This season, bright colors like orange, red, yellow, purple and

turquoise are going to be used more than ever. Not only in clothing,

make up too. The lip in this beauty shot was meant to be bold, textured

and bright - giving it that pop! This season, bold patterns and blending

of colors from dark to light, light to dark and blending multiple colors

together will be used as well. Not only is it exciting to look at, its

eye-catching and makes a statement as well!

For the lip, I used a light yellow-toned concealer on the entire lip, so

that the colors of the pigments showed up brighter. I then used two

pigment eyeshadow pastes by Make Up Forever. Red and yellow. I used red

lip liner, then red lipstick on the outside, applied with a lip color

brush, followed by yellow on the inside with a larger brush. I used less

yellow on the top than the bottom, making the yellow pop more. Then

blended the two slightly with the larger brush. I did not use any type

of gloss, as the gloss would make the lip look runny and wet, instead of

blended with texture. I wanted texture, I came up with the idea for the

lip after I saw a photo of a hibiscus flower!

As for the eyes, I did nothing on the top lid because of the bangs

covering them. I didn't want to draw too much attention to the eyes

either, the lips were the main focus. I used a pair of lashes (both

meant for the top of the eyelid) and flipped them around, upside down,

with the ends of the lashes pointing inward. It accented the natural

framing the bang provided and made it a little more fun to look at!

I used "Pleasureful" BlushCreme by MAC to high light the cheek bones.

With darker skin, creme based blushes seem to work better than powders,

especially when photographed close-up.

Try blending colors on eyelids, lips, and wherever else necessary to

give yourself an attention-drawing summer look!

June 08

June 08

Make-Up Secrets From Tanaya

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