FACE TALK: Green and Purple with Envy

I got the chance to be a HMUA for my sister-in-law in a wedding she attended last year. She wore a beige empire cut gown so we decided that we can have a colored eye shadow on her so it would contrast her neutral shade gown. 

I love green shades of eye shadow but i mixed it up with her favorite color which is purple. 

I also contoured her nose a little because it was her request.:) I'm not really good at contouring yet but I think I'm getting the hang of it already.

I'll share the step-by-step process I did with her whole look. 

Her complete look.:)

STUFF I USED:

Foundation

Fashion 21 Natural loose powder

concealer

ELF 100 eyeshadow pallette

in2it eyebrow kit

Clear mascara

ELF contouring and blush duo

false eyleashes

liquid eyeliner

blush on

lipstick

brown mascara

(I don't remember what brands I used for some because she had her own set to match her complexion etc.)

MAKE UP HOW TO:

1. Start with a clean face. Wash, tone, and moisturize.

2. Using a stipple brush, apply your foundation all over the face.

3. With your powder brush, dab loose powder all over the face.

4. With your forefinger, conceal any skin blemishes you may find. Dab with powder.

5. Before putting on the eyebrow powder, make sure that the eyebrows are properly groomed.

6. Dip your eyebrow brush in water, blend in with your choice of eyebrow color and test it in your hands before applying on the eyebrow.

7. Apply clear mascara to help it stay in place.

8. Apply eyelid primer on the eyes, dab with your base color eye shadow.

9. Put loose powder on the under eyes.

10. Apply blue shadow all over the crease.

11. On the outer corner of the eye, apply purple eye shadow making a triangle form of it.

12. Blend the two colors so the division will not be visible.

13. Put in your sized false eyelashes.

14. Draw your liquid eyeliner. Let it dry.

15. After drying, apply powder eyeliner to keep the liquid eyeliner from smudging.

16. Softly draw eyeliner on the lower eyelids.

17. Brush off loose powder.

18. Using a blush brush, apply blush on .

19. Apply lipstick and gloss.

20. Using a fan brush, remove excess make up all over the face. 

Closer up of her make up look

 *Note: To contour the nose, I made use of eye shadow. 1 lighter shade than her complexion and the other a little darker for her complexion. Apply the light colored on the bridge of the nose extending it on top of the eyebrows. For the darker color apply it on the sides of the nose and blend well. The shape of the nose depends on the color you put. Remember, light colors highlight, while dark colors contour. 

Without flash.

With flash.

Colored eyeshadow gives emphasis on the eyes but always make sure to only choose one part on your face. You don't want to look like a clown right? So balance everything. If you have colored eye shadow, go for a light lipstick. If you're going for a dark lipstick, get a neutral eyes. 

But whatever works for you, you need to have confidence.:)

Enjoy, ladies.

TTFN!!!