Hello everyone! Valentine's Day is just around the corner and I wanted to create a look that was perfect for date night or even if you're single and celebrating with your girlfriends! Instead of going for the typical red-lip makeup, I chose instead to use
pink and purple which is just as feminine. I love how this turned out and I hope you all try and recreate the look regardless of what you're doing! xx
First of all I moisturised my face using my Simple Face cream which I have talked about in my skincare post. I then went in with the Benefit Porefessional Primer to create a smooth base and to prevent my skin becoming oily throughout the night.
Next for foundation I used my Nars Sheer Glow foundation which I'm absolutely loving right now and has the perfect coverage without looking cakey! For my base I used a damp
Beautyblender which I also used to apply the concealer with.
For contour, I used a cream contour which I applied to my cheekbones, around my forehead and down the sides of my nose and used the lightest shade in the palette under my eyes in a upside down triangle shape and down the bridge of my nose. I then blended this out using my Beautyblender and set the contour with the Hoola bronzing powder whilst also setting the highlighted areas with the Laura Mercier secret brightening powder. For blush I used the Milani Luminso which is my absolute favourite. Once I finished most of the base I set my concealer with the brightening powder and moved onto the eyes.
For the eyes I used a light brown shade as my transition shade so that the eye shadows will blend together with no harsh lines. After applying the brown shade I used a dark purple shade from the Sleek eyeshadow palette just under the brown shade in the crease. These eye shadows are highly pigmented so it's important to use a light hand. For my lid I used a shimmery pink shade (Bordello) from the Urban Decay Shadow box and used that over the entire lid. I then went into the lighter purple shade (Tornado) and applied it into the crease so the pink and purple were blended nicely. I wanted the pink on the lid to pop more so I dampened the brush and applied more pink on the lid. Under the eye I used the dark purple shade from the Sleek palette again to smoke out the bottom lash line but added a touch of Flash (bright purple) from the Urban Decay palette which I absolutely loved! I wanted a clean cut with the eyeshadow so I took a makeup wipe to clean out the edges and make it sharp!
Next I used my Master Ink eyeliner to create my signature wing look and applied mascara to my top and bottom lashes. Recently I'm loving using individual lashes since they look more natural as well as being so much easier to apply on the eyes!
I filled in my eyebrows using the trusty Brow Promade in dark brown by Anastasia Beverly Hills and an angled eyeliner brush.
I knew for this look I wanted to go for a pink lip but still making the eyes the main focus. Initially I applied the Kat Von D lipstick in Beloved and found it just too bright for the look so I applied Smoked Peach by Revlon to tone down the pink and was pleased with how it turned out. Also I forgot to use a lip pencil so I just lightly lined my lips using Spice lip pencil.
I then finished the look with my favourite part, highlighter! I decided to use the shades Mimosa and Starburst from the Anastasia Glow Kit for my cheeks and the inner corners of my eyes and as you can see that highlighter is BOMB!!!
Last but not least, I wanted the makeup to last the whole entire night so I took my Makeup Revolution setting spray and gave a good 3-4 sprays all over the face to make sure it didn't budge!
Face:
Eyes:
- Tanya Burr Individual Lashes (think this was limited edition but you can just use your favourite ones!)
Lips:
