Miley Cyrus Inspired Makeup Look

In Miley Cyrus’s newest music videos, “We Can’t Stop” and “Wrecking Ball,” she wears the familiar, fairly natural eye look with long, spidery lashes and bold, red lips. Though the look seems to be simple, the main focus (the eyelashes) may take a little time depending on which approach you would like to take.

 

Directions:

1.      After you rid your face of all previous makeup, pick up a foundation that creates a natural glow. Pump the necessary amount you need onto the back of your hand and with a makeup sponge or blender, begin applying it to your face. Be sure to blend the product down to your neck to avoid any lines or streaks that could create a “mask” effect.
(Urban Decay Naked Skin Weightless Ultra Definition Liquid Makeup)

2.      Conceal. Miley’s skin doesn’t have any flaws in the music video so to continue on with the look, yours shouldn’t either. With an opaque concealer, apply it with a concealer brush to any spots that weren’t covered with your foundation. For instance, make sure your under eye circles are covered to keep up with a flawless finish.
(Hard Candy Glamoflauge Concealer)

3.      Apply a pressed powder all over your face with a fluffy brush to set the foundation, but don’t apply too much to avoid erasing the natural glow you’re trying to create.
(Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder)

4.      With a highlighter, apply it to your cheekbones to enhance the glow you’ve produced.
(Benefit’s High Beam)

5.      With your ring finger, apply a champagne cream shadow to your lids. Feel free to add excess to the center of your lid for the illusion of bigger eyelids.
(Maybelline’s Color Tattoo Barely Branded)

6.      Taking a fluffy contour brush, pick up a matte light brown color and begin lightly defining your crease. This step is essential to give the look more dimension. Focus the product towards the outer corner rather than the inner.

(Urban Decay Eyeshadow Buck)

7.      Skip the eyeliner and go straight for the false lashes. Make sure to choose a pair that is spidery and long. Squeeze a fairly small amount of lash glue onto the lashes and allow it to dry with about thirty seconds. Carefully apply the lashes as close to the lashline as possible to keep the look as natural as possible. Before taking the next step, allow your lashes to dry completely.
(Ardell Self Adhesive 110S & Ardell Lash Glue)

8.      Carefully curl your lashes to begin bending them with your real ones, then pick up your favorite mascara and continue to apply that until your lashes look natural.

(Buxom Lash Mascara)

9.      Make sure you have applied some type of lip moisturizer so that you can jump right into the next step. Using a matte red lipstick, begin painting it over your lips gradually to avoid any mess ups.
(Mac Lipstick Chili)

10.  With a foundation or concealer brush, pick up the same matte powder you used on your face and trace the outline of your lips. This will get rid of any spots you have messed up.

Fall Smokey Eye

There is no better way to express the fall season than with your appearance. By creating a smoky eyeshadow look that incorporates fall colors, you can achieve that seasonal feeling. Taking Selena Gomez's makeup at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards.

 

Directions:

1.       Begin prepping for eye look by applying a long lasting eye primer. Using your ring finger, apply the product all over the lid.

(Urban Decay Primer Potion – original)

2.       Next, using a flat shader brush, pick up a sparkly champagne tone eyeshadow and apply it to the inner half of the eyelid, avoiding the inner corner.
(Stila Eyeshadow Pot – Kitten)

3.       With a fluffy contouring brush, pick up a matte light brown shadow and sweep it inside the crease of your eye, avoiding the inner crease. Make sure to blend the product out.
(Too Faced – Velvet Revolver)

4.       With another contour brush, take a shimmery light brown shadow with a golden finish and begin to sweep that within the outer crease. Make sure to stay away from the inner half of your eye and try to create a sideways “V” with your shadow.
(Urban Decay – Sidecar)

5.       Then, take a matte brick color and bring that into a smaller portion of the outer crease. Be sure to blend the colors well to keep up the “smoky” effect.
(Urban Decay – Buck)

6.       Next, take a deep shimmering copper shadow with a red or brick colored tint and work that inside the outer crease as well, controlling it to a smaller area.
(Laura Mercier – Terracotta)

7.       Finish off your eyeshadow with a highlight. Apply this to the brow bone and inner corner of your eye using a small flat shader brush.

