Breast Cancer Awareness

As we all know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. This means that if you already haven't, you will be seeing a lot of pink whether its on people's clothes, their hair, their accessories, or maybe even their makeup. Typically, we try to stay away from pink shadows and liners on the eye because it creates the effect of being sick or tired. So instead of focusing mainly on the eyes for the tutorial, the complexion and the lips will be the focal point.

Directions:
     1. Assuming that you've already begun with a clean face, start your makeup with your normal foundation and concealer routine. Try keeping things light and as uncakey as possible because the look is supposed to be fresh and clean. Whether you use foundation or BB Cream or a powder or even all three, be very sparing but still cover up what you feel is necessary including imperfections and dark under eye circles.
     2. Priming your eyelids isn't required but it isn't a bad idea to make this an essential item in your makeup collection. Makeup without creasing or fading is never a bad thing.
     3. With a slightly shimmery champagne colored eyeshadow and a flat shader brush, apply the color all over your lid. Avoid shadows with a lot of glitter because it will draw attention away from the focal points of the makeup look.
     4. Using a contour brush, begin defining your crease with a matte light brown. You can also take this color beneath your eye-- lining your bottom lash line.
     5. Eyeliner isn't required, but going in with a brown kohl pencil will draw the eye look together. A thin line is just enough.
     6. For mascara, be sure to keep things fairly simple. False lashes are unnecessary. Just curl your eyelashes and apply two to three coats of your favorite mascara, focusing the product more on your outer lashes.
     7. With a pink blush, apply it to the apples of your cheeks for a flush of color. Depending on what type of product you use (powder, cream, liquid), apply it with the appropriate instrument. Considering winter and fall is approaching, I would recommend a liquid or cream product over a powder to keep moisture in your skin.
     8. Lastly, the lips. Using whatever shade of pink that you think is right for you, begin applying that to pre-moisturized lips. For a lighter, more subtle look, stick with lip gloss. Also, it will take less maintenance than a lipstick would. Although if you think lipstick is right for you, go along with that.