13 June 2012

Always the Sun- Makeup Look

Hiya,
The sun actually came out today!
I actually got really hot walking down into town to meet my friend for lunch when only a few days ago I would have got soaked from rain so maybe things are looking up.
As most of my regular readers will know I've been pretty stressed out recently so this afternoon I spent some time relaxing and playing with all of my pretty makeup to cheer me up. There's something so therapeutic about putting new looks together. What with the sun being out I haven't been able to get the song "Always the Sun" by The Stranglers out of my head so todays look is inspired by the song and pretty sunny colours :)

I went for big golden smokey eyes rimmed with black for definition, a touch of bronzer around my hairline, down my nose and to contour my cheeks, along with a touch of pink blush to brighten them up and dark red lips dotted with gold gloss to make them look all pretty and plump :)
I created the eye look by using a fluffy brush to cover the whole lid up to the brow bone with light  Bella Pierre gold dust and then used the light gold from my MAC palette to cover the eyelid below the crease. To add depth I used a small shadow brush to apply a darker orange toned  Linda Collinge gold powder and used a blending brush to soften this out and lift the colour at the edge of the eye. I also used a small shadow brush to carry the colour down and around the lower lash line to widen the eye. After this I used a gold Body Shop gel eyeliner close to the top lash line to add a little extra colour to the lid and finished the look with Max Factor False Lash Effect Mascara and Ted Baker Pencil Liner in the water line to make the look stand out.
Above is all of the products I used to create all the colourful bits and bobs :P As well as these I used my regular base products which are Estee Lauder Invisible Fluid Foundation, Benefit The POREfessional pore refining primer, E.L.F Clarifying Pressed Powder and E.L.F Light Bronzer.

So thats my sunny inspired look. I'm pretty pleased with it to be honest, I love wearing gold, its such a happy colour.
What do you think? Do you wear a lot of gold makeup? I really like two tone lips, are you keen?
Annie x

8 comments:

  1. Such a beautiful makeup look, i'm obsessed with red lips!

    Beautiful blog, I'm following :)

    xx

    www.forevermissvanity.com

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    1. Thank you lovely :) I love red lips too, they're so striking.
      xx

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  2. Love the gold tones and red lips! Gorgeous!

    http://ileanamakeup.blogspot.com/

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  3. Wow, gorgeous look! I do wear a lot of gold in the summer. Winter too actually for holiday looks hahah. Love that you paired it with red lips, but the bronze in the eye makeup has such a summery feel.

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    1. Bronze and gold really are feel good, mood lifting colours, I can totally understand why you wear them in the winter as well :) xx

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  4. You look beautiful! Love the golden eye makeup on you. It really makes your blue eyes pop. I love your blog! I'd love to follow each other :)
    I'm following you on GFC & Bloglovin!

    xxox

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    1. Thank you so much, thats really nice of you :)
      Thanks for the follow, I'll come and check your blog out and say hi! xx

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