Pin-up girl inspired make-up look

Hey!

Pin-up girls are widely known as glamour, fashion models or actresses. Then I think of a pin-up girl, Marilyn Monroe is the first name I think of.

Perfected skin, black eyeliner and red lips.

The look was inspired by the amazing MUA Lisa Eldridge.

I love wearing red lipstick, but it's definitely not my everyday lip color.  I also think, it attracts a ton of attention to your face, so it only makes sense that pin-up girls always had/has this perfect looking skin with no blemishes or dark spots!

with flash

no flash

Face:

1. To get as much coverage as possible, I used Revlon's Colorstay foundation 
2. To hide my under eye dark circles, I used a shade lighter concealer. This way we not only hide our darkness but also highlight the area. 2-in-1!
3. Hide any blemishes or dark spots with concealer that actually matches your foundation.
4. Apply powder to set your concealers and foundation if needed. My favorite at the moment that actually provides some coverage too is NYX's Stay Matte But Not Flat Powder Foundation.
5. Use some bronzer on the outer part of your face to warm up you skin. Do not over-do it, for this look you want to keep your face as bright looking as possible.
6. Use pink matte blush on the apples of your cheeks bringing it up to the temples. I used ELF's Studio Blush in Pink Passion.

Left: with flash | Right: no flash

Eyes:

1. Prime your eyelids, I like using Too Faced Shadow Insurance.
2. Define your brows. This is an important step. I used ELF Eyebrow Kit.
3. Take a tapered blending brush and apply a matte light brown eye shadow in your crease.
4. Using a matte cream colored eye shadow apply it on your inner corner and bring it out on your eyelid a little bit. Also use the same color under your brows to make them looks even more defined.
5. Use cream or gel black eyeliner and apply it on your upper lash line all the way from the inner part to the outer. Make it a little bit thicker at the outer part. You can also wing it out slightly.
6. Tight line your upper rim with a black waterproof pencil. I used Rimmel's Scandaleyes in Black. Also, to make your eyes look brighter, apply a white/nude pencil in your waterline.
7. Take a black eye pencil and apply it lightly on the outer part of your lower lash line.
8. Apply a few coats of black mascara, if needed, you can even use some false eyelashes.

This looks like a lot of steps, but it's actually very quick and easy to do!

Lips:

1. An important step - line your lips with a red lip liner, so your lipstick does not bleed out.
2. Apply a coat of red lipstick, I used Loreal's Colour Riche in True Red. Blot it slightly with a tissue - that will make the lipstick stay longer.
3. Apply a second coat of red lipstick. You can totally use the same you used before, but I wanted to try mixing the lipstick, so I applied Covergirl's lipstick in Flame (the famous Taylor Swift's lipstick color!)

 And that's it, you have this glamorous look! Inspired by the amazing pin-up girls!

Let me know what occasion you would wear this look for? Or maybe it's an everyday kind of look for you?

Tutorial: Job interview or work appropriate look!

Hi guys!

Sorry for being absent for over a week, but the past week was crazy busy for me and I had no time to sit down and blog. I still did some make-up looks over that time, so I had enough material to blog about but not enough time.

That said, today's look is job interview or work appropriate look, that a lot of us can wear on daily basis too. It's perfected face with minimal eyes shadow and nude coral lip.

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no flash

1. Prime your face, I used Benefit's POREfessional to minimize the appearance of my pores
2. Apply your foundation, I wanted medium to full coverage so I used Revlon's Colorstay
3. Apply concealer where needed, I applied Essence Match to Cover concealer's darker side on my blemishes and lighter side under my eyes for some brightness there.
4.  Set your concealer and foundation with powder, I used Revlon's Colorstay
5. Use bronzer to warm up your face, apply it on the outer part of your face, I used Too Faced's Chocolate Solei
6. Use some blush to bring the color back into your face, I used shimmery Milani's blush in Luminoso
7. Prime your eyelids, I primed mine with Milani's Eyeshadow Primer
8. While waiting for the primer to set, define your brows with a pencil or powder, whichever you prefer. This is an important step that will give more definition to your face since we are not going to use a lot of eye shadow. I used ELF Brow Kit in Medium. 

