ALOHA FRIENDS and welcome to DAY NINE of the 12 Days of Catmas! For a while I've been thinking about how I want to do my makeup for Christmas Day and after many trials and errors, I finally came up with the bestest makeup look!
I actually wore this look for my brother's birthday dinner because I just got my Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance palette in the mail. I was super super super excited for it because I'd been waiting literally FOREVER for it to go back in stock but FINALLY it was here. Anyways... so obviously this look features the ABH Modern Renaissance palette, as well as some other new makeup that I got! So without further ado... Let's get started!
STARTING WITH MY FACE, as always... I prepped my skin for makeup with
Clinique Moisture Surge moisturizer and
TONYMOLY Pocket Bunny Moisture Mist.
PRIMER TIME! I prime my face with
COVER FX Illuminating Primer and move onto foundation. I love the glowy skin look so on the back of my hand I like to mix a little of my
BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector (the liquid kind) in Opal with my fave foundation,
Urban Decay Naked Skin. Then I dot it all over my face and blend it out with a BeautyBlender.
TIME TO CONCEAL. Ya girl is in college aka she gets no sleep so I use the
Maybelline Better Skin concealer under my eyes and set it with
TONYMOLY Cats Wink Clear Pact. I don't like to powder the rest of my face because I want the glowy look, ya feel?
MOVING ON ALONG TO THE EYES. I apply
NARS Pro-Prime eyeshadow base on both my eyelids and on my bottom lashline then move to the brows. I use
Etude House Drawing Eyebrow pencil in #1 Black Brown to give my natural brows a more defined shape and fill then top them off with
Benefit Gimme Brow Volumizing Fiber Gel to make the front of my brows a little wispier and fuller.
ONTO SHADOW! Using my brand new
Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance palette, I first apply (1) Antique Bronze all over my lids with a fluffy brush. Then using the fluffy brush that came with the palette, I apply (2) Buon Fresco in the crease. Using the other end of the brush, I applied (3) Red Ochre in the outer corner, then using my finger, I tap on a little of (4) Vermeer onto the center of my lids and in my inner (top and bottom) corner to brighten up the look. Then I take a flat eyeshadow brush with a little of bit of (5) Tempura and brush in on my browbone for a lil highlight.
LINER TIME! The day I did this look it was pouring rain so I decided it was safer to go for a cream liner rather than a liquid, so I used my fave
Maybelline Lasting Drama Gel liner in Blackest Black to create wings so on point, you cold fly away. Then I use
Rimmel Kohl Kajal Waterproof liner in Brown on the very outer corner of my bottom lashline and take a really thin, flat brush with a little bit of Antique Bronze to smoke it out. Then again with the Rimmel liner but this time in Nude, I line my bottom waterline so I don't look scary lol.
LASHES LASHES LASHES! I grab my
Shiseido lash curler and give my lashes a tiny bit of a curl to prep them for falsies (which are optional for anyone, of course) and use my HG
Loreal Voluminous Butterfly mascara on my bottom lashes. Then I grab my fave pair of falsies,
Kiss Looks So Natural lashes in Shy and stick em close to my lashline. In the photo I'm actually wearing a different pair of lashes from Daiso Japan, but for Christmas I plan on wearing the Kiss lashes. After the lash glue is all dried, I take my lash curler again and give my lashes a lil clampy clamp then finish of with my mascara to adhere my natural lashes with my falsies. Be careful not to apply mascara on the tips of your falsies, unless of course you like that look... And the eyes are done.
GHOST NO MORE. Contouring is not my strong point, so I just use my
Too Faced Chocolate Soleil bronzer and
Benefit Rockateur blush to give my face some color. Highlight is the best part, of course, so I use
Becca Shimmer Skin Perfector Pressed in Opal on my cheekbones, cupids bow, nose tippy tip and bridge, and a tiny bit on my chin.
LIPS!!!!! In the photo, I'm wearing
Lime Crime Velvetine Matte Lipstick in Cindy, but for Christmas, I'll probably wear a more holiday color like
Colourpop Ultra Matte Lip Saturday,
NYX Cosmetics Soft Matte Lip Cream in Copenhagen, or
Kylie Cosmetics in Leo. I want to definitely go for a burgundy/wine color for Christmas but I feel like any lip color will go well with this look.
FINALLY I set my entire face with a few spritzes of
Urban Decay All Nighter setting spray and you're ready to go!
Here's a fun little quick-torial that you can save/pin/download for later!
I love love LOVE this look so much and I hope you do too! Christmas is almost here friends and I'm SO EXCITED I CANNOT CONTAIN MYSELF. As always, thank you for reading and I'll see your beautiful faces tomorrow!
All the Love,
Cat <3
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