Not sure if it's the weather getting colder every day or all those fallen leaves, but of late, I find myself reaching for darker (than my normal) makeup colors. It's still quite bright and sunny outside, though, and a vampy lip or a smokey eye seems quite out of place. A softer plum eye and a deeper tinted lip color helps bridge the gap just right for me. Among the products I have used, MAC Fluidline in Dark Diversion is well past it's toss-away date, and I really don't know a close enough dupe for this. Any suggestions would be awesome! As for the makeup, here's what I used and also an easy how-to:
Products used on the eyes
Tarte Clean Slate Eye Primer
Chanel Seduction eyeshadow quad (peach shade and the darker berry shade)
MAC Dark Diversion Fluidline
Maybelline Mascara.
How to: 1. Apply a primer over the eyelids to help the eyeshadows stick on to the lids better and help the color show up better. I have darker eyelids, and I leave that as it is, but if you want to even out the skin tone a bit you can use a foundation or a concealer over the lids before applying the primer.
2. Apply a light peachy beige shade all over the lids with a flat eyeshadow brush (I have used Chanel #25).
3. Apply a deeper berry shade along the outer corner of the eye, keeping the color concentrated along the outer thirds of upper lashline and a bit into the crease. Blend the color softly using a fluffy eyeshadow blending brush (I have used the NARS #15 large dome brush).
4. Apply a thin line of a deep burgundy/berry eyeliner along the the upper lashline, keeping the line as thin as possible along the inner corner and thickening it just a little along the outer corner (have used MAC Dark Diversion).
5. Using a small smudging/blending brush (have used Chanel #14 contour shadow brush) and some of the dark berry shade used earlier, smudge the liner softly - the line should still be visible but much softer and not so defined.
6. Using whatever is remaining on the smudger brush, run some of the darker color along the outer thirds of the lower lashline. Also use the same dark eyeliner along the waterline. Curl lashes and finish with mascara.
The eyeshadows I used had a bit of shimmer in them which caused some fallout apart from some more flying around while smudging, and I didn't bother with applying concealer until after my eye makeup was done. Clean up the undereye area with makeup wipes or makeup remover, and finish the rest of the makeup. Here's what I used.
Products Used: Foundation - Chanel Perfection Lumiere mixed with NARS Tinted Moisturizer,
buffed into the skin using It Cosmetics Heavenly Luxe foundation brush.*
Concealers - Bobbi Brown Dark Peach Corrector along inner corner of the eye area.
NARS Biscuit and Caramel* stick concealers to conceal undereye darkness and some blemishes.
Also used CoverFx concealer on blemishes (sample - not shown in pic)
Brows - em Brow Pencil*
Cheeks - Josie Maran Cheek Gelee in Berry Bliss* (applied with MAC 187) and Benefit High Beam to highlight
Rimmel Stay Matte Powder along center of face, applied with the It Cosmetics Cheek brush*
On lips, I used No.7 lipliner in Plum to lightly define lips and patted on MAC Hangup lipstick with my fingers like a tint.
Swatches of some of the makeup used (L to R)
Benefit High Beam - it's a pale pink highlighter that blends into the skin like a dream.
Josie Maran Berry Bliss Cheek Gelee - gel-like cream blush, leaves a berry flush that can be built up quite easily.
MAC Hang-up - deep berry color that I used sort of like a stain
No. 7 Lipliner in Plum - a brighter plum-based pink
MAC Dark Diversion Fluidline - dark brownish burgundy (and also quite dried out :P)
Chanel Seduction eyeshadow quad - used a darker berry and a peach shade
And this is me all done :D I bought this dark lipstick - MAC Hang-up - a long, long while back but never felt comfortable using it. The trick I figured is to use it ever so lightly patted on with fingers to give a sheerer wash of color and let some of the lip texture show through - makes it a lot more wearable than a vampy dark lip, imo. And concealing most of the blemishes helps too :)
What's been your go-to makeup look this week? Do share!
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