Get The Look – Makeup Edition

Nude & Natural Spring Makeup Look

All Makeup Products Used For Step-by-Step Tutorial

Products Used:
URBAN DECAY Pore Perfecting Complexion Primer Potion
SMASHBOX Camera Ready BB Cream Broad Spectrum SPF 35 (dark)
ANASTASIA Beverly Hills Perfect Brow Pencil (soft brown)
MAYBELLINE NewYork The Nudes Pallete
URBAN DECAY 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil (zero)
MAYBELLINE NewYork Lash Sensational Washable Mascara (blackest black)
MAYBELLINE NewYork Dream Lumi Touch Highlighting Concealer (beige)
MAYBELLINE NewYork Fit Me Concealer (cafe)
HOURGLASS Ambient Lighting Powder (radiant light)
bareMinerals Brightening Pearl Mineral Veil
SMASHBOX The Nude Lip Pencil (medium)
SMASHBOX Be Legendary Lipstick (primerose)

Get The Look – Step 1:

Start with a clean, dry, moisturized face.  For this tutorial I used Philosophy Purity Made Simple Foaming 3-1 Cleansing Gel and followed up with Clean & Clear Essentials Dual Action Moisturizer.  Also, pin back hair to avoid makeup coming in contact with your strands.
Start with a clean, moisturized face.

Start with a clean, moisturized face.

Get The Look – Step 2:

Dab a pea size amount of Urban Decay Pore Perfecting Complexion Primer Potion under both eyes, temples, forehead, bridge of nose, checks, chin, and under your nose.  Rub primer into skin with fingertips until completely smooth and all areas of your face are completely covered.
Evenly apply makeup primer.

Evenly apply makeup primer.

Get The Look – Step 3:

Apply Smashbox Camera Ready BB Cream Broad Spectrum SPF 35  using the same method as Step 2.  Then use a foundation brush to even out any creased makeup while evenly distributing over entire face.
Use a foundation brush to evenly distribute BB Cream.

Use a foundation brush to evenly distribute BB Cream.

Get The Look – Step 4:

Outline brows using Anastasia Beverly Hills Perfect Brow Pencil to your desired shape.  With light, soft strokes fill in brows as needed.

Naturally blended eyebrows.

Naturally blended eyebrows.

Get The Look – Step 5:

Before applying eye shadow, use your fingertip to prime both eyelids with Urban Decay Pore Perfecting Complexion Primer Potion.  Using a eye defining brush, choose your favorite shades from the Maybelline NewYork The Nudes Pallete.  For this look, 4 different nude shades were used on the entire eye area, lid, contour crease, and line around the eye to create a very natural look.  Last, evenly blend shadows together with Urban Decay Good Karma Optical Blurring Brush.

Get The Look – Step 6:

Apply two even coats of Maybelline NewYork Lash Sensational Washable Mascara to both your top and bottom lashes (letting the first coat dry before applying the second).

Get The Look – Step 7:

Line bottom and top eyelids using Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil.  For a more dramatic look, on top eyelids create a wing-effect or cat-eye-effect (as pictured below).

Eyes completed with eye shadow, mascara, and eyeliner.

Eyes completed with eye shadow, mascara, and eyeliner.

Get The Look – Step 8:

Highlight & Contour face as desired.  Start by applying  MAYBELLINE NewYork Dream Lumi Touch Highlighting Concealer and MAYBELLINE NewYork Fit Me Concealer underneath both eyes, on the bridge of the nose, forehead, underneath nose, and around any dark areas surrounding the lips.

Get The Look – Step 9:

Using a contouring makeup brush, choose an eye shadow shade darker than your skin tone from The Nudes Palette, on both sides of your face create a line from your temple to cheek bone,  pucker in your cheeks and then create another line from your cheek bone to the outer corner of your lips. Last, create a line from your cheek bone to your jawline.

Example of contour and highlight placement.

Example of contour and highlight placement.

Get The Look – Step 10:

Evenly blend out all contour and highlighting lines using a contour makeup brush and/or a makeup blending sponge. For this tutorial I used Tarte Slenderizer Bamboo Contouring Brush.

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Blending with Tarte’s Slenderizer Bamboo Contouring Brush

Finish look after contouring and highlighting.

Finish look after contouring and highlighting.

Get The Look – Step 11:

Apply HOURGLASS Ambient Lighting Powder along cheeks in a circular motion and everywhere you applied concealer in Step 8 to create an illuminating glow.  Also apply to the area in between your cheeks and jawline.

Apply bronzer to cheeks in a circular motion.

Apply bronzer to cheeks in a circular motion.

Get The Look – Step 12:

Pucker up!

Pucker up!

Get The Look – Step 13:

Finish off your natural look by sweeping bareMinerals Brightening Pearl Mineral Veil across your face with a bronzer brush for an added glow and to set your makeup.

Completed Nude & Natural Makeup Look!

Get The Look – Step 14:

Bring together entire look with a fierce haircut and color!  For this look I used a 1 1/2 inch flat-iron to curl sections of hair on top of this disconnected mohawk cut, finished with Design Essentials Form Professional Holding Spray and Diamonds Oil Sheen Spray for shine!

Hair curled and finished using Design Essentials.

Hair curled and finished using Design Essentials.

Side view of tapered hair cut.

Side view of tapered hair cut.

 

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