In my latest video I talk about how I take my neutral everyday work/school makeup look to a more intense night look.
My first piece of advice is to keep an "emergency" makeup kit on you at all times.
Keep it in your purse, the glove compartment of your car, your desk drawer, backpack, etc.
Many times in the past I have been caught off makeup guard by an event that came up after school or work that I was not prepared for.
This lead to frantic runs to Target or Sephora and impulse buying products, some that I already had at home.
So keeping some inexpensive favs stashed will save you time and money.
The other scenario that I have found myself in is knowing about an event before hand but not having time to run home to reapply my makeup after work or school.
But have no fear I have some suggestions on how to go from day to night makeup seamlessly.
Step 1: Get a Makeup Bag
You can get a makeup bag in nearly every store on the planet.
So find one that is the right size for your needs, and that you think is cute!
Then the night before (or that morning) load it up the makeup you plan to wear for evening out.
Step 2: Smokey Eye = BFF
Left to Right: NYX Ipsy Eyeshadow Trio (NYX Love in Rio Eyeshadow Palettes are very similar), Clinique Lulu Dk Palette (Try Clinique All About Shadow Quad in Teddy Bear), Urban Decay Naked Smokey Palette, Ulta Complete Eye Palette in Indie
I like to go with more neutral colors for the day because it gives me more options to play with later.
In my video I went with the Urban Decay palette.
My base day makeup was Combust on the brow bone, Radar on the lid, and Whiskey in the crease.
Also, Almay TLC Foundation, MAC Black Tied Eyeshadow, Clinique High Impact mascara and Hikari Shimmer Bronzer in Flush.
At the end of a long day eyeliner and eyeshadow can streak and run, but we can work with that!
As I show, at apparently 4:50, in my video, I blend and smudge any left overs.
Then I add a fresh line of eyeliner and blend.
Then I think I used Password or Radar on the lid.
Smolder in the crease.
Blend, blend, blend!
Reline lower waterline, run Smolder along lower lash line.
Mascara: Roller Lash from Benefit.
Step 3: Reapply Contour/Highlighter/Blush
Fix up any face colors that have faded or streaked.
I used:
e.l.f. Studio Contouring Blush & Bronzing Powder in St. Lucia
Too Faced Love Light Prismatic Highlighter in Blinded by the Light
Step 4: Clean up Oil/Streaks/Smears
Clean up any fallout from shadow, streaks from oil or perspiration, and so on.
I used:
Maybelline Fit Me concealer in Fair.
MAC Studio Fix Powder in NW10.
If you have oily or combination skin like I do the powder foundation is a great way to freshen up your look and give your skin a nice matte finish.
If you have dry skin you may want to opt for a BB cream or tinted moisturizer instead.
Step 5: Set Makeup
Once you put all this work into your look you want it to stay put for the rest of the evening.
There are some great makeup setting spays out there:
Urban Decay All Nighter Spray
Too Faced Hangerover 3-in-1 Replenishing Primer & Setting Spray
The colors for the Philadelphia Eagles are midnight green, silver, black, and white.
Playing off the Eagles' logo, I attempted to create a "feather" like eye design.
How to create a Philadelphia Eagles Inspired Makeup Look
1. Eyeshadow Primer & Silver Shadow: To get a nice blank canvas to create our Eagles inspired eyeshadow, start with an eyeshadow primer all over eyes.
Next take a silver shimmer shadow and sweep that all over lids and bit into the crease.
I used the shade Mushroom by Urban Decay. At the time of this update (February 2023) it is still available for purchase 😀
2. Black Eyeshadow & Liquid Eyeliner: Use a black eyeshadow on an angled eyeliner brush to start to etch out a feather-like shape. Start by tracing what resembles a crown across the crease of your eye, extending the points at an angle to give a more feathery appearance.
Next, go over the eyeshadow with a liquid eyeliner. Add additional "flicks" with the liner to enhance the feather idea.
The eyeshadow I used was MAC Black Tied which appears to have been discontinued (gasp!)
But Dazzleshadow Extreme from MAC in the shade 'Illuninaughty' is very close.
The liquid eyeliner I used is Fierce Flicks by Ciate London and is still available.
3. Green/Blue Eyeshadow & More Liquid Liner: On another angled eyeliner brush I took a jade eyeshadow (the closest shade I had to midnight green at the time) and traced lines next to the black ones, at about the same angle.
I used more liquid liner and ran it across my lash line and winged it out to connect it to the line in the crease.
I used Maybelline Color Tattoo Pure Pigments in Never Fade Jade, which has been discontinued.
A dupe for it and an even closer shade to the actual team color is' Conjour Up' pressed eyeshadow from Colourpop Cosmetics. A very affordable emerald-like green.
4. Silver & Black Eyeliner + Mascara: Run a silver pencil liner along the lower water line.
Take a black pencil liner and do the same only across the lower lash line.
Give the lashes two coats of volumizing mascara, on top and bottom lashes.
The silver liner (ha-ha, get it?) I used was Ulta Gel Eyeliner Pencil in Silver Dust. The shade is discontinued but NYX Epic Wear Liner Stick Long Lasting Eyeliner Pencil in 'Silver Lining' is very close.
Smashbox liner & Tarte mascara are still on the market 😉
5. White Pigment + Concealer + Highlighter: Take a shimmery white pigment on a small brush and tap it in between the jade and black shadows and in the inner corners of the eye for a nice highlight.
Clean up any shadow fallout there may be a liquid concealer.
Use a pearly light highlighter just on the high points of the face.
At the time of this update all three of these products were still available!
6. Vaseline + Eyeshadow: I didn't have a lip color in the right shade so I mixed my jade eyeshadow with some Vaseline to get a light jade gloss.
You can do the same with the Colourpop dupe; just scrape some shadow off and mix with Vaseline, or you could get a closer shade with something like NYX Shine Loud Shine High Lip Color in 'Self-Taught Millionaire'.
And then we get...
Our Philadelphia Eagles inspired makeup look!
I wanted to create a play off of the Eagle's feathers with the flicks and angles of the shadows.
I didn't have the exact shade of green back in 2018 so there is a slight variation on the shades but the overall idea of eagle feathers is still well represented.
Not the most wearable everyday makeup look but it's pretty fun for the Super Bowl.
A stronger lip color in a shade closer to the team's color would have worked wonders right here 😅
"Some of the products I used in this look.
My little set up for recording videos. Not an ideal studio but it gets the job done :)"
- Ultima Beauty 2018
I can't believe that was my "tripod" and my work station was a closed piano! How things change 😆
