Sunday, June 26, 2011

My Favorite Summer Beauty Trends

LIPS
I'm not going to limit myself here my saying a few colors I like, instead I figured it'd be a bit more visually exciting and informative if I showed you! (although, at the moment I'm obsessing over corals, watermelon, and baby pinks, muted nudes and light pink!) Gosh, I can never just pick one.
(Note: The photos of the lovely ladies with fabulous lips were found on google, as for the rest, they are my photos. You are more then welcome to use them if need be, just be sure to site back here!)

NEUTRAL FACE
The way I do a neutral face is as follows. Refresh, moisturize, moisturize, moisturize, refresh, light layer of sheer foundation, touch of bronzer, sweep of highlight, vaseline mixed with a bronze eyeshadow (or just wet it if your scared of the vaseline...idk it works for me so I like it) on the lids, black mascara, and gloss. Done and perfect. There's nothing better and faster than fresh beautiful makeup that looks effortless and this is one of those looks for me that just works with my skin and look. This is a routine that never fails me, even on my bad days!


SWEET CHEEKS
M.A.C. Springsheen keeps looking at me from my vanity, sending me telepathic love letters. And I'm doing it back. I've fell in love with this blush all too hard. I love everything about it. Here's a few different ways I play with my new best friend:

  • Popping on a light wash then bronzing and contouring, this gives for a bronzed and brown based face with a pop of freshness. 
  • Another look is using many layers for a shimmering perfectly peach flush. 
  • Finally, putting it on my eyes, I LOVE using this color as an eyeshadow just by itself with some brown mascara and barely anything else, perfect beach makeup.
Also, pairing this, or rather any blush, with M.A.C. Cream Colour Base in Pearl makes for the perfect glow. I'm wearing this duo in most all of my photos!

BOLD LASHES
I've always been a fan of lashes. The bigger the better is how I feel. Even when I go to the beach and wear no makeup at all, I still have at least 3 coats of thick mascara slathered on my lashes. Why? Because I like it, and that's that. Though I am not a fake lashes advocate for a number of reasons, those being, too much work, too artificial, and not to mention I just suck at applying. So, unless I'm going to an event or creating a dramatic look I'll never waste my money on false eyelashes. Plus, I just love my faithful black lashes, they take mascara perfectly and pretty much always are on their best behavior. (yes, I am referring to my lashes as an entity) 

PURPLE PEEPERS
From lavenders, to violet, to grapes and wines...purple eyeshadow has made its mark on my makeup love list. How do I like to wear it, you ask?

  • Using deeper hues for a sexy, refreshed smokey 
  • Lining the whole of the eye with a vibrant violet 
  • Perfectly innocent periwinkle lids. 
Pairing any of these with huge black drama queen lashes just takes the cake for me! They're all lovely, and versatile (if you've got the colors!) My advice, start purchasing all different shades of purples and play with them. I promise you'll find one at least one color you fall in love with. *Always go drugstore first (even though I'm an advocate of almost ALL makeup being drugstore) when trying new colors, you can also pop over to your high end counters or Sephora and ask a beauty rep to give you a go around with your new squeeze. Hopefully these people know enough about makeup to provide you with a range of swatches where you'll find at least one love of your life.

MONOCHROMATIC MAKEUP
I say this really  meaning natural "naked" makeup. But since I hate saying naked makeup, cause if it were naked, we wouldn't be having to have this conversation...about makeup, I'm calling it monochromatic. There's only a few monochrom looks I would do personally and they're all relatively similar. Peach, coral, pink, brown, beige. That's it (YES, I know you can create other monochrome looks using bright not natural colors, but that's not what I'm talking about here). BUT the beauty you can create with these colors are amazing. I think using one color throughout the look gives a feeling of effortlessness and a light natural vibe. For my next FOTD I'll play around with a few monochromatic looks. I have no idea how they'll turn out but I hope I like them, and you too of course!
Here's leading lady Rachel Bilson in a bronzed monochrome look.

And another favorite of mine, Mila Kunis. This makeup seems to allow you to peer into her soul through her amazing eyes. Then again though, her eyes always intrigue me to create beautiful looks.

I know these aren't the only things everyone's loving at the moment, but I'm not one to follow on the tail of the latest trends. I like what I love and that's that! (; I am finding some trend of my own here for summer and that comes down to one word, effortlessness. Sexy, subdued, naturally gorgeous makeup will make anyone feel like a goddess of the sun.

What looks are you loving for this season, or any season rather!?

XOX
- Mj

No comments:

Post a Comment