Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Simple, Subtle, Speedy: Daytime Makeup

I got up at 4:50 this morning. Two hours later, I left my house for work.

I spent forty-five minutes or so eating breakfast over some reading and doing a few things around the house, and forty-five minutes or so taking my dogs for a nice morning walk.

Only twenty minutes of those two hours were spent primping for the day. But I like to think I looked pretty put-together. Below are photos of the look. Below those, you can find steps to achieve it and what products were used. It's nothing fancy, just simple, natural-looking workday makeup.







Hair
*Previously washed and allowed to air dry.
1. Brush hair with round brush.
2. Apply dry shampoo as needed (see steps for this in the Dry Shampoo post from April 11).
3. Pull hair back in simple, low ponytail.
Product used: Suave Dry Shampoo

Skin
1. Wash with  Mary Kay TimeWise 3-in-1 cleanser. Pat dry with towel.
2.  Apply Mary Kay TimeWise Age-Fighting Moisturizer and Day Solution Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 35.
3. Apply Cover Girl blush in Iced Plum (510) to the apples of your cheeks. Using light sweeping motion with fingers, blend blush into skin.
*No foundation or powder was used in this look.

Lips
1. Apply Chapstick brand mint chapstick (the green tube).

Eyes
1. Apply Maybelline EyeStudio Green with Envy quartet (40), the light beige shade, to the entire lid, from lash line to brow.
2. Apply golden shade from the same quartet to the crease of the eyelid. Begin at the inner corner of the eye, and draw the eyeshadow to the edge of the brow.
3. Blend Mary Kay Silver Satin Mineral Eye Shadow into the edge of brow, where the line of gold ends or begins to fade.
4. To top and bottom eyelids, apply Cover Girl pencil eyeliner in basic black.
5. Apply Mary Kay Ultimate Mascara to upper and lower lashes.

Voila! You're out the door and in to work not only on time, but a little early.

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