Hi Beauties,
Spring Racing season is here! In other words, it’s time to find gorgeous floaty frocks, call
together your best gal pals and help each other perfect beautiful race day
faces.
There’s a very fine line between amazing race day makeup, and some rather
woeful looks. What CAN pull a beautifully made up face into dangerous territory
is when either too little or too much makeup is applied.
Spring Racing beauty is all about accentuating
your most gorgeous features, you’re allowed to have a little more fun and be brave when track side -
so don’t wear your familiar
and safe 9-5 work makeup.
On the same note, avoid black eyeshadows, super
glittery bronzers and thick cat eye flicks thanks to liquid eyeliner - although
the above look very glamorous at nighttime, they can appear too heavy for a day
time soiree at the races.
The most fail safe makeup look that will suit
every skin, hair and eye colour is a polished red lip, a sultry brown smokey
eye and natural looking false eyelashes - all eyes will be on you!
Follow my steps below to get the look:
1.
It’s true what they say. Not to prime IS a crime, especially when you’ll be outdoors all day in the sun. I
suggest a quick smear of NP Set’s Brightening
Pre-Foundation Primer ($33 Purchase here) on clean skin. It will help your foundation to stay all day.
2. Next prime your eyelids, this
look requires a brown smokey eye so a eyeshadow primer is essential - otherwise
you won’t just be gambling on
the horses on race day, but with how far your eyeshadow will slide off your
lids. I love Too Faced Shadow Insurance in Candlelight, ($26 Purchase here).
3.
Time to create gorgeous skin
without a blemish in sight. I’m currently in love
with Elizabeth Arden’s Flawless Finish
Sponge On Cream Makeup, ($40.60 Purchase here).
I use a kabuki blending brush to buff the cream in. This foundation offers
fabulous coverage that will last all day, it also covers even the most dark
blemishes.
4.
Now, it’s time to frame your face. Take Becca’s Shimmering Skin Perfecter Pressed Powder’s in Moonstone (the illuminator) and Topaz (the bronzer) ($60 each Purchase here).
Start with Topaz and carefully contour the bronze shade under your cheekbones
and softly around your hair line for a sun kissed look. With Moonstone, the
illuminator, brush the powder across the top of your cheek and brow bones.
5.
Next, take Models Prefer
Essential Brow Kit ($12.99 Purchase here).
With a small bristled brush, carefully draw in your brows with the natural
brown pigment. Statement arches are a must for this look.
6.
Taking a small blending brush,
open up M.A.C’s pressed eyeshadow
pigment in Arena ($33 Purchase here),
it’s a stunning matte
bronze shade. Swipe it all over your eyelid up until your natural crease. Make
sure to blend, blend, blend so that there are no harsh lines.
7.
Grabbing CK One’s eyeshadow in Driven, ($30 Purchase here)
a deep brown chocolate with a hint of sparkle, with a small clean brush pop the
pigment on the outer corner of the eyelid socket creating a clean ‘V’ shape. Take another clean brush and buff this dark shade into the
bronze colour we applied earlier to create a stunning smokey eye.
8.
Take Rimmel London’s Scandaleyes Eyeshadow Crayon in Witness
White ($6.47 Purchase here)
and line your bottom waterline and the inner corner of your eye. With a clean
finger blot the white shade until it looks natural.
9.
With the tiny brush you used
above for the dark chocolate, run the bristles (that still have the dark
pigment on them) under your bottom lash line to open up your eyes.
10. Take Ardell’s Demi False
eyelashes in Natural 120 ($9.99 link Purchase here)
and apply them to your upper eyelashes. My number one tip is to always apply a
neat line of glue and wait at least 1 minute before you even think of sticking
them on. You want the glue to become tacky so that your false eyelashes adhere
straight away. It makes the job so much easier!
11. Once your eyelashes have set, take Nude by Nature’s Liquid Mineral Concealer ($19.95 Purchase here)
and pop a little bit under your under eye bags to clean up any fall out from
your dark eyeshadow. Blend the concealer out with a small buffing brush.
12. Take The Balm’s Body Builder
Mascara ($24.95 Purchase here)
and swipe a few lashings on your upper and bottom eyelashes.
13. Lastly, pick up Maybelline New York’s Colorsensational Bold Matte lipstick in Mat5 ($16.95 Purchase here)-
a stunning cherry red. Give your puckers two coats of the hue. This lipstick
will last you all day and looks stunning on light and dark complexions.
That’s it pretty peacocks. If you create this look for yourself for an
upcoming race meet make sure to tag @katiesfashion and @sarahwhat_bb!
Love,
Sarah xx
