Face of the Day: Simple Burgundy Smokey Eye

Hi beauties!

I love experimenting with makeup especially creating different eye looks. I normally go for a very simple natural look. I thought that I would get out of my extremely limited comfort zone. I really love the way this look turned out. I'll for sure wear this again. I'm just so inspired to do more intense looks like this one. I thought I should share the products I used and how I did it :)

 

Face Products:

• Revlon PhotoReady Perfecting Primer in 001
• Maybelline Cover Stick Corrector Concealer in Medium Beige
• NYC Smooth Skin Pressed Face Powder in Translucent
• Clinique Powder Blush in Cupid

After applying a generous amount of primer all over my face, focusing on my t-zone and fine lines, I used the concealer all over my face as well. During the summertime, I find foundations to be too heavy for me so, I used this concealer as a stick foundation. I'm also traveling so I didn't want to bring much. It seems to work great. Anyways, I just blended it out with a foundation brush. Once all my flaws were covered up, I set it all with the NYC powder. This stuff isn't all that bad. I really like it. I wanted to keep the face nice and simple so that all the focus would be on the eyes. I lightly swept "Cupid" on the apples of my cheeks with a blush brush. That blush is so gorgeous; it gives me such a beautiful "flushed" look with a little healthy glow.

Eye Products:

• Elizabeth Arden Advanced Eye-Fix Primer (not shown)
• No Name Black Eyeliner
• Clinique High Impact Colour Surge Eyeshadow Duo in Strawberry Fudge (brown shade)
• Physician's Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Shadow and Liner in Natural Nude (top and bottom shades)
• Maybelline Unstoppable Eyeliner in Cinnabar
• Maybelline  Volum' Express The Falsies in Blackest Black (washable)

As for the eyes, I primed them then, used the no name liner as a base, blending it to the crease. FYI: In case you're wondering why I call it a no name liner, it's because I got it from this random wig store at a mall in Montreal, and it literally doesn't have a name on it :p I really like this liner because it's creamy and smooth; not harsh on my eyes. Moving on, I used a flat shading brush to pack on the pinkish brown/ burgundy shade from the Clinique duo to right before the crease. Then I took the darkest shade in the Shimmer Strip in the outer corner and outer crease. There was still the black base left in the crease so I blended it in with the burgundy shadow. I would line my upper lash line and tight line with the black liner but, I forgot to before the pictures :( These pictures are not doing that beautiful pinky brown colour justice.  This eyeshadow definitely has more pink undertones. It's almost like a really rusted rose gold colour. To highlight my inner corners and brow bone, I use the lightest shade in the Shimmer Strip. The pearly white shade really opened up my eyes. I smudged a small bit of the brown Maybelline eyeliner on my lower lash line and set it with the darkest shade in the Shimmer Strip. I also used that brown liner to fill in my brows because it's amazing for that purpose. Finally, I curled my lashes and applied two generous coats of The Falsies for an even more dramatic look.

Lip Products:

• EOS Lip Balm in Sweet Mint
• Rimmel Lasting Finish by Kate Moss Lipstick in #17
• NYX Girls Round Lip Gloss in 06 Mauve

Last but definitely not least, the lips. This is always my favourite part. I used the EOS lip balm as a base for my lipstick. Once it was all soaked in, I applied the Kate Moss lipstick heavily and topped it off with a tiny bit of the NYX gloss in the middle. I smacked my lips together multiple times quickly, as if to blend the two together. Once it faded a little, and the gloss lost its shine (the gloss' tackiness is still there so I think it helps the lipstick last longer), it gave me the "my lips but better" look which I think looked great with the eyes because it was natural.

And that's it. This is how I decorated my face today :p Did you like this post? Would you like to see more Face of the Day's? Telling me your opinion down below in the comments would be much appreciated.

So I wanted to make this blog slightly more interesting so, I have decided to start " Cupcakes of the Day." These will let you know what I have been up to :) Let me know what you think!

Cupcakes of the Day:

• How was your weekend? Did you do anything fun, like shop?

• I don't think I've told you this but, for the past month I've been on vacation in Egypt, visiting family. We're also here because my aunt is getting married! Yay!

• Nothing exciting really happened today, just last minute touch ups for the wedding, which is one week from today! It's CRAZY how fast time has flown by. My summer will be over in two weeks when I go back to Canada! What?!?!

Anyways, thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed this.

Love ya cupcakes <3

Em :)