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Hello, lovelies!! It's my first full day of break, and of course having a day off from work while I am home and running back and forth to the doctors office, I decided to do my first full face makeup tutorial! I was a chicken to do a video, so step by step photos will have to do for now!

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Let's get started, shall we?!

Step 1: primer. I used Hard Candy's Sheer Envy primer. This is a very thin primer that goes on kind of oily but dries matte. I do like this primer, but it's time to switch it up and get out of the drugstore.

Step 2: foundation! I actually mixed Elf's Flawless Finish (sand) and Loreal's True Match Lumi (cool, C4 beige) to get a combined look... I used to be obsessed with the Elf foundation because of course it was a great price, but it never seemed to stay on all day. I have very red thin skin, so mixing the thick Elf with the smooth True Match seemed to have a medium coverage. Again, love these products, but now that Christmas is rolling around, time to switch it up.... I used a Real Techniques sculpting brush to buff it in.
Step 3: concealer/highlight. My favvvvv concealer has been Maybelline Master Conceal (light) ever since Manny recommended it. I had always used Tarte but I couldn't handle the thickness, though the coverage was definitely full coverage, and I still use it time to time, Maybelline has officially won. I used a Real Techniques beauty blender to push it into the skin, going from the outer corner of my eye to the inside. I also put it in the bridge of my nose (plus around the bottom of my nose) and center of my forehead to begin a highlight. *Though I didn't show, I also used this to prime my eyelids for eyeshadow later... I tapped my finger in the excess concealer under my eyes to use.

Step 4: finishing powder. I again, after Manny's drugstore recommendation, started using Maybelline's Fit Me pressed power (130, buff beige) while using a powder brush to blend all over my face, then using an Elf Blush Brush (I personally think this is the best brush for it because of the pointed bristles rather than for blush), I set my under-eyes with it, as well. Absolutely love this powder!

Step 5: bronzing. I adore Too Faced's Pink Leopard bronzer, not only because of the leopard spots (even if that's majority of why I bought it), the colors mixed together makes such a beautiful and sparkling bronze. I took an Elf Small Stipple Brush to bronze my cheeks, corners of my forehead, and around the bottom of my face under my chin and jawline.

Step 6: contour. I used Elf's contour pallet, it comes with the contour color and a blush color, I never use the blush... and honestly, the contour is a little too dark for my tastes, so with a Morphe M458 brush, I dap it into the contour, then dab it on a paper towel, then continue with my contour. Taking the brush vertical and parallel to the end of my eyebrow to the top of my ear, then turning the brush horizontal and blending it out. I also contour the sides of my nose with the brush vertically again.

Step 7: blush. I've never been a huge blush fan, because my cheeks are so red naturally, but my mother bought this Neutrogena Sheer Highlighting blush (fresh 20) and gave it to me, I actually have been loving it. As you can see, there are several shades of pink, blending together you would think it would be horrid, but it's such a soft pink that you only get a glimpse of it. I applied this with just a generic blush brush.
Step 8: highlight. I have had this liquid highlight since I was tiny, of course never knowing the purpose, it used to be put on like foundation... what was I? This is Josie Maran Argan Illuminizer. I took, literally, a dime size on the back of my hand, then with a beauty blender, softly dabbed it around the top of my cheekbones, center of my nose, and my cupid's bow above my lip.
Step 9: here's the killer: eyeshadow. Using the Morphe 35N pallet, with a mixture of a Morphe B30, Elf professional eyeshadow, Elf professional crease, and Ecotools multi-shadow.
*In the photo:
-transition shade, I mixed the third and forth shade on the bottom with the Morphe B30.

a little below the transition, I mixed the third and forth shade on the top to make a greyish maroon with the same Morphe B30 brush, the leftover transition shades made the color mix evenly.

-in the crease, I took the last black shade on the top... then I went over it with the purple on the third row to lighten it up with the Elf professional crease brush.
-for the overall color, I took Mary Kay's cream eyeshadow (3H23, Metallic Taupe) using Elf professional shadow brush.
-I then took the same grey and maroon mix to shadow the under-eye just below my waterline pressing upwards with the Ecotool's smudge side.
*shew that was a lot to explain, and I bet I let some out....

Step 10: eyeliner. I started with a wing using a Hard Candy Stroke of Gorgeous liquid eyeliner pen (Little Black Dress). Honestly, there is not much explaining for that, because I just go for it each time... You could always use the tape method, but for some reason that messes me up more than helping. I take the liner about halfway through the top of my eyelid and a tiny bit on the edge of my waterline on the bottom. I then took Dolce & Gabbana's Intense Kohl pencil eyeliner (true black) to fill in the rest of the top of my lid and waterline, I actually just got this last night, I work for Dolce & Gabbana and they gave me a sample box with that and the lipstick I'm actually wearing, so this was a new thing. I actually really love it, of course. I normally use NYX gel pencil (jet black). I adore NYX's gel pencil, it is very dark, and that's what I need. It stays majority of the day, wearing glasses, my eyes tend to water and itch more, but it never seems to smear... I'm hoping D&G will do the same!
Step 11: mascara. Better Than Sex by Too Faced mascara will always be a favorite for me. I curl my eyelashes first, then apply the mascara behind the lashes then over top of the lashes. My mom got me Younique fiber mascara a few months ago (apply the gel, then fibers, then gel, continue until you are pleased), but I decided to go for actual falsies today.
Step 12: last but not least, lipstick. I never go without lipstick, my Nannie has always told me, "I'd rather go without panties than lipstick"... you know where I get it. Since I did such a smokey eye, usually lip color doesn't bother me, go all out or go home, but again, since Dolce sent me a sample box, I decided to go ahead and try it out! I don't use liners, but I did overdraw a tad with the nude.

* I skipped brows today because I need them waxed like something awful, so there is not much I can do with them right now......

Hope you liked this little tutorial, type thing! I started this blog solely for fashion and makeup, but I haven't made hardly any... so here's to more beauty!!

Xoxo.