Apr 25, 2011

How to copy this look for everyday use in humid climate?

Image taken off Elle.com, featuring DKNY Fall RTW 2010 makeup

Step by Step in doing DKNY Look (pre-adjusted to suit our humidity and asian faces)

1) Place a silicone base first acorss the whole eye lid and blend into the brows (to make eye makeup last the whole day til night!)
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2) Use Shu Uemura's Cream eye shadow in Matte Sand brown and place it along the top and bottom lashline. Put more of the cream product at the outer contour of the eyelids to create depth.
3) Use a neutral warm brown (Cle De Peu's Satin Eyeshadow in 111 Brown Opal) and sweep across the whole eye lid. Starting at the lashline and blend it outwards towards the eye brows. The eyeshadow should be intense at the lashline and then fade out to almost nothing to the eyebrows (yes to the eyebrows).
4) Apply on a thickening mascara (Givenchy's Phenomen'Eyes Mascara in 1 Phenomen'Black) to add full thickness to lashes.
5) Keep away from any eyeliner
6) Use a touch of orangy brown blusher (in this case, M.A.C's blusher in Gingerly) and use it to sculpt the face. Apply blusher below the cheekbones for definition.
7) For that stained warm brick colour on lips, dab on Clinique's Long Last Soft Shine Lipstick in Berry Freeze.

Basic Q&A

1) Can everyone pull it off?

-Yep, browns are the best colours for everyone and anyone, as browns are shades of skintones.

2) Should different skin tones use different shades of brown?

-Yep, the tanner the skin, the darker the browns. A light brown on darker skin might end up looking like a skintone colour.

3) Any special considerations we need to bear in mind?

-Using a neutral tone in brown shouldn't have that problem. Only brown hues with too much grey/cooler tones or reddish tones will make it emphasize the undereye circles. But then again each person's perception about how dark their undereye circle is subjective. I would say conceal the undereye area well enough and no eye makeup will look like a mistake.
Keeping the brown hues closer to the lash area is definitely a safe bet to keep the makeup mistake-proof.

4) Any makeup artist tips?
-Always even out the skintone enough, keeping the foundation minimum will keep the brown hues looking clean and modern. Layering on the liquid foundation and excessive powdering will bring the whole look back to the 90's! If the lipstick is too dark, stick to a lipbalm to give that sheen.

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