The theme of this prom night was Old Hollywood Glamour- and I don't think I could have been anymore excited for this makeup look! My client, Abby, had a few ideas in her head of what she wanted; A more toned down smoky eye, flawless skin, and red lips. I was WAY too excited to work with colored lips this time around...
Let's break this look down...
1. Primer! I swear by priming the face it makes the makeup last all night through dancing and eating. I used the Korres Greek Yogurt primer all over her face, followed by Tarte Creaseless 24 hour eye primer.
2. I always start on the eyes first. At first, I went to my LORAC Pro palette. I used "Taupe" to build a transition shade and "Expresso" to deep the crease. Next I grabbed my RiRi Smoked Cocoa quad from MAC to work with the grey toned shadow. I worked it into the outer V and crease area. As for the primary lid color I grabbed Urban Decay's Naked 2 palette and used the shade "Verve". To give it a very metallic look I used MAC Fix Plus with it. I used a MAC 217, Sigma E55, Sigma E25, and Sigma E30 to apply these shadows.
3. As for eyeliner, she had wanted a very classic winged eyeliner, but nothing too crazy. I used my favorite L'Oreal liquid eyeliner in black for this. It is one of the blackest liquid eyeliners I have worked with. As for lashes, I gave her a few coats of L'Oreal Voluminous and she was good to go!
4. Once the primer set in, I was able to go to work. For this look I wanted a very full coverage foundation. I turned to Covergirl 3 in 1 Outblast foundation (Can you tell I'm obsessed with this foundation?!). I used a Sigma F80 brush to give the fullest coverage.
5. Moving onto highlight and contouring, I used MAC Prolongwear concealer in NW15. I placed this under the eyes, the bridge of the nose, the chin, the cupids bow, the jawline, and the forehead. This brought emphasis to these places. To blend out the concealer I used a Sigma F86. To set the concealer in place, I used the Anastasia Beverly Hill's Contour kit. Using the shade "Vanilla" on a Sigma F35, I placed this under the eyes, bridge of the nose, chin, and forehead. To contour the face I used the shades "Fawn" and "Java" mixed together on a Sigma F05. I placed the darker shades in the hollows of her cheeks, jawline, and forehead.
6. As for blush, I used the BH Cosmetics Glamorous blush palette, applied with a Sigma F40 brush. I found the blush was a bit too matte for my liking, so I added a little bit of MAC MSF in "Soft and Gentle" on top with a fan brush.
7. As for eyebrows, I didn't want to go too crazy with filling them in. I used a Sigma E65 brush and the Smashbox Eyebrow duo in "Blonde" to lightly shade them back in. To set it in place, I used a clear brow gel.
8. Going back to the eyes, I took a Sigma E30 and worked a mid-grey toned shadow underneath the eye to give it more dimension. I also tight lined her eyes with Tarte Smolder eyes in "Black". To finish the eyes off, I took another small pencil brush and worked the darkest shadow into the outer V a little more.
9. As for my favorite part of this entire look, the lips! I lined her lips using MAC's lip liner in "Cherry". This gave a very precise edge. I mixed two lipsticks together to create this color. First I applied MAC "Diva", but found it was a bit too drying. To counteract that, and give a more blood red look, I used Lime Crime's "Glamour 101" (Isn't the name perfect?!). By mixing these two colors together it gave just the right color and texture that we wanted. I set the lipstick in place using some ELF HD loose translucent powder with a big fluffy powder brush.
10. To set the entire face in place, and guarantee it last all night, I used Model in a Bottle setting spray in the sensitive formula.
Abby looked absolutely stunning! I loved this look, and I loved working with a more colorful lip. This is one of my favorite Old Hollywood Glam looks I've done yet!
So stunning & beautiful! XO!
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