(Urban Decay – Virgin)

8.       Using preferably a pencil liner, draw a line on your upper lash line. It doesn’t matter if it is messy or not due to the fact that you will be blending it in so that it interacts with the smokiness of the look.
(Maybelline Define A Line – Black)

9.       Finally, using a volumizing and lengthening mascara, apply that to your lashes in two to three coats, depending on how dramatic you would like it. Considering it’s a more dramatic look in general, it is better to make them as full as possible.

5 Minute Makeup

Many people are in the search for a quick and easy makeup look to do before work or school. Whether people are running late or they're just not feeling like wearing a lot of makeup, this is the look for them.

Step 1: Night Routine

- Remove all makeup from the previous day. This will help clean your pores and keep your skin prepped through the night.

- Wash your face with your favorite face wash. Neutrogena's Grapefruit Oil Free Acne Wash is fine.

-Moisturize. Keeping your skin hydrated throughout the night will keep it smooth and prevent breakouts.

Step 2: Morning Routine

- Wash your hands due to the fact that you'll be applying makeup with your hands and fingers. 

- Wash your face once again to remove any of the oils or dirt that could have been picked up during the night from your pillow. Again, this can prevent acne from forming on your skin.

- Moisturize once again to keep skin hydrated throughout the day.

- Depending on what you prefer, take your foundation or BB cream and pump the appropriate amount into your hands. Rub it in between your fingers to warm up the product and then apply it to your skin in the areas you need it most.

- Picking up a concealer, apply it beneath your eyes and any other problem areas with your ring finger.

- Next, take a white shimmering eyeshadow or any color that's lighter than your skin tone and put it in the inner corner of your eye and on your brow bone to give the effect that you are more awake.

- Then with your favorite mascara, apply two to three coats on your top and bottom lashes. This will open your eyes more.

- Finally, with a bit of blush, apply it to your cheekbones. Your cheeks may need a colored flush to bring life into your skin.

- An optional step is applying a lip gloss or lip stick, but try avoiding dark, bold colors because that will contradict the entire natural look you were trying to achieve.

The Best Mascaras (Drugstore/High-end)

What do you do to make your eyelashes look long and voluminous? Have you found the perfect mascara or are you still searching for the right one? Many people settle on using fake eyelashes, which can be a hassle and can take a bit of time to apply. Other people have mainly given up out of complete frustration. Don't be one of those people. You can easily find the perfect mascara at a high end store such as Sephora, Mac, or Clinique, or you can find one at a drugstore such as Walgreens or Rite-Aid. Depending on how much you would prefer to spend, the quality of the mascara will differ. Oddly enough, people have better luck with inexpensive mascaras due to the fact that the formulas are manufactured for a wider audience.

To begin, we will take a look at the mascara with the highest expense. Lancôme’s Hypnose Star mascara (priced at $28.00 for a full size) can be purchased at Sephora, Macy’s, or through Lancome-USA.com. This particular mascara does a great job at both lengthening and defining eyelashes.

Next, we can look at Buxom Lash, which can be purchased at Sephora, Bare Escentuals, and both websites for $19.00. This mascara makes eyelashes appear thicker and darker, which is an essential look for most people.

Revlon’s Lash Potion Grow Luscious mascara varies from $8.00 to $9.00 at any drugstore.  This mascara in particular is great for building up and layering. It will bring a more dramatic and full look that can be good for both a day and night look.

Maybelline has come out with a mascara called the Rocket Volum’. It is one of my personal favorites and is excellent for bringing on volume. Eyelashes will look thicker and fuller for a more pulled together look. The mascara can be purchased at any drugstore for just $8.00.

Finally, there is a new brand on the drugstore makeup market called Essence. They have released one of their first mascaras and it is called the Multi Action mascara. Unfortunately, it is only available at Walgreens considering it is a new brand, but it is definitely worth looking for. It both lengthens and volumizes lashes, but can also be layers and built up to be used for a day or night look as well. This mascara varies from store to store, but averages on approximately $6.00. It is the least expensive product out of my favorites, but it’s one of the best.

 

Results may vary for all mascaras due to the fact that all eyelashes are different in the ways that they will react to certain products but for the most part, the products will give great results that will have you repurchasing the product for a long time.