5-Minute Makeup Look & How to Wear Bright Lipstick
5-Minute Makeup Look & How to Wear Bright Lipstick
With all of the Summer Season lipsticks we’ve featured (and the many more to come!), it’s only natural to wonder how one can wear some of those vibrant, retina-burning shades. One of my favorite ways (and easiest!) is to pair whatever bright lip you want to wear with very neutral eyes.
You will need the following…
- Eyes: MAC Soft Ochre Paint Pot (neutral beige base), MAC Hey Eyeshadow (peach champagne), MAC Sorcery Eyeshadow (matte burgundy), MAC Prepped for Glamour Eyeshadow (dark taupe brown), MAC Almost Noir Pearlglide Eyeliner (burgundy-black), MAC Plushlash Mascara (black)
- Face: Make Up For Ever HD Foundation (140)
- Cheeks: Chanel Terre d’or Soleil Tan de Chanel (bronzer)
- Lips: Make Up For Ever #203 Lipstick (bright pink), Illamasqua Frenzy Intense Lipgloss (bright pink)
- Brushes: 226 (fluffy crease brush), 219 (pointed crease brush), 249 (flat, firm brush), 239 (fluffy shadow brush), 116 (dense blush brush)
- Substitutes: N/A
For eyes, start by applying Soft Ochre paint pot as your eyeshadow base all over the eye area with the 249. Using the 239, apply Hey eyeshadow all over the eyelid. Next, apply Sorcery eyeshadow on the outer third of the eyelid and lightly blend with the outer crease. Lightly blend Prepped for Glamour eyeshadow, with the 239, on the outer corner and lid. Lightly tap and brush Hey eyeshadow directly above the crease to soften. To finish the eyeshadow look, sweep Heyeyeshadow as a highlighter on the brow bone. Bring everything together by applying Almost Noir pearlglide liner on the lower lash line and finish by sweeping lashes with Plushlash mascara.
For cheeks, apply Terre d’or to the apples of the cheeks and sweep upwards towards the temple with the 116.
For lips, apply #203 lipstick first, and then layer Frenzy lipgloss for a complementing lip.
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Nice!! That lip color is DIVINE.
OMG loveeee it! Do you know any dupes for Hey eyeshadow? I have Benefit R.S.V.P. and leggy. I also have MAC naked lunch and Stila kitten eyeshadow but I haven't found what I'm been looking for. They're pretty but I'm looking for like a metallic sheen.
wOw u lOok gOrgeOus! U and SELINA have resemblance..
Thanks, Joanne!
Very pretty!!
Thanks, Charmaine!
Love this look, you look gorgeous!! However, what do you think of like, wearing a loud eye and a loud lip?! Do you think it's possible?! I want to try it... I wear glasses so often I can wear a dramatic eye and the glasses like, mutes it and then I wear a bright lip but I'd like a way to do it... tastefully, if that makes sense XD
Thanks, Janora! Yes, of course it's possible :) I do it all the time - check the looks archive for some ideas!
Ur gawguss!!!
Thanks, Chi!
i love this look
Thank you, Jaspreet!
Ohhhhhh my gosh, just love it beautiful as always, christine
Thank you, Ilmy! :)
I LOVE the color on the lips. :)
Thanks, Tavia!
my secret for wearing bright lips is using a clear lipliner. it keeps color in place and you don't need to coordinate with every lipstick.
Great tip!
This is gorgeous...I love the simplicity of this look - the bright pink lips but simple eyes. Your dark eyebrows make it looks even better! I wear a similar look to this, but use MAC's lovelorn.
Thank you so much, Sophie!
this look is amazing!!! screams summer and it's super pretty!!!
Thanks, Luisafer!
i love your eyes they are such a pretty color!
Thanks a lot, Tori!
that colour of lipstick looks beautiful with your skintone. it doesn't even look too overly-bright because it compliments you so well.
Thanks, Sara!
wow love the lips, love the eyes, love everything!!! I'm going to get the eyeshadow!! Do you have any recommendation for a lip color similar in MAC? How do you like the HD foundation? do you think it would work for combination skin?
Thanks, CC! Try Girl About Town :) I like it for photos - it doesn't really wow me so much in person, but it always photographs well. I'd wear it on my wedding :P I think it would work for combo skin, though.
WOW! KNOCKOUT! im gonna try this
Thank ya, Inaya!
wow. i love your eye makeup. so simple yet its so nice to look at. love the lips too. the color is like MAC's Show Orchid right?
Thanks, Irish! Not really - it doesn't have the fuchsia/purple tones of Show Orchid.
i did the same look today with those 3 e.s , just add color l/g and fleur power blush by mac , but i also added mac undecurrent e.s under the lashline and smugded some on top and in the corner of eye. it looked awesome christine. u should try it . u could prob also use mac desert rose blush and true babe l/g with the look. i so want to get the almost noir , designer purple and black line pearlglide eye liners by mac. i luv them!
Gorgeous -- I love this! I would never be able to do it in five minutes, though :P
Thanks, Rae :)
totally diggin' this look!!! I like how the eyeshadows look, hmmm.. almost moist? very sultry :)
Ha! Thanks, Brenda :)
Wow! Such a pop of colour. Completely brightens up your face. This is why I absolutely lurve fuchsia!
Thanks so much, Kat!
Christine u look soo pretty!!!! Ur eyes are just GORGEOUS!
Thanks, Mia! :)
What would be a good mac dupe for the mufe lipstick? I do not like the smell of the mufe lipsticks at all.
Maybe something like Girl About Town or Impassioned.
This is AMAZING!! it's a neutral eye look with a pop of colour on the lips!! Look's great on you :)
Thank you, Rita!
I love this look on you it really balances the bright lip.
Thanks so much, Diana!
Hey Christine! It definitely looks beautiful, especially those lips. Although if I were to pull off this look, I'd make sure anyone who'd want to kiss me wasn't around, if you know what i mean...
LOL! Yeah, the boyfriend won't go near me with lipstick on :P
Wow! Smokin' look! Love it!
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