How To Achieve This Elegant Look...

"Honey, I am going to my grave with my eyelashes and my makeup on."

- Tammy Faye Bakker

 

 I really love doing this elegant look, and it can be done with inexpensive products.

First in my makeup routine, I apply a little bit of coconut oil to my face and Jergens Natural Glow Daily Moisturizer.

After the moisturizer and oil has set in for a few minutes, I go to work on my eyes. I start by applying an eye primer and concealer duo from E.l.f. Then, I take a wet beauty blender and pat that onto my eyelid for a blended base. 

Next, take my blending brush from the Colourpop palette "Cute Af" (which I am unable to find on their website, so any dark brown color should work). I tap off the excess of the shadow and apply it into the crease of my eye (with short back and forth movements). I bend this color in towards my eyelid. 

After I do this for both eyes, I put a little extra brown in the crease for a darker look. Then, I take my concealer stick from Wet n Wild and apply it to a concealer brush. I drag the concealer brush gently from the inner corner of my eye to the middle of my eyelid. I thoroughly pat the concealer on my eye and take an eye shadow brush to the gold color of the "Cute Af" palette (Any gold color eye shadow will suffice). I pack this color onto the parts of the eye that I have concealer on, and then add the lightest neutral color over top of this gold to give it a more muted look. 

I drag my eyeliner marker along my top lash line to the edge of my eye and meet it with a line from the bottom lash line. I extend the line from the bottom lash out and make a point going down to meet line from the top lash line.

I apply my lashes with my preferred eyelash glue and lashes that I ordered cheaply from Amazon.com. I bend the lashes and cut them to fit my eye shape. I apply my Clinique mascara to blend my eyelashes in with the fake ones.

Pro tip: Most people do their foundation first, but I do mine after I do my eyes because I usually need my hand to steady on my face to do my winged eyeliner, which always disrupts the foundation in the process if I apply it first.

Next, I apply a dime size amount of foundation to the fatter part of the beauty blender. I dot the foundation around my face and apply the foundation going down my face. Then, I apply concealer under my eyes and down the bridge of my nose with the concealer stick and blend it in with a wet beauty blender. 

I use a contour stick (from Wet n Wild but any kind works) down my cheekbones with a dry beauty blend, but then I blend it in with a wet beauty blender.

Finally, I apply powders to finish the look. I use skin pressed powder under my cheek bones and eyes to set the makeup. I use bronzer over top of my contour to darken it. I use a Colourpop highlighter called "Lunch Money" on the highlights of my face.

Lastly, I apply the Colourpop lipstick called "Times Square."

That is the completed look.

It only takes about 30 minutes.