The first thing I notice about someone's makeup is how their skin looks. You want your skin to look radiant and clean. So during the winter months, make sure you keep your skin hydrated! It's very easy to let this fall on the wayside, since in summer we have some help from the weather, but winter brings cold and sometimes very dry winds, which makes it easy for your skin to look dry and even flakey after a makeup application. I love Origins Checks and Balances to wash my face on a daily basis with, or if your a little more sensitive, you can stick with Cetaphil for sensitive skin. Also, at least twice a week you should be scrubbing to remove all that dead skin from your face. For this I love using Origins Modern Friction, or if you're on a budget, St.Ives Invigorating Apricot Scrub is a good alternative. Next: MOISTURIZE! Whatever moisturizer you use, make sure it's appropriate for your skin type. I love Origins Balanced Diet, or Cetaphil Daily Facial Moisturizer with SPF 15.
Now that your skin is prepped and ready, what to put on it???
At New York Fashion week we saw lots of wine stained lips, soft cat eyes, and gold eye lids. For Wine lips just think of all the varieties and shades of wine that exist. Same applies to lip color this season. You can go with a sheer blush shade, or a rich cabernet.
At the Victoria fashion show we saw something completely different. According to the brand, "the total beauty look for the 2011 show was natural, feminine and glowing -- fit for an angel." They stook with radiant and natural glowing skin and lots of eyeliner ;)
Here's a step by step on how to create the Angel look straight fromthe makeup artist at the fashion show, Tom Pecheux:
MAKEUP: FACE & CHEEKS
Step 1: Prep skin with VS PRO Airbrush FX Face Primer SPF 20 ($18, victoriassecret.com) to create a supple canvas for makeup to glide on. Using a foundation brush or a damp sponge, buff on a tinted moisturizer.
Step 2: Conceal any skin imperfections with a concealer using a brush or your finger.
Step 3: To warm the skin, apply VS Baked Mineral Bronzing Powder in Glitterati ($16, victoriassecret.com) over the face, concentrating on the top of the forehead, the temples, the cheekbones and the jawline.
Step 4: For that rosy flush, swirl a light pink blush onto apples of cheeks pulling color slightly up towards the temples.
Step 5: As a finisher and for that iconic and angelic glow, dust VS Brilliant Shimmer Shadow in Gold Dust ($12, victoriassecret.com) onto temples and along the tops of cheekbones.
Note: The bronzer, blush and gold highlighter should blend seamlessly into one another.
MAKEUP: EYES
Step 1: Start with an eye shadow primer on lids as a base for the eye look.
Step 2: For under-eye circles, darkness or puffiness, swipe a liquid highlighter under eyes.
Step 3: Pop VS Brilliant Shimmer Shadow in Gold Dust ($12, victoriassecret.com) onto the brow bones and the inner corners of the eyes. This will really open and enhance the eyes.
Step 4: To get ultra-flirty eyes (the focal point of the makeup), run a black liquid eyeliner along upper lashline, starting at the inner corner and extending slightly beyond the outer corner for a slight upward cat-eye wing. [Note: It should look very natural -- the liquid liner should not be overly dramatic or too thick.]
Step 5: Finish eyes with coats and coats of the volumizing and lengthening mascara in black on both top and bottom lashes!
MAKEUP: LIPS
Step 1: Start with a gentle lip scrub to exfoliate and replenish lips so they are perfectly smooth and plump.
Step 2: Apply VS Perfect Lipstick in Whisper (a pink champagne nude beloved by makeup artists and the VS Angels) ($13, victoriassecret.com) to lips.
Step 3: Top the lipstick with a coat of VS Lip Gloss is Sublime (a sheer coral) ($12, victoriassecret.com) or VS Sparkling Lip Gloss in Delight (a sheer sparkly pink) ($13, victoriassecret.com), concentrating on the center of the mouth for added fullness and shine.
A girl can always use options, so go ahead and try any of these looks this season, and let the compliments roll in!
Have a sassy day! ;)
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