face of the day #2: stay all day

This week's FOTD is actually from this past Saturday. My boyfriend Sean and I were invited to go paddle boating with some of his friends from work. I wanted a look that was summery, breathable and low maintenance with no worries of touching up. I know this looks like a lot of makeup, but I needed something that could take me from day to night and really last and this is what I came up with!

I went for a sheer, light and luminous base with my BB cream and added small dabs of concealer on blemishes and discoloration for some added coverage. My Beauty Blender gave my base a natural yet seamless finish. I set it all with a translucent powder swept across my T zone. I warmed up my complexion with my favorite matte bronzer and a natural pink blush.  For my eyes I went for an understated bronze look with natural lashes using two brown-black mascaras; one for volume and definition and then a waterproof formula for my lower lashes. I used a tinted brow gel with fibers to give my brows a low maintenance boost and finished off the look with a pinky gloss.

FOTD Breakdown:

Base: Garnier Miracle Skin BB Cream // Maybelline Fit Me Concealer // Rimmel Stay Matte Translucent Powder // Nars Laguna Bronzer // Dior Rosy Glow Powder

Eyes: MAC Orb // MAC Woodwinked // MAC Cork // MAC Nylon // NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk // Tarte Cashmere Eyeliner // Loreal Voluminous Miss Manga in Black Brown // Covergirl Waterproof Lashblast in Black Brown

Lips: NYX Butter Gloss in Strawberry Parfait

Brows: Benefit Gimme Brown in Medium Deep

Tools: Beauty Blender // Real Techniques Contour brush // EcoTools Powder Brush // Real Techniques Blush Brush // Real Techniques Base Shadow Brush // Real Techniques Deluxe Crease Brush

Hope you enjoyed it!

ttyl :)
madeleine

face of the day #1

Welcome to madeleine says’ FIRST “face of the day” post. I’ll be posting these every week to show you what looks and products I go to for all the different happenings in my life.

Today was a pretty boring day, a ran a few errands, had my dishwasher replaced and mostly sat on the couch job-hunting… and yes you guessed correctly, after being in Florida for a month I’m still unemployed! YAY for jobless adventures? Anyways, I digress. So for my makeup I kept it pretty simple. I used my favorite foundation of the moment, Benefit’s Oxygen Wow (my shade is “im so money, honey”). It has a natural, glowing finish with great coverage. I used my favorite beautyhack, Maybelline Dream Fresh BB cream in “medium/dark”, to warm up my face and add a subtle contour (see the beautyhack post for more on this!), and then went in with my Garnier roller ball to conceal and brighten my under eyes and the high points of my face. Didn’t feel like setting with powder today so I just added some color to my cheeks with Benefit’sDandelion blush. For my eyes I used one of my favorite palettes, the Lorac Pro Palette. From it I mixed “white” and “cream” for my all-over lid color and put “light bronze” in the center of the lid. Then I just put “taupe” in the crease, the outer corners and along my lower lash line. I finished the eye look off with one coat of the CovergirlBombshell Volume mascara in “ very black”. For my lips, I just put on some Burt’s Bees Wax Lip Balm.

And there it is! Hope you liked it!

FOTD Breakdown:

Base: Benefit Oxygen Wow Foundation // Garnier Skin RenewAnti-Dark Circle Eye Roller

Color: Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream // Benefit DandelionBoxed Blush

Eyes: Lorac Pro Pallete // Covergirl Bombshell VolumeMascara

Lips: Burt’s Bees Wax Lip Balm

Tools: Real Techniques: Blush Brush // Expert Face Brush // Contour Brush // Base Shadow Brush

:) ttyl,

madeleine