Want a dramatic eye, but don’t want to bother with eyeshadow? Try doing a winged liner look, but take it a little further….

I used Inglot gel liner in #77, and angled MAC brush #263. I love this liner because it’s the blackest I’ve ever used and waterproof. This is my favorite brush because it’s very precise, and the synthetic hairs give a smooth and thin application.

Step 1. Starting with a matte eye, use your synthetic angle brush with the tip pointing away from the eye, to lay down your first line.
Step 2. Go back to the line, and drag the liner across the entire lid to the inside of the eye. The bigger the better, dont be scared! It’ll feel weird but it’ll look beautiful! Connect with the front of the eye.
Step 3. This will create an outline of your liner, so you can fix the shape or clean up any mistakes at this point. It’s much easier to correct the lines at this point rather than at the end.
Steps 4 & 5. Fill in!
Step 6. Apply black liner to your waterline
Step 7. Finish with a coat or two of your favorite mascara.
Voila!

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In order to “master” something, you need to take a little time to perfect what you’re going for. Quick makeups are great, but like anything, perfection takes time!

1. Start with a clean lip. Wipe off any chapstick or oily residue.
2. Outline top lip with a red lipliner (a thick line), I used Cherry from MAC.
3. Outline bottom lip.
4. Take the outline through the corners of the lip.
5. Shade in the corners of the lip about halfway. This will give the lip a more contoured look, especially if you naturally have a fuller lip.
6. It should look like this.
7. Apply a lighter shade lipstick in the middle. I used Lady Danger, also from MAC.
8. Rub together to blend
9. Use lipliner to solidify your original line, and to blend the lipstick together with the liner.
10. Take a full coverage powder or concealer on a flat brush. I used Studio Fix Powder and a #242 brush from MAC.
11. Use to make your edges more crisp.
12. Voila!

p.s. Don’t blow off the lipliners ladies! Lipliner is so important for a clean, bold and sexy lip! It makes the lip look like a stamp on the face, and it also helps to keep those beautiful colors from bleeding! Good luck!

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Step 1: Begin with naked, brushed brows.

Steps 2 & 3: Outline the shape you want with an eye liner brush. Fill in the outer part of the brow to give it a sharper arch with the same brush. 

Steps 4 & 5: As you hold the eye liner brush, lightly brush the rest of the product onto your brows.

Step 6: With a concealer flat brush, apply a light color concealer underneath the brow to make a clean line.

Step 7: Apply a darker color concealer above your brow to define the shape.

Step 8: Voila! Finish with powder/foundation.

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Between contouring, highlighting, and other beauty buzzwords right now it can seem a bit confusing when it comes to cheeks! Pulling out all the stops is fun for special occasions but on a daily basis it’s nice to simplify. Here are 3 products to add to your routine to get that perfectly sculpted cheek everyday!

1. To start, you’ll need a matte bronzer, a shimmery highlighting powder, a blush, and an angled brush and a blush brush.
2. Start with your angled brush, swirl it into your matte bronzer and apply in a line to the hollows of your cheeks. Sweep it back and forth so it’s blended.
3. Dust off your same brush and sweep your highlighting powder on the tops of your cheekbones.
4. Take your blush brush and apply your colour starting on the high point of the “apple” of your cheek. Don’t know where the apple of your cheeks are? Just smile! That round higher “cheeky” part that goes up when you smile? That’s the apple! The majority of your blush goes here.
5. Now blend your blush back towards your temples. Don’t reload your brush, just use the remainder for this. This will blend everything together!
6. Voilá! The perfectly sculpted cheek!

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