Illuminating Holiday Makeup
Photo: Ben Ritter
Red lips are a gorgeous holiday go-to. Pair it with bright, illuminating makeup for a pretty, party-ready look that will take you from your office happy hour to your best friend’s late night fete. A little bit of soft tawny shadow on your lids, a pale pink flush, an illuminating powder for glow, and you’ll be ready to light up the room. Here’s how to get the look:
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Photo: Ben Ritter
Step One: Brighten underneath your eyes with a corrector and concealer. Apply corrector with fingers and blend. Next layer concealer where needed. Do a light dusting of powder to set the concealer in place.
Shiseido Sheer Eye Zone Corrector ($30)
Revlon Photoready Concealer ($10)
BareMinerals Perfecting Veil ($25)
Step Two: Use a brow brush and an eye shadow that matches the natural color of your brows to fill them in. Brush the brows up and over to define their shape.
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Step Three: Go with full coverage liquid foundation to get a totally even skin tone and that porcelain, Hollywood starlet complexion. Blend with your fingers.
Clinique SuperBalanced Makeup ($23)
Dolce & Gabbana Perfect Reveal Lifting Foundation ($72)
Step Four: Sweep illuminating powder over cheekbones for that lit from within glow.
Stila Illuminating Powder Finish ($28)
Step Five: Dust a very pale pink blush on the apples of your cheeks for a pretty flush.
Maybelline Fit Me Blush in Light Pink ($6)
e.l.f. Mineral Blush in Joy ($5)
Step Six: With an eye shadow brush layer white shadow all over the lid up to just underneath the brows. Layer a tawny rose shadow with a hint of shimmer across the lower lid and into the crease.
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Step Seven: Using a charcoal long-wear eyeliner draw a strong line all the way across the top lash line.
Benefit Cosmetics BADgal Liner ($20)
Step Eight: Apply several coats of a very black mascara.
CoverGirl LashBlast Volume Mascara ($6)
Chanel Le Volume de Chanel ($30)
Step Nine: With a lip brush apply a matte tomato red lipstick on lips. Blot with a tissue.