9. Apply a matte light cream/white color (1) over your lid and and on the inner tear dot. Then, take a fluffy blending brush and apply matte light brown color (2) to the socket of your eye, to give your eyes a little bit of depth. Apply cream (1) color on your brow bone and dark matte brown in between your upper and lover lash line instead of an eyeliner - this will define your eyes but still look a lot more natural than a liner. For all these steps I used Physician Formula Matte Collection eye shadow palette in Canyon Classics.

10. Apply a few coats of mascara on your upper and lower lashes, I used Maybelline's Big Eyes mascara for natural looking lashes.

11. For the lips, I used an ELF Matte Lip Color in Coral and to enhance the color and give a little bit of shine I also applied some NYX Butter Gloss in Maple Blondie.

And you're done!

For the hair, I blow dried it to give it more volume, then just brushed it out, took it to one half of my face and tied it up into a side ponytale! Super simple but still pretty!

Products I used

Hope you like the look! Let me know what you think and does your work let you wear more colorful and bright make up? 

FOTD + Tutorial: Smokey Green Eye

Hi!

Today I wanted to go with something smokey, but not too dramatic, meaning it's still wearable. And it goes with the fall theme I have going on at the moment.

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no flash

I was trying to focus the whole look about the eyes, so I will not write much about the face make up. It's just everyday face make up look that you can find in any of my previous posts.

Left: Wet n Wild palette in Nude Awakening|Right: Wet n Wild palette in Comfort Zone

Left: with flash | Right: no flash

Left: with flash | Right: no flash, it's a little bit out of focus, sorry!

EYES:
1. Prime your eyes, I used Milani Eyeshadow Primer
2. To get the straight harsh line on the outer corner, use some tape
3. Apply shimmery green eye shadow (1) all over the lid
4. Apply dark brown (2) color on the outer corner, cut in the crease, blend it well bringing it inwards
5. Apply matter brown (3) color in the crease and blend the dark brown shadow with it
6. Apply black liner on the outer part of the lash line and green liner on the inner part, I used Catrice's gel liner in Black and Wet n Wild  Coloricon pencil in Green
7. Remove the tape, now you have a clean line, to make it look softer I applied the green eye shadow (1) along the line
8. Use the same dark brown (2) on the outer part of the lower lash line, and the green shadow (1) on the inner part of the lower lash line connecting it to the dark brown (2)
9. Apply black mascara on your lashes and I also applied a little bit of a green colored mascara on the upper lashes, I used Maybelline's The Rocket and Great Lash in Green with Envy
10. Apply matte cream color (4) on your brow bone to highlight the area

and you're done!

For the lip color I used Wet n Wild lipstickj in Bare it All and Revlon colorburst nude lipgloss.

Eye products I used to create this look

I think this is a great look for going out somewhere at night time or if you love makeup, it can definitely rock this eye look at daytime too! I would :)

Tell me your thoughts, please!

FOTD: quick and easy everyday look

This was a super quick and easy make-up look I did this morning.

Products I used:

1. Almay CC cream in Medium all over my face
2. Maybelline Eraser Dark Circles concealer in Brightener under the eyes
3. NYX Stay Matte But Not Flat powder in Natural to set the CC cream and concealer
4. ELF Studio blush in Mellow Mauve on the top of my cheeks
5. ELF brow kit in Medium to fill in my brows
6. Milani eye shadow primer all over the lid
7. Physicians Formula Matte Collection Quad in Canyon Classics light brown in the crease, cream color to highlight my browbone and all over the lid and dark taupe color on the outer part of the lid to deepen up the look
8. Catrice black eyeliner a thick line winging it out a little bit 
9. Maybelline The Falsies mascara
10. Essence lipstick in In the Nude

and that's it! 

Have a nice Saturday evening everyone!

Tutorial: Lily Collins make-up look

Hi!

