New look help

Aug 5, 2014

Ray B.

Hi!
Okay, I switched up my routine to use baking soda and water exfoliation every week, a Bentonite clay mask every week, and then African black soap and a aspirin/water/ACV toner. My skin is getting super clear, (which I'm happy about because my 14th is Friday, and Monday I start at early college 😁)
But I want a simple makeup look, I don't know how to make tight lining and no mascara look good but I want it to work. Simple so I don't have to take of crumbling mascara for fifteen minutes.
Please some ideas :(

Aug 5, 2014

Aubrie V.

I would say if you don't want to focus on your eyes/lashes, focus on your brows. Maybe fill them in a little thicker than usual and make them really defined. The natural eye should even out the look :)

Aug 5, 2014

Teri A.

Hi Ray. First off, congratulations on starting college at 14! Whoa! That is a major accomplishment! Brains and beauty!! You are going to be unstoppable!
I love your idea of tight lining. It is absolutely a great way to add thickness to the look of your lashes and also definition to your eyes without mascara. Just be sure that if you use any eyeshadow that you clean up any bits that fall onto your lashes so that they don't end up looking whited out:) Oh, and do your shadow first and then the tight line.
Okay, here is my suggestion. There are several ways to tight line. But since you don't know how yet I believe the best first method is with a push brush. Have a look at Trish McEvoy's #11/Precise Lining Brush. You can find a dupe for it most anywhere. Once you have that you need a pressed powder eye shadow or pressed powder liner. It has to be HIGHLY pigmented or it won't work as well. The key to this method is all in the way you hold the brush in your hand, and manipulate your eyes. Dip the brush into the powder and then hold it like you would hold a lollipop or ice cream cone. Do not hold it like a pencil or you won't be able to hit the roots of your lashes as precisely as you need to. Looking into a mirror, hold your head back almost as if you were looking down your nose at someone, LOL! Take the white part of the brush and pull down on your top lashes. This is just to get them out of the way:) Press and wiggle the pigment into the lash line (top, not the bottom side near the waterline). Then do this all the way across. Never drag the brush. Just press it and wiggle gently into the lash line, pick it up, reapply the product to the brush, and go to the next spot to do all over again. When you get to the inner corners of your eyes near your nose, keep your face forward and glance off to the right with your eyes. This will straighten the right inner corner of your eye just enough so you can press and wiggle the pigment into the lash line without the worry of the contour of the eye causing you to smudge the color. And when you are ready to do the inner corner on the left side, just glance your eyes directly to the left with your face staying straight into the mirror. It's that simple:) If you want to wing your liner you can do that too with this method! Don't forget to curl your lashes when you are done. Also, when you are ready to clean the push brush use one of the cheap white bar soaps like Ivory. Just swipe it under running water onto the soap and it will clean up like new! Also, this method can cause the powder shadow to "fall out" while you are applying it. Use a bit of loose powder under your eyes so you can just swipe off any bits with a cotton ball when you are done. Or, you can use guards or a tissue. Good luck! I think it will be beautiful!

Aug 5, 2014

Genevieve D.

Wow Aubrie, that is one full tutorial! thanks I really liked reading it it was super helpfull!!

Aug 5, 2014

Genevieve D.

Oupsy I meant Teri (my phone sucks sometimes argh)

Aug 5, 2014

Ray B.

Thank you so much Teri! And thank you again, college at fourteen is going to be a little hectic 😂