summer... Coral!

I mixed two matte colours together for this bright coral colour and applied it over my entire lid with a flat paddle brush. To avoid a too harsh line I blended the edge with the tapered crease brush I used for my crease. (did this later on, you'll see the difference!) See how the coral colour accentuates my blue eyes? I'm loving it and will definitely be doing this look more often this summer!

 To add a little touch of shimmer I used one of the smaller shadows in the palette in a gold-coral colour and only applied this on the middle of my eyelid. To find the excact middle just hold a mirror straight infront of you and the middle is basically the area where your iris is. The shimmer adds some dimension and acts as a bit of an eyecatcher. I patted this onto my lid using a flat paddle brush.

L-R: Lid shimmer colour, inner corner highlight.

To highlight my inner corner I went for a very yellow gold. It adds a very summery to the look and just looks fun, really! I used this with a slightly fluffy shader brush and applied it onto my inner corner and blended it upwards.

To line my upper lashline I used a matte "black" from the palette. I say "black" because honestly it's not a true black, it's more like a dark grey but in this case it gets the job done. I wanted it to be light definiton and this certainly is that! I used this with a slightly thicker angled liner brush and lined about 3/4 of my lashline. No wing, no monkey business!

If you have seen some other tutorials of mine, you know how this goes. Curl lashes with Tweezerman Lash Curler and apply a good two coats of Maybelline Volum' Express One-by-One Waterproof Mascara.

To mattify my face I used the Rimmel Stay Matte Powder in 003 Peach Glow through my T-zone and under my eyes.

To add a little warmth to my pale face (which is currently especially pale, as I've been sick for a long while and am still recovering) I used this dark powder in the bottom of my big eyeshadow palette and blended this along the sides of my face. Along my hairline on my forehead, temples, under my cheekbones and under my jawbone. I applied this with a tapered face brush.

On my cheeks I used a peachy Hema Blusher with a large stippling brush. This applies a light wash of colour and gives me more control over the product application. This blush is very shimmery and that is why I am not using any powder highlighter on my face. The dewiness of the foundation along with the shimmery primer underneath is more than enough, especially since powder highlighters can look "too much" in bright sun-light. And this is very much a look to be worn on bright summery days!

L-R: swatch of lipstick and blush!

On my lips I applied this beautiful L'Oreal Caresse Lipstick in 301 Dating Coral. I love the formula of these lipsticks, they giver sheer, buildable coverage and feel like lipbalms. Perfect for just throwing in your bag and applying during the day, if you're spending the day out in the sun!

And here's the final result! A bright summery look, pretty much only using one type of colour. Honestly I think coral/peach is the only type of colour you can get away with this with, espcially with a light complexion, but I like it either way and enjoyed wearing it!

Let me know what you think and if you wear "trendier" colours in spring/summer.

Thank you for reading and untill next time!

XXX