Lily Collins is one of my favorites actresses and I thought she looked stunning on the Mortal Instruments Red Carpet back in August. She went with bright red cherry lipstick and iridescent eye shadow. It's a great fall time look too so I decided to re-create the look, so here we go:

Face: I don't have the perfect porcelain skin like she does, I went with my normal face products. I use Rimmel BB Cream which I really enjoy, it has the most coverage out of all BB/CC creams that I tried so far (and I tried like 5). I used my Almay concealer on the spots I have and Loreal True Match Crayon and Maybelline Age Rewind Dark Circle Eraser concealers under my eyes. I set everything with Revlon Colorstay powder. Lily didn't have any bronzer so I did not use any. She looked like she did not have any blush too, but I felt like I needed some so I just used a natural satiny finish rose blush on the sides of me cheeks, but not the apples, almost like a contour.

Eyes: Start off by priming your eyelids with any eye shadow primer, I used Too Faced Shadow Insurance. Then Lily is well known for her bold, thick eyebrows, so I tried to make mine as thick as possible with my ELF Eyebrow Kit. You can even take your concealer and apply it under your eyebrows to make the eyebrows stand out even more - that's what I did. Then take a shimmery iridescent cream color eyes shadow, I used Loreal Infallible eye shadow in Iced Latte, and apply it all over your lid. Take a matte taupe color, I used Lavish (1) in my MUA Undress Me Too eyshadow palette, and apply it on the outer V bringing it all the way into your crease. Blend it out well, but keep the V shape visible. Then take the same shimmery eyeshadow and apply it lightly over the taupe color and on the inner lower lash line. Then take any shimmery gray color, Exposed (2) in MUA palette, and apply it on your outer lover lash line bringing it up to the V we made with the taupe color. That will smoke out a look a little bit. Lily definitely did not have any eyeliner on her lower lash line but some color were was still visible.  Then take any matte cream color (Naked (3) in MUA) and apply it on your brow bone to highlight the area. Take black eyeliner, I used Rimmel Scandaleyes in Black, and apply it between your upper lashes bringing it up to the V a little, but not all the way. Lily definitely had her eyes defined but no strong lines! Apply a few coats of your favorite mascara, this time I used Maybelline The Falsies and you're done with the eye make-up!

Lips: I feel like the lips was the main factor in her make-up. She had this great dark cherry color on, that I had trouble finding in my collection. But I got pretty close! So use the darkest cherry lip liner you have and line your lips with it. I used Wet n Wild Coloricon lip liner in Brandy Wine. Then take the lipstick, the darker the better, I used Loreal Color Riche in 701, and apply it evenly. To make the look even more vampire-like, you can use a bright red lipstick on you inner part of the lower lip!

all the products I used

Hope you guys like the look! This was my first time trying to re-create celebrity's look and I had so much fun! Tell me what you think? Have a great day!

Lilly Collins photos: Getty Images

FOTD + Tutorial: fall inspired

Hi guys!

I got a lot of requests to do more make-up looks with Lorac PRO palette and I thought why not?! I love that palette a lot, and I use it more than any other palette I own. So today I'm doing a make-up look that reminds me of fall time! It's a little bit golden, bronzy and a tiny bit smoky. This time I'm showing you my bare face (so you can see the difference), then I'll give you an option of the look with the bright lipstick and a nude one too, whichever you like more! Please click on the pictures to enlarge them if you'd like! As usual, I did not edit any of the pictures.

Face: I didn't feel like foundation, so I just used the Loreal BB cream all over my face blending it in with my fingers. I used some Almay concealer on my spots and acne scarring, and Loreal True Match Crayon and Maybelline Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circles concealers for some brightness under my eyes. Then I used some Too Faces Chocolate Soleil bronzer on the outer part of me face and Rimmel Stay Matte powder on my t-zone. To add some color back to my face, I used NYX blush in Amber which reminds me of fall so much!

Eyes: to prime my eyes, I first applied some Wet n Wild eye shadow primer, then filled in my brows with my favorite ELF brow kit and set them with ELF lash&brow clear mascara. Then from the Lorac PRO palette I took Gold (1) color all over my lid, on the outer part of the lid take coppery Garnet (2) color. To deepen up the look, take dark matte brown Espresso (3) on the outer V and blend it in well.  Take light matte Taupe (4) color and blend it in you crease. Using matte reddish brown Sable (5) color put it under your lower lashline to smoke out the look even more. Taking light matte Cream (6) color highlight browbone and inner corner. Then I used Rimmel black eyeliner on the upper lashline mostly focusing on the outer part of it. Make sure to get between the lashes. The I used some Elf Bronze eyeliner on the inner lower lashline (connecting it to the Sable color we used on the outer part). To finish of the look, use some mascara on your lashes, I used Covergirl lashblast.

Lips: for the bright berry lip, I used Revlon Lip Butter in Raspberry Pie and topped it off with Rimmel Stay Glossy lip gloss in Immortal Charm. For the nude lip, I used Covergirl lipstick in Delish and topped it off with the same Rimmer lip gloss.

So that's the look for today! I definitely think it's a great fall time look!

products I used

Hope you had a great day! Tell me what you think about the look?

FOTD + Tutorial: everyday neutral eye look!

Today my make-up is simple and I love it. I think it's a great back to school make-up look too! Please make sure to click on the pictures to enlarge them and have a better look at the makeup.

Face: These two steps are optional, but I first used my Victoria's Secret Make-up Primer And Setting Spray - a few sprays all over my face and I applied a few pumps of Victoria's Secret VS PRO Airbrush FX Anti-Red Correcting Primer. Then, use your foundation, I used Covergirl Outlast Stay Fabulous 3in1 foundation and applied it with my Expert face brush by Real Techniques. This foundation has SPF so it's not the best for taking picture with flash as you can see in the pictures I took:) To cover your under-eye dark circles if you're not getting enough sleep, use your concealer. It gives the best results if concealer is one shade lighter than your foundation. Dab it lightly under your eyes with your ring finger or use a brush. I used Loreal True Match Crayon Concealer  and after that, I also used some Maybelline Age Rewind brightening concealer to make sure it's nice and bright under there:) Set your concealer with any powder so it does not crease! I used my ELF Studio High Definition powder. Then to set my foundation all over my face I use NYX Stay Matter But Not Flat foundation powder so it gives me even more coverage without looking cakey and I used some Rimmel Stay Matte powder on my t-zone. I contoured a little with my W7 Honolulu bronzer and for my blush I used W7 Africa powder. Down the bridge of my nose and on the top of my cheekbones I used some W7 Candy Floss powder to give me a healthy glow. To get rid of the powdery feel and set my makeup I used the same VS Primer and Setting Spray.

before

after

Eyes: First I applied my Milani Eyeshadow Primer and then while waiting for it to dry I combed through and filled in my brows a little bit using my ELF Eyebrow Kit and to set them use any kind of eyebrow gel - clear mascara works well too! All of the shadows I used to create this look were from Lorac PRO palette, but I'll describe the shadows so you can use any you have. Firstly, take matte light brown color (in Lorac PRO: Taupe) and put it in your crease blending it well. Then take a shimmery champagne color (Champagne) and apply it all over your lid. Going back into your matte brown color (Taupe) make the line between the champagne and crease colors seemless. Then to make your eyes look even more awake, take a little bit of shimmery nude color (Nude) and apply it on the center of your lid. After that, take any matte deep brown color (Sable) on a small pencil brush and apply it on your outer V blending it well. Take the same color and apply it lightly under your lower lash line. Finally, take any matte cream color (Cream) and apply on your brow bone, underneath your brow and in your inner corner to highlight those areas. The key is to blend everything well so you cannot see any harsh lines. Take any waterproof nude or white pencil, I used Rimmel Scandaleyes Waterproof eyeliner and line your waterline to make your eyes look even bigger. Apply a few coats of mascara, I used Maybelline The Falsies and your done with your eye makeup! I know this looks like a lot of steps, but once you get the hang of it, it literally takes less than 10 minutes!

Lips: I wanted to keep this look simple and fresh so I just used some Maybelline Baby Lips Electro in Strike a Rose. Just use any kind of tinted lip balm to give your lips a nice pop of color and you're good to go!

all the products that I used

Hope you enjoy the look! Let me know what you think!