Model: Annya Mari (Latisha’s friend)
Make Up Artist and Quick Tip Teacher: Latisha Knight
Salon: Buzz Salon 319-466-4270 http://www.buzz-salon.com/
You don’t have to go to school to be an expert at make up. It takes a creative mind, a skillful touch, and a long lasting love for the girly application. If you beauty lovers fall for the great autumn inspired day and night looks, I recommend calling up Buzz Salon. Ask for Latish Knight’s expertise to get the perfect look for you. The two make up looks being demonstrated are easy to follow and can be done in as little as 15 minutes. Perfect for right before class, or if you are in a hurry for going out on the weekends! All products used in demo were Smashbox products that can be ordered at Buzz.
Before.
Tips for before you get started:
- Always start with a clean moisturized face that has recently been exfoliated.
- Using oil free products in the long run will be best for your skin and the long time wear of your make up.
- Make sure your brushes are clean. If not they can spread bacteria and cause breakouts, which is the last thing you want!
Step 1: Apply a Primer all over face, including neck (Used: Smashbox Photo Finish Light)- a primer helps even skin tone, fill in lines, minimize pores, and helps your make up stay on longer. You can use a basic primer to even put on your eyes for a day look, but if you are doing an intense evening look an eye primer is recommended to help your look last.
Step 2: With a flat foundation brush, apply a tinted moisturizer (Used: Sheer Focus Tinted Moisturizer with spf 15) Tip: with foundation and tinted moisturizer, make sure it is one shade lighter than your actual skin tone.
After steps 1 & 2, applying concealer
Step 3: Do spot touch ups with concealer (Used: Camera Ready Full Coverage Concealer), using a concealer brush and a concealer that is 1 shade lighter than foundation. This is great for dark circles, discolored spots, and blemishes
Step 4: Finish face with Smashbox Halo Powder that is swept on in circular motions with a plush powder brush. This will set the make up and lightly hydrates your skin, while enriching it with Vitamin E and numerous antioxidants.
Quick tip: When putting on powder don’t forget your neck. You don’t want to end up with foundation lines!
Step 5: Apply Halo Perfecting Hydrating Bronzer in a C shape starting at your temples and going towards your jaw. If you are more of a pale skin tone use a blush, for example Blush Rush in the color of Paradise. Make sure you smile, so you highlight the apples of your cheeks, where a blush looks most natural.
Applying eye shadow
Step 6: With eyes during the day you want to stick more towards nudes and flesh tones, that are completely matte or with just a tinge of a shimmer. First start with the color (Used: Vanilla Eye Highlight) that you are using as your eye highlight. Use an eye highlighting brush and swipe the make up under the eyebrow, on brow bone, and to inner crevice of eye.
Step 7: Work in shade on lids (Used: Nude Eye Highlight), all the while you pay attention to your natural eye crease.
Step 8: Line top layer of lashes with a smudged shadow for liner (Used: Mink Brown Eye Highlight) just enough to add a since of depth, but not to heavy or over done for day.
Quick tip: If this eye look is too flat you can add a shimmery eye shadow starting at the outer side of the eye and working towards the middle to really catch the light.
Step 9: Touch up your brows with Brow Tech in Dark Brown and lightly fill in the correct angle. (See pictures below to see where brow should start, peak, and end.) Then use eyebrow brush to texture the brows to give a natural look.
Where brow should start
Where brow should peak
Where brow should end
Step 10: Add mascara to the top lashes (Used: Full Exposure Mascara in Jet Black)
Filling in eyebrows
Step 11: Keep lips simple by using a high shine moisturizing lip gloss (Used: Reflection High Shine Lip Gloss)
Finished day look
Night Look:
Follow the day steps 1-7.
Adding cat eye
Step 8: Use a liquid liner pen (Used: Limitless Liquid Liner Pen in Dark Brown) and create a subtle cat eye. Start at the outside of the eye and work your way in. It can be easier if you pull at the corner of your eye to help you keep the lining as close as possible to the lash line. Only line the upper lashes for the cat eye.
Where the cat eye should end
Quick tip: Apply a powder over the liquid liner to get it to set quicker and last longer
Step 9: Apply multiple layers of mascara (Used: Full Exposure Mascara in Jet Black)
Adding lip stain
Step 10: Use a lip stain to insure long lasting, all night lip shade. (Used: Limitless Lip Stain and Color Seal Balm in Cinnamon)
Applying Finishing Powder
Step 11: Finish face with Smashbox Photo Set Finishing Powder, which will help set the entire look, fill in lines, and absorb oil, and help the make up look gorgeous all night long.
Finished night look
Last quick tip: If you are doing shiny makeup, one should where a matte nail color or if your doing matte make up one should do shiny nails.
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