Makeup Look: The Grammys

The following items from our Makeup Kit will be used:

• Complexion Primer
• 130 Concealer Brush
• 10 Color Concealer Palette and Corrector Concealer Quad
• 125 Foundation Brush
• 5 Color Liquid Foundation
• Stainless Steel Mixing Palette and Spatula
• 126 Powder Brush
• 6 Color Pressed Powder Palette or HD Translucent Powder
• 212 Spoolie Brush
• 207 Angle Eyeliner Brush
• Trio Brow Palette
• 221 All Over Eye Blender Brush
• 204 Crease Brush or 219 Precision Crease Brush
• 15 Color Eye Shadow Palette- Neutral
• Black or Brown Eyeliner Pencil
• Eyelash Curler
• Mascara
• 127 Blush Brush
• 10 Color Blush Palette- Neutral
• Lip liner Pencil
• 316 Lip Brush
• 10 Color Lip Palette- Bright
• Natural Lip Gloss

Now let’s start with the practical…

Step 1: Squeeze a small amount of Complexion Primer into the palm of your hand and apply it all over your client’s face.

Step 2: Take your Corrector Concealer Quad and apply the appropriate color over any areas that need coverage such as dark circles, red pimples, pigmentation or varicose veins. Make sure that you apply cover stick over your client’s eyes as well. This will help the rest of her makeup to stick to the skin.
*Green cover stick are used on any red areas such as pimples, varicose veins, etc. Purple cover stick is used on any yellow areas such as pigmentation marks and orange cover stick are used on any blue areas such as dark circles.If you just want to even out your skin tone, then it is best to use a concealer color in the 10 Color Concealer Palette that is 1-2 shades lighter than your normal skin tone.

Step 3: Squeeze a bit of Liquid Foundation onto the Stainless Steel Mixing Palette.Take your 125 Foundation Brush/Spatula and gently mix the foundation on the Stainless Steel Mixing Palette before applying it to the skin.Begin at the one side of your client’s face and work your way to the other side. Make sure that you apply the foundation in downwards stroking movements. If her neck color is hugely different than the color of her face, then you need to apply the same shade of foundation onto her neck as well.

Step 4: Take a foundation sponge and blend the foundation from her hairline, working downwards towards her jaw line.

Step 5 -Take your HD Loose Translucent Powder and dip your 126 Powder Brush into it. Shake off the excess powder by gently dusting the powder brush on the top of your hand. Begin by pressing the powder onto your client’s face, working from her hairline downwards to her jaw line. Concentrate especially on the eyelids and the lips. The main purpose of the powder is to ensure that the eye shadow and lipstick stays on for longer.If you rather want to use a compact/pressed powder, then you can use your 126 Powder Brush or Powder Sponge to apply it.

Step 6: Wipe your powder brush with a clean tissue to remove any excess powder from it. 

Step 7: Take your powder brush and remove any excess powder from your face.

Step 8: Take your 212 Spoolie Brush and comb your client’s eyebrows neatly.

Step 9: Choose a brow powder/eye shadow appropriate to the color of your client’s hair.
Take your 207 Angle Eyeliner Brush and dip it softly into your trio brow palette. Apply the eye shadow in the direction of hair growth to ensure a natural look. Never “draw” the color onto your client’s eyebrows as this will only create an artificial appearance.When using a pencil, make sure that you use feathering strokes to fill in the areas that needs filling and go gently on the areas which don’t need much filling in.

Step 10: Take a highlighting color like white, cream or beige. Apply this color with your 221 All Over Eye Blender Brush, starting just underneath your client’s eyebrows and work downwards to her eyelids.

Step 11: Take your 204 Crease Brush and apply a medium brown eye shadow color in the crease of her eyes.

Step 12: Take your 207 Angle Eyeliner Brush and dip it into the navy blue gel eyeliner. Use your 207 Angle Eyeliner brush to apply this color at the top as well as bottom eyelashes. The eyeliner line must be taken upwards at the end.

Step 13: Take your black mascara and lightly dab the lash liner brush against the rim of the mascara. This ensures that there is just the right amount of mascara on your brush. Ask your client to keep her eyes closed. Use your other hand and gently lift her eyelid up. Put the mascara brush at the base of the upper eyelid and make zigzag movements till the end of the eyelashes. This movement will prevent her eyelashes from clumping and will give them a fuller look. Repeat this process 2-3 times until you get the desired look.

Step 14: Also apply mascara onto her lower lashes. If she doesn’t have a lot of lashes here, then it is best to apply the mascara perpendicular to her eyes and start by running it lightly along her eyelashes. If she has thick eyelashes at the bottom, then you can apply the mascara the same way as you would with the top eyelashes.

Step 15: Take your 127 Blush Brush and dip it into a light bronze blush color. Shake off any excess blush onto your hand or dab it slightly on the rim of the blush box. Ask your client to smile and apply the blush upwards in a straight line, beginning opposite of her nose and taking it upwards till the outside corners of her eyes. Take the same brush and make circular movements over that line that you have drawn. This will ensure that there are no visible streaks on her cheeks.If too much blush color has been used, then you can take a foundation sponge and lightly swipe it over the applied blush color. Or you can dab your 126 Powder Brush into the HD Translucent Powder and lightly go over that area.

Step 16: Take the deep red lip liner pencil and begin to line her lips on the upper lip, taking the line outwards to the corners of her mouth. Do the same at her lower lip.Choose a shade that is the natural color of her lips or choose a shade that is the same as the lipstick that you are going to use.

Step 17: Take the lip liner and gently fill in your client’s lips with it.

Step 18: Take your powder sponge and lightly dip it into your HD Translucent Powder. The powder acts as a holding base for the lipstick, ensuring that it stays on longer.

Step 19: Take your 316 Lipstick Brush and wipe it over a bright pink/fuschia lipstick color. Apply it all over your client’s lips, starting from the upper lip and doing the same on her lower lip.
*For daytime, matte finish lipsticks are best to use whereas for night time, glossy or shiny lipsticks work well.

Step 20: Pat another layer of HD Translucent Powder over the lipstick and repeat the same process of lipstick application one more time.

Step 21: Finally, take your crimson pearl lip gloss tube and apply either a colored lip gloss or light pastel shade over your client’s lipstick.