{Daily Buzz Style 9x9 Challenge} Day to Night Makeup Tutorial

Hi everyone!  Something new & a bit unexpected happening here today!  
I was selected to participate in the Daily Buzz Style 9x9 Challenge and I'm so excited because 

this month it's all about transitioning our makeup look from daytime to night.

I LOVE makeup, love it...so this was especially fun for me. 
Plus, I would like to incorporate more beauty posts here, so let me know what you'd like to see!

This is a tutorial of sorts, but honestly it is so so easy! For me, nighttime makeup means one thing: smoky eyes.  And since I'm loving the metallic trend I wanted to add a touch of that too.

{This is my basic daytime look: concealer / mineral foundation / bronzer / mascara / chapstick.  
This is the base of where we'll start to transition into a nighttime look.}

{Step 1: add eyeliner to inner corner of eyes only and base shadow of gold.
I used MAC sunrise.}

{Step 2: It's so simple. Use black kohl liner for the smoky eye.
I literally just draw it onto my eyelid and blend, blend, blend with my fingers. 
I used a cheap eyeliner from F21.}

{don't be afraid! just draw the liner onto your lid and blend!}

{You can then touch up the gold shadow again and blend some more!
Then sweep highlighting powder under the arch of the brow. 
You can see it's darkest at the outer corner and gets lighter as it fades in.}

{I added a little lipliner & gloss and that's it! My final nighttime look}

{I achieved this look using only 3 extra items for my eyes.
I added eyeliner, base shadow in gold, and a white highlighting cube}

FRESHEN UP

We're not going to start at the beginning. This process assumes that you've already put your face on in the morning (concealer, foundation, powder, blush and mascara). You all know how to do that already! So here's where I come in, when you've been wearing the makeup all day. You're still pretty :) you just need to get back to a fresh palette. Use oil blotting sheets or if you don't have any handy, use the toilet seat covers in your office bathroom...works perfectly! Then a dusting of loose powder. Lovely!

CHEEKS

By the end of the day, you will have lost some of the color in your skin so there's a need for more blush or bronzer...just add some to the apples of of your cheeks.  Smile and swirl! Sometimes I like to add a quick sweep down the bridge of my nose too.

EYES

For me, the eyes have it. Smoky eyes is the quintessential nighttime makeup look. I like it to look a bit messy and smudgy so I usually use a black kohl pencil because it smudges easier. You can put on a thicker line and smudge it higher up on the eyelid to make it look like shadow.

The base of any smoky eye should be a lighter color swept all over the lid. Then the darker color should be heaviest at the outer corner and fade as it comes in towards the middle of the eyelid.

LIPS

When your eyes are the focus, you should downplay your lips. But that doesn't mean you should forget them completely! Draw a thin line of nude lipliner to accentuate the fullness and a clear lipgloss or one that's a few shades darker than your natural color.  Don't be afraid of lipliner! If used correctly, that is the lipliner is drawn on your natural line and not outside of that, it will make your lips look full and luscious. Even a tad outside your natural line and you'll look like you stepped out of 1991.

SPARKLE

I'm a huge fan of a bit of shimmer, I think it's essential for your nighttime look. You can use shimmer powder to accentuate cheekbones and under the arch of your brow. If you don't have shimmer or highlighting powder, then just use white or pearly eye shadow. It's all the same thing!

that's it!

do you have any other tips to share?

don't forget to check Daily Buzz Style on Thursday to see how the other bloggers went from day to night!


Also, one last thing: I'm over at Walks with Bella today. The always stunning Tamra let me take over her blog to share my style for an upcoming destination bachelerotte party I'm heading to in a few weeks! Pop over to check it out.

have a lovely day,

xx

A quick note: I do not believe you have to spend a fortune on makeup to achieve the look like you want. I don't want to vouch for one product over another, so my focus was on technique, not the actual products. Personally, I think it's more important to invest in beauty products to treat your skin...night cream, eye cream, face wash, et al...rather than the color products. 

{lookbook} DailyBuzz Style 9x9 Challenge: Colored Pants

Hello lovies! I told y'all I would have another exciting announcement and this is it!  I was selected by DailyBuzz Style as 1 of 9 bloggers to participate in a style challenge centered around one of Fall's hottest trends: colored pants.  DailyBuzz Style gave us just 9 hours to shop, put together the outfit, and photograph the look.  It was a blast!  I've been so inspired by the colored pants trend, and although I'm more of a pencil skirt kind of gal, I was really excited to try something new!  I also wear a lot of black so this really was a challenge for me, but I had picked out so many options...it was hard to choose just one!  In the end, I decided to go with a daytime outfit inspired by the warm hues of the season.  This look incorporates my favorite color orange, two patterns I love: houndstooth and paisley, and even an unexpected pop of leopard in my shoes.  Here's what I came up with: