Glossy-A-Go-Go!
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There’s a rumor that the “no makeup” look is about to make a strong comeback. But, there are happy mediums for women who love to play in their makeup “sandbox!”
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One of the most wearable easy trends back this Summer is an eye and face gloss look – which can be applied even with finger tips in a pinch – that gives a subtle sheen to the eyes, cheeks, and lips. It’s a great way to enhance your natural look or even soften a too harsh application of color.
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Recently, my friend Alexa Ashley Hiken, of L’Apparenza, and I used that “glossy” approach while also experimenting with that resurgence of those 90’s frosted lips that have re-entered the scene.
To achieve the most flattering mix of these trends, we tried out a BB cream by Smashbox in medium with a tinted under eye brightener by Bare Minerals to even out the skin. We skipped the translucent powder opting for Laura Mercier’s Candleglow to let her shine a bit. To add quick color all over – a new makeup term called “draping” – we took Smashbox “Beverly Hills ” blush stick, dabbing it on the high points of cheeks, eye crease, and lips. I left the brows simple with a blonde brow gel for light grooming. Then we played up her eyes with Nars and YSL shadows in seafoam blue-green – another throwback trend that has been resurfacing every few summers with nods to glamour girls like 60’s Liz Taylor and modern-day Day J-Lo.
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Alexa shows how the whole thing is pulled together; softened and modernized by a little face gloss, making it a great daytime-to-evening transitional look, that’s summertime beachy, too!
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BEFORE – I recently met event planner and women’s business coach Candice Denise – beautiful even “makeup-free” – after she won a free makeup session with me at Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland’s “Hats & Horses: An Evening at the Races” fundraiser.
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As a makeup artist who’s been around for a while, one of my chief concerns is keeping up with the new trends for my clients. Often that means adapting a new look to make it work for the person. I decided to go for the same glossy retro look I’d done for Alexa, even using many of the same products.
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AFTER – When using the pink-colored face glow all over, think of it more as a highlighter for deeper tones than a blush. These new face glosses have been a great way to keep deeper skin looking vibrant and avoid the over-powdered look many struggle with. To make it work on lips as well and keep the frost from overwhelming, we added a plum lip pencil to pull the look together and smudged it in to avoid the harsh look of the past decade. To make Candice’s eyes pop, I used the same shadow technique I used on Alexa. But, first I put a base under it to maintain the vibrancy of seafoam. This balanced her deep-colored almond eyes, where I first dabbed black khol pencil before following up with that seafoam shadow. End result? GORG!