From Pinned Up to Glamourous! (Winged eye and Red lip tutorial)

 

Hey Babez!! Hope you all are having a great Thursday!! Hold up..what you say? The Rihanna Hearts MAC Collection launches today at the MAC Counters?! Yes I know, I know..I already have a few of the items as you will see in this post. Did anyone else get any items from RiRi’s collection? If so leave me a comment with what you got! Right now I want to talk about this classic makeup look for Trendy Thursday and it is inspired by this classic beauty, Marilyn Monroe! I am a Marilyn lover…if you didn’t know now you know! This siren’s signature makeup look has been worn as a gal’s everyday look all the way to a glamorous evening look.  There is so much versatility and class in these two simple steps: a fierce winged eye and a bold strawberry kissed red lip. Although I will show my CustomEYEZ’d recreation of this look, I will only give tips on eyeliner and lipstick application today. My foundation, highlight, contour, brow defining and lash application will be available in future posts. K..here we go!

For the winged eyeliner:

·         Place concealer (MAC Studio Finish Concealer SPF 35 NW 40, not shown) on eyelid up to crease area blending out with fingers.

·         Buff and sweep deep brown eyeshadow (MAC Ground Brown-not at MAC Counters, but available online) into crease area creating a contour or shadow effect with blending brush (MAC #224 brush).

·         Blend the deep brown eyeshadow out with skin tone pressed powder or eyeshadow (Dark Mineralized SkinFinish Natural) with same blending brush and apply on top of crease color and on eyelid.

·         Line eyes with a gel black liner (MAC Black Black Chromaline Gel Liner- Pro product ) with a precise eyeliner brush (MAC #210 brush) close to the lashline from the inner corner to outer corner of eye. To complete the wing, draw a line angled upwards from outer corner of eye.

Rayci’s Recommendation: For beginners, follow the lower lashline upward as a guide for your wing and use a moistened, with water or makeup remover, q-tip to clean up angle of wing if necessary.

·         Line the lower lashline with a water resistant pencil liner (MAC Engraved) and line waterline with a white liner (No name brand).

·         Apply one coat of mascara if you are applying lashes or two coats if not (MAC False Lashes Waterproof).

·         Apply lashes (ModLash #33, Walgreens) for added drama. Apply with eyelash glue (Duo Lash Glue in dark, Walgreens). Items used not pictured in tutorial.

For Lips:

 

·         Prime lips with lip primer (MAC Prep &Prime Lip).

·         Line and fill in lips entirely with red lipliner (RiRi Woo Prolongwear Lip liner, limited edition RiRi Hearts MAC Collection).

·         Line lips with darker wine color (MAC Vino Lip liner).

·         Apply red lipstick (RiRi Woo Lipstick, limited edition RiRi Hearts MAC) and blend with darker liner.

Well don’t you look all nice and “Pinned Up” now!! This look can be CustomEYEZ'd for any complexion!! The beautiful redhead on my right is my friend and fellow makeup artist, Tori, rocking the exact same lip in the tutorial with MAC Blanc Type and Kidd (discontinued) eyeshadows on her lid and crease!

 

Tomorrow’s Focus Look Fridays topic is centered around one of  Rihanna’s pics from her “Pour It Up" video shoot posted on Instagram this past week (www.instagram.com/badgalriri). Rihanna rocked this classic “pin up look” in her own edgy and glamorous way…come back tomorrow to see how I CustomEYEZ a “colored brow” to go with my newest hair color for the fall! See ya