Natural Look for Date Night

One of my favorite parts of my husband's and my monthly date night tradition is actually having a reason to get pretty. So often, my husband and I see each other late in the evening, after we are both already in our pajamas, and I have already removed my makeup (if I wore it at all that day; this week, I wore it twice, counting tonight) and pulled my hair back in a simple ponytail or bun for the night. It's nice to feel like, at least once a month, he gets to see me look, you know, pretty.

Tonight was our June date night. We took the hot rod (a.k.a "The Machine") to Legend Brewery downtown, drove it around The Bottom a bit, and then came home for some time around the fire pit. It was a great evening out, and below you can see how I prepared, and maybe try some of it yourself.

Hair
1. Wash and dry hair the evening before.
2. Pull up during shower to minimize getting hair wet.
3. Use the lowest setting on your hair dryer to blow dry any incidental moisture from your shower.
4. Brush and apply dry shampoo as necessary.
5. Part on one side.Choose one side (probably the side with the most hair), and twist a small portion of this hair as desired, clipping back with two bobby pins.
6. Put remaining hair in loose side ponytail, on the same side as the twisted strands.

Adding the simple twist of a few strands provides a little flair for  the loose ponytail, as shown above and below.

Makeup
1. Wash face and apply moisturizer and sunscreen as you usually would.
Eyes
1. Apply Mary Kay honey spice mineral eye color to entire lid, from lash line to brow bone.
2. Apply Mary Kay  hazelnut mineral eye color to lid only.
3. Using a brush applicator to avoid applying too darkly, apply Mary Kay cinnabar mineral eye color to crease of eyelid, all the way to outer edge of brow bone.
4. Blend with brush applicator and/or ring finger.
5. Apply Mary Kay pencil eyeliner in deep brown to top and bottom lids, close to the lash line.
6. Apply Mary Kay Ultimate Mascara in black to top and bottom lashes.

Above: Before makeup application. Below: After makeup application.

 

Above: Before makeup application. Below: After makeup application.

Face
1. Apply Mary Kay mineral cheek color in cherry to cheeks.
Lips
1. Apply Mary Kay nourishine plus lip gloss in au naturel to lips.

Above: Before makeup application. Below: After makeup application.

In the above photos of  hair, eye makeup, and the entire face, no editing was done aside from cropping and zooming. No colors have been changed; the lighting has not been changed; the levels have not been changed; the contrast has not been changed; nothing has been air brushed or otherwise altered. The images are as true to life as possible, to demonstrate a look you can achieve yourself.

And, after roughly 30 minutes, a time which includes hair, makeup, dressing, and, in this case, photography, we were out the door for date night!

On our way home from date night in The Machine