But, in light of the coming season, I've decided to show you a Summer Glam makeup look featuring the wonderful products I received compliments of Mary Kay and Influenster! Earlier this week I came home to a very happy mail day! One of my packages was my MKGlam VoxBox! Included was:
Everything in the box was so pretty, fresh, and summery! I was inspired to create my own look using everything! So I'm going to call this my Mary Kay Summer Glam Makeup Mini Tutorial!
So first up, I primed my face to make it a blank canvas for my makeup. I used my Yes to Blueberries Brightening Eye Roller to de-puff my eyes. This is really great for early mornings! Then I sprayed with my Lush Cosmetics Tea Tree Water Toner. Last I decided to use my Aveeno Positively Radiant Tinted Moisturizer. Now a lot of times I would use full fledged foundation, especially if I was planning on being photographed. But for this look, I felt that a tinted moisturizer was a better summer option. It's lightweight and gives you that sunkissed, dewy glow! Lastly, I put on a bit of concealer to cover any blemishes, redness, and the dark circles under my eyes that never seem to go away. I used Benefit's Boing concealer (not shown) which is a lifesaver.
So now that we're prepped and ready, next up is powders! I started off with the Mary Kay Translucent Powder to set the "foundation" and take away unwanted shine. So here is what I looked like at this point!
Now onto my favorite part, the eyes! I always love to play up my eyes with makeup! Although most of the time I go for a natural eyeshadow and a classic winged eyeliner. Which is pretty much what I did here. After touching up my eyebrows, priming my eyelids and white lining my waterline, I moved onto the shadow!
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Can you tell which are my favorites? Lol. |
I put the MK on my lids, then used the Stila "Kitten" shadow to highlight my brows, then dusted a little of the "Gilded" in my crease. Also to give my eyes a little more brightness, I put some of the "Bubbly" in the inner corners of my eyes.
There are really a lot of different ways to use this cream shadow. Another great thing about it is that its very buildable. I used about two or three light coats to get it to the intensity I liked. But you could definitely make it stand out even more if you want.
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Awkward finger swatch |
Next for the eyes was eyeliner! I am basically the eyeliner queen. I've been obsessed since about 8th grade and ever since I literally won't leave the house without it! Well, not until recently when I started working 9 to 5. Now mascara is enough to hold me off, since I already look like I haven't slept in weeks. Not much I can do to cover that anyway, haha. But I digress.
This eyeliner is fabulous. It is the MK Gel Eyeliner, and it came with the little baby brush which is adorable and equally as wonderful. It's also expandable. The liner glides on super smooth and is a really cool texture. It's not really a solid like most gel liners I've tried, but actually "gel" like in texture. To give you an idea, if I had stuck my finger in it it would have sunk to the bottom! So really, in this particular case, go light with that brush and less is definitely more. I found myself wiping the brush on the side of the pot even after taking the tiniest bit. So seriously, don't just dive on in there. You'll regret it.
Last for my eyes was the mascara. I am a mascara addict. Which is actually funny because I never even used it until my second or third year of college. I always hated the clumpy feeling it gave me. But when I got older, I tried out some different ones and eventually latched on to the Maybelline mascara collection. Seriously I bought like every new one that came out until I found my favorite. But for this look, I used the MK Mascara. I actually really like it. It's not clumpy and it doesn't feel like you're really wearing anything. But it gave my lashes a nice natural boost. I put two coats on my top and one on the outer lashes on the bottom.
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I used that little brush for my concealer! |
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The final look! |
I hope you enjoyed reading my first mini makeup tutorial as much as I did writing it! Please feel free to comment below with any questions or anything else! I always love to hear from my readers!
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XO, Briana