Revealed Palette: Daytime Look

Hello again,

Happy New Year to you all! I received this palette in my last BoxyCharm. These are the only shadows I've used since I received it. The shadows are gorgeous and the possibilities are endless! I'll link my last blog post below where I show swatches.

Click here to view my blog post about the Revealed Palette

Today I wanted a polished, yet daytime appropriate look so I played around and came up with this.

I applied foundation, concealer, and brows before. My skin is going trough a whacky, break out, irritated, and dry phase. Yay for me! So I spared you the pain of me fighting my skin for an even canvas.

This is what I applied before:

Maybelline Baby Skin Primer

L'Oreal Lumi Foundation

Maybelliene Fit Me and Instant Age Rewind concealers

Elf HD Undereye Powder (to set undereye concealer)

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder (to set t-zone)

Ok, NOW we can get to the tutorial!

I prepped my lids with elf eyelid primer ($1 at Target, Walmart, or www.eyeslipsface.com)

Then applied Maybelline Color Tattoo in Barely Beige to my lids. This is a light, shimmery, champane color. As you can see, I use this a lot!

I applied this light brown shadow in my crease and blended it up slightly with a fluffy blending brush.

I took this champagne shadow on a small detail brush and packed in on to my inner corner and lid. To pack it on, load your brush with shadow, tap off the excess, and press it onto your lid instead of rubbing it back and forth like you usually would.

Using the same color and a flat shadow brush, I highlighted my browbone.

I darkened my outer corner and crease using a round crease brush and this darker brown shadow.

I took a big fluffy blending brush with nothing on it to blend out my shadows. I wanted this really light and soft looking so I took my time blending to make sure I didn't have any harsh lines.

I wanted something lighter but shimmery for my lower lashline so I smudged this bronze color along my lower lashline.

Next I curled my lashes and applied Rimmel Liner in Brown. Then smudged it out with an angeled brush. I lined my lower water line with this same kind of pencil in the Nude shade (but I forgot to take a picture of it)

Then I applied a few good coats of Maybelline Lash Sensational mascara. Love this mascara! It's giving Clump Crusher a run for its money!

For blush I picked this peachy pink with a touch of shimmer from Tarte.

I didn't want to fuss with a lipstick so I went with a gloss. A NYX Butter Gloss of course!

I set my makeup with NYX Dewy setting spray and was on my way!

I'm really happy with the way this look turned out and hope you enjoyed it. I'm going to keep playing with this palette and will post more looks as I go.

Until next time...

Xoxo,

Adela

*Disclaimer: All products mentioned were purchased with my own money.

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