Hey y'all! Long time no talk! Life happens so things have been a bit crazy lately, but I'm slowly going to be posting more this time around, for sure!
For today's post I'm going to go through the makeup look I did for Valentine's Day! Before I start this post, I hope y'all had a wonderful Valentine's and spent it with your loved ones (friends, family, pets, etc) and to remember that you don't need a specific day to show someone you care about them. :) okay, now let's get to the makeup look!
I want to take a minute to brag about this wonderful product I've been trying out recently! This little blue container literally has done wonders for my skin! I have dry skin and it gets very bad in the winter time! I used to use Clinique's moisturizer and I noticed that instead of making my skin feel better and less dry in this time of weather, it was doing the opposite!
Long story short, thank goodness for Sephora and Kate Somerville! This is the Kate Somerville Nourish Daily Moisturizer and it's for both dry and sensitive skin and I have definitely seen a huge difference in my skin and can see this being a winter essential (possibly a must have essential year round!
First thing's first, prime the face! I've recently been using this smashbox primer water and I have been loving it!! It's refreshing and hydrates my skin!
Prime the eyes! Here's an oldie, but a goodie! I use the urban decay eyeshadow primer in Original and this is pretty much my holy grail when it comes to eye primers! haha
I have rediscovered my love for the Urban Decay Naked 3 palette! It's perfect for valentine's day or a spring/summer day! Love the pink tones in this palette!
I used Limit as my eyeshadow base to make the colors pop a bit more! The brush I used is the shadow brush that came with the Urban Decay Naked palette!
For the crease color, I chose Nooner and this is a mauve-y pink and it's such a beautiful color, I love it! The brush I used was an angled blending brush by It Cosmetics!
Then for the eyelid I used the shadow Buzz and it is a very pigmented shimmery pink and I think it gave the look a bit of a pink glam feel to it and I loved it! The brush I used was a small shadow brush from It Cosmetics!
Then I mixed Limit, Nooner and Buzz for my lower lash shadow and I loved how it turned out, as well, very subtle! I used the angled blending brush from It Cosmeitcs!
For my inner corner, I used Dust and it's a paler shimmery pink that I think is a good inner corner color to make the eyes pop! I used the small shadow brush again from It Cosmetics!
Then for my brow highlight, I used Strange! It wasn't too of a white base so it didn't wash me out which is always a good thing! Again used the same shadow brush!
To line my eyes, I used Blackheart! I love that this one is dark, but has specks of pink/red in it! It's such a pretty color! The brush I used was the Clinique eye definer brush!
Then to tighten my waterline, I used the NYC Kohl Liner Pencil in Blackest Black!
For a more precise application, I used the Absolute New York Nano Liner in Black and to make it a bit more dark, I used the Maybelline Line Stiletto liquid liner!
For the brows, I used the Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz in Medium Brown! I'm slowly but surely getting closer to purchasing the dip brow version of this!
For my foundation I'm having to mix two foundations together to get my exact shade because one is too light and the other is too dark! One is the Clinique stay matte foundation in Deep Brown and the other is the Kat Von D Lock It Tattoo Foundation in Medium 64! The sponge I used is a blending sponge from Real Techniques!
To set everything I used the Elf high definition powder and I used this blending sponge to apply it and I let it sit for a couple seconds and then I use my Real Techniques powder brush to blend it all in!
To contour and highlight my face, I used the NYX wonder stick in Deep and this is amazing I love this so much! Hopefully I can stock up soon because every time I go to see if they have it, they're all gone haha! The precision sponge is from Real Techniques!
To bronze my face, I used the Kat Von D shade + light palette!
I used the middle shade that's called Shadowplay and use the Borshe contour brush to apply it!
For my highlight, I used my new favorite highlight right now and it's the Shimmering Skin Perfecter in Opal by Becca Cosmetics and it's just such a lovely highlight shade, very flattering! The brush I used was the fan brush by It Cosmetics!
I decided to put on lashes and my favorite ones are the Glamour lashes by Ardell in 102 Demi in Black and I used the Kardashian Beauty Lengthening mascara to combine it all!
For the lips, I wanted something neutral, but still flattering and not over the top so I went with Del Rio by Mac and I really loved how it turned out!
The final look:
I really love how it all turned out! Here's my video of this look if you want to check it out!
Hope y'all enjoyed this post and I hope y'all had a wonderful day despite the crazy weather! :)
