Dark_Phoenix
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Totally inspired by Photoshape picks on the MAC website.
What I used (all MAC unless otherwise stated):
Smashbox Photofinish Primer
Mineralize Foundation NC15
Concealer Palette - light
Studio Concealer - NC15
Natural MSF
Origins Silk Screen Powder in Cloud
Tarte Blushing Bride Cheek Stain
Eyes:
Painterly paint pot
Shroom e/s
Espresso e/s
Beig-ing Shadestick
Neutrogena Lash Tint - black
Lips:
Gingerly lip liner
Hue l/s
Angel Cream l/g
Other:
Fix+
Prep skin with photofinish base
Pump out a few squirts of foundation (like the size of two peas)
Use a skunk brush to blend down towards the jawline
Voila
Use lightest shade in concealer palette with the 219 brush, blend into skin irregularities making sure to buff at the sides
Like that ^
Pick up skunk brush to blend the brush over the concealed areas again, use a swirling motion and then pat with the brush
Voila
Use 217 brush with concealer pot, using the MOST MINIMAL amount you can pick up
Start at inside corner of eye, along where the nosebone (lol) is and blend into that area... Then going outside towards the outer V of the eye underneath
Voila
Clean off the 217 using a make-up remover wipe and dry it off with a tissue. Then swirl it around the edges of the Light MSF to pick up a fair/medium amount of dust.
Apply anywhere concealer was (irregularities, around the nose, under eyes, etc..).
Voila
Use index and middle finger to swirl the top of the cheek stain, picking up enough so that you have a noticeable about of it on your fingers.
SMILE! And apply starting at apples of cheeks and blending back towards your hairline.
Voila
When the stain is deposited, apply more pressure (a little more) and blend further at the hairline.
Voila
Using a synthetic, flat brush (mine is by Lumene), pick up Painterly. Use enough to cover the whiteness of the brush.
Apply starting at Inner V and working towards the outer V... up towards the brows and then make sure that the paint did not creep around outside corners of eyes. If it did, continue blending until it appears seamless.
Voila
Use beig-ing to start at inner corner of eye and blend towards center of eye with the crayon. This creates a satin-y highlight.
Voila
Re-clean your 217 as before and use Shroom e/s (mine's from the Take Wing Quad). Swirl it enough to pick up the e/s but not pile it on.
Voila
Use the straight Stila brush, pick up Espresso e/s. NOT alot.
Place it parallel to the lashline and press it to the lashline, in a "dotted line" motion apply the e/s.
Voila.
Voila
Use the really huge Clinique brush/bronzer brush to pick up the Silk Screen powder, making SURE to tap it on the edge so you can barely see any powder.
Blend over cheeks, forehead, EVERYWHERE (but lips). This should slightly overlap with hairline.
Voila
Use the Shu Uerma eyelash curler to curl lashes a little at a time. You're not crimping but CURLING. Spend a few seconds on each part of the lash as you walk it up to create a natural curl.
Apply Lash tint.
Voila.
Apply Gingeroot l/l... blending in towards center of lips w/ finger.
Apply Hue l/s, enough to pigment lips but not to make the lipstick opaque.
Apply Angel Cream l/g liberally.
Voila.
Use Maybelline Great Lash Clear to set eyebrows into a natural looking arch. Begin at area closest to center of the face and blend outwards.
Voila.
Using a really large "puffer" (mine came with some Dessert Beauty Powder that I hated, I cleaned the puffer so there's no sparkle/color on it), blend the jawline of your make-up to ensure there are no seams.
Apply Fix+ and wait for it to dry.
Finished Results:
(not shown in pics: Dermablend in Light Ivory, MAC Face and Body Foundation, and MAC Studiofix Powder used to conceal bruise on right side of face).
What I used (all MAC unless otherwise stated):
Smashbox Photofinish Primer
Mineralize Foundation NC15
Concealer Palette - light
Studio Concealer - NC15
Natural MSF
Origins Silk Screen Powder in Cloud
Tarte Blushing Bride Cheek Stain
Eyes:
Painterly paint pot
Shroom e/s
Espresso e/s
Beig-ing Shadestick
Neutrogena Lash Tint - black
Lips:
Gingerly lip liner
Hue l/s
Angel Cream l/g
Other:
Fix+
Prep skin with photofinish base
Pump out a few squirts of foundation (like the size of two peas)
Use a skunk brush to blend down towards the jawline
Voila
Use lightest shade in concealer palette with the 219 brush, blend into skin irregularities making sure to buff at the sides
Like that ^
Pick up skunk brush to blend the brush over the concealed areas again, use a swirling motion and then pat with the brush
Voila
Use 217 brush with concealer pot, using the MOST MINIMAL amount you can pick up
Start at inside corner of eye, along where the nosebone (lol) is and blend into that area... Then going outside towards the outer V of the eye underneath
Voila
Clean off the 217 using a make-up remover wipe and dry it off with a tissue. Then swirl it around the edges of the Light MSF to pick up a fair/medium amount of dust.
Apply anywhere concealer was (irregularities, around the nose, under eyes, etc..).
Voila
Use index and middle finger to swirl the top of the cheek stain, picking up enough so that you have a noticeable about of it on your fingers.
SMILE! And apply starting at apples of cheeks and blending back towards your hairline.
Voila
When the stain is deposited, apply more pressure (a little more) and blend further at the hairline.
Voila
Using a synthetic, flat brush (mine is by Lumene), pick up Painterly. Use enough to cover the whiteness of the brush.
Apply starting at Inner V and working towards the outer V... up towards the brows and then make sure that the paint did not creep around outside corners of eyes. If it did, continue blending until it appears seamless.
Voila
Use beig-ing to start at inner corner of eye and blend towards center of eye with the crayon. This creates a satin-y highlight.
Voila
Re-clean your 217 as before and use Shroom e/s (mine's from the Take Wing Quad). Swirl it enough to pick up the e/s but not pile it on.
Voila
Use the straight Stila brush, pick up Espresso e/s. NOT alot.
Place it parallel to the lashline and press it to the lashline, in a "dotted line" motion apply the e/s.
Voila.
Voila
Use the really huge Clinique brush/bronzer brush to pick up the Silk Screen powder, making SURE to tap it on the edge so you can barely see any powder.
Blend over cheeks, forehead, EVERYWHERE (but lips). This should slightly overlap with hairline.
Voila
Use the Shu Uerma eyelash curler to curl lashes a little at a time. You're not crimping but CURLING. Spend a few seconds on each part of the lash as you walk it up to create a natural curl.
Apply Lash tint.
Voila.
Apply Gingeroot l/l... blending in towards center of lips w/ finger.
Apply Hue l/s, enough to pigment lips but not to make the lipstick opaque.
Apply Angel Cream l/g liberally.
Voila.
Use Maybelline Great Lash Clear to set eyebrows into a natural looking arch. Begin at area closest to center of the face and blend outwards.
Voila.
Using a really large "puffer" (mine came with some Dessert Beauty Powder that I hated, I cleaned the puffer so there's no sparkle/color on it), blend the jawline of your make-up to ensure there are no seams.
Apply Fix+ and wait for it to dry.
Finished Results:
(not shown in pics: Dermablend in Light Ivory, MAC Face and Body Foundation, and MAC Studiofix Powder used to conceal bruise on right side of face).
