Tutorial: Rainbow Liner

HI! Long time no see, real life things, blablabla.

I got new makeup and some new brushes. I played with them and took pictures of it. Let me show you!


WARNING! Very photo heavy post ahead.

After the shower I cleaned my skin with the Garnier Micellaire Water. I then applied the Kruidvat Skin Science Beauty Elixir Serum, the Skin Science Eye Gel, the Neutral Face Cream and the Garnier BB Eye Cream Roller ball and moisturized my lips with my EOS Honeysuckle Honeydew lipbalm.

I perfected my base with a light layer of the Catrice Matt Plus foundation in 010 Light Beige and the Maybelline Fit Me Concealer in 15, all blended in with  a damp BeautyBlender. I set everywhere I applied concealer with the Catrice Nude Illusion Loose Powder in Transparent Matt, again with my damp BeautyBlender.

Using a Zoeva Brow Line Brush I defined my entire brow with Urban Decays Buck eyeshadow, going for a very soft front. I defined the tail of my brow with Urban Decays Faint. Then I used NYX Eyeshadow Pencil in Milk in the inner corner of my eye and under my brow. Across my lid I applied Milani Shadow Eyez Pencil in Almond Cream for evening out the colour of my lid.

Mixed on a large shadow brush (from Sigma) I applied Urban Decay Foxy and Walk of Shame across my entire lid, from lashline to browbone. Using a Zoeva Luxe Soft Definer btush I used Naked 2 across my entire crease, for some soft definition. Seeing as the rest of this look is going to be a bit... Bright, I want to keep the lid clean looking.

Are you ready to look nuts with me? Let's do it!

Nothing to do but pulling a silly face when you're looking like this. To make sure my eyeliner ends up being nice and crisp I applied tape to the outer corners of my eyes, following my lower lashline. Imagine that line continues, follow that with the tape and your liner or eyeshadow will look crisp as a winter morning!

Using the NYX Milk pencil from earlier and an angled liner brush, I applied the white cream shadow in a fairly bold cat-wing across my eye. The white base will ensure that our bright shadows will look even brighter. You might notice that mine looks a bit weird, but I have hooded lids and I need to make the wing of my liner fairly wide to have to look somewhat decent when I open my eyes.

With a Zoeva Wing Liner Brush I applied Cricket from the Sleek Ultra Matte Bright palette on the inner part of my lower lashline. To avoid excess fall out, dab the brush onto your lid instead of wiping it. I then applied Dragon Fly from the same palette in the same manner, blending them together and then continuing the line onwards.

Using the bright blue Bolt from the Sleek palette, I fade the green into blue and then move on to my large Boozyshop GIANT palette with every single colour, ever. I use a deep royal blue and fade the bright blue into the deep. Still using dabbing motions, I add a bright purple to the mix, at the very end of the wing of my cat-eye. Once done with the purple, remove the tape and TADAAAAH, a beautiful crisp line. Add NYX Milk to the lower lash-line and let's move on.

Going back to my trusty Sleek Ultra Matte Bright palette, using a Zoeva Luxe Pencil Brush and the colour Bamm! I apply it to the inner part of the lashline. Then from the same palette and with the same brush, I take Strike and make sure I blend the two together.

Staying with the same pencil brush and palette, I take the bright pink Sugarlite and blend it into the orange and almost to to the outer corner of my eye. I then finish off the lower lash line with a warm red from my Boozy palette.

I finished off the eyes by tightlining with  the Rimmel Scandaleyes Waterproof Kohl Kajal in Black, curling my lashes with my Tweezerman lash curlers and applying a few layers of the Maybelline Colossal Waterproof Mascara.

I contoured my cheekbones using NYX Blush in Taupe and warmed up my skin using The Body Shop Bronzer in 02. For Blush I applied Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso. ( SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS BLUSH! URGH!) And I lightly powdered the rest of my face with the Catrice Nude Illusion Powder.

To keep it light and neutral... HAHAHAHA! Who are we kidding? We got off that train a while ago. To compliment the bright eyes, I went with a beautiful bright lip.The lipstick is Milani Moisture Matte in the colour Matte Orchid. It's a lovely matte formula, that feels like nothing on the lips but has amazing wear and pigment.

And some full face shots of the finished look! This is (for me) not a day to day look, but I would definitely wear this to a day festival or something of that sort.

Would you rock a rainbow look? How would you go about it? Let me know down below. If you have suggestions for other looks as well!


Thank you for reading and untill next time!
XXX

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