New Year's Eve

Hello hello, after ages, I’m finally back and with good news!

Very soon I’ll have video options for my tutorials, hopefully it will make easier to understand my makeup craziness (or may end up scaring people…).

So, my post today and the following one are about New Year’s Eve makeup ideas. This one is a bit more simple and quickly to do, and most likely it is what I’m going to wear on the 31st.

Just a hands up, the next one will be more glittery and bright (I will do my best to post it tomorrow).

Ps.: Some of the photos aren't in good quality, but I was searching for light to get descent photos. 

So, let the fun begin!

First, prime your eyelids. I always use eye primer or long lasting cream eye shadow.

We can start with a Champaign/Light beige eyeshadow all over the mobile lid until the crease of your eyes (aaaaand, I’m so pale that champaign colour = same colour as my skin. Hope you can see the idea on the photo ).

Now, you can grab a dark brown and apply as a thick line on the crease, it’s supposed to show a bit over the crease, for opened eyes purpose. Use a pointed brush or a thin one going back and forth reeeeally softly until you are happy with the thickness.

Then, you will look straight to the mirror and shape a wing, like you would do with your eyeliner, but from the out edge of the crease of your eye. You need to look straight to a mirror, to see the perfect height for your lid/brow bone shape.

I know it looks weird! I promise it will come together! 

A cotton bud is always your makeup's best friend. You can clean all the edges with a clean dry one. It will help with the shape and make easier to create the harsh pointed end to the wing.

Reapply the base colour on your mobile lid, shaping your crease, and apply it under the wing… Just slightly, so you have some lightness there.

It comes that moment to practice your patience. Eyeliner.

You need to follow the shape of the wing that you already have. I work my eyeliner like this:

First from the inside (near the middle of my eye) to the outside corner. I stop exactly where I want the highest point to start.

Then I just followed the angle of the line I already have, just not as long (unless you want a really dramatic look, in this case, go for it!)

If you are starting in the liner world, I recommend a pen liner. It makes much easier to wing it. And it’s (usually) easier to clean any messy line.

This is kind of you have by now:

If you like foundation, now is the moment to apply it. I've just applied moisturizer and concealer time.

Apply in a triangle shape covering your cheeks, so it saves you time and other products later (yep, the contouring highlighting drama).

Blend it with a brush, your ring finger or a beauty blender. I use brush followed by finger.

As soon as I finish blending, I apply powder on top of the concealer with a sponge and leave the excess, that makes sure that your concealer won’t move while you do your contouring.

The contouring here is pretty basic and simple, Just using a contouring powder (careful when choosing the contour, here in Dublin I always find the bronzer and contour products far too yellow for it purpose).

Follow the natural shape of your face. Find the hollows of you cheeks, apply softly from the outside of your face to the inside. Stop at least 2 or 3 fingers from your mouth. Apply the outside of your face in circular motions and bring inside just whatever you have left on your brush.

Tip: start applying a few centimeters from the sideburn, if you apply on top of any hair, will be a nightmare to blend.

You can blend it toward your temples. It actually makes the contour much more natural.

Now, powder your T Zone. I always start by my forehead, followed by nose and chin, Then with no more product on my brush, I sweep (really softly) under my eyes to clean that excess powder that I've left there.

And with the same brush, and still no product on it, I just go over the contour in circular motions, just to make sure I don’t have harsh lines there.

Eyebrows before finish the eyes, so I don’t have the sensation that my eyes look much dark than actually is.

I just apply gray brow pencil to pretend I have fuller brown and no holes in it.

Tip 2: After shading your brows, just run one of these brushes (you can use the wand of an empty mascara or a clear brow gel) on it. A extremely filled eyebrow can still the attention of any look.

Finalizing the eyes with a black eye pencil on your waterline and top and lower lash lines. Grab the pointed brush you used the darker brown on your crease, and run whatever eye shadow you have left on your lower lash line. You want a smudge of brown, to give a soft smoked look and blend a little of the black pencil.

This is the moment to apply your blush, your highlight on your cheekbones, nose bridge, cupids bow. Mascara and false lashes (this last one is optional)

For lipstick you can use whatever colour you feel like. Nude, pink, brown, any type of red….

Well, here is the finished look

If the cut crease don’t work for you or the result is not what you are looking for, you can always grab a clean blending brush (or any small fluffy brush) and blend the brown. It’ll look pretty and soft and nobody will think that was a plan B.

Whatever makeup you choose, the important part is having fun while applying and feel amazing after you finish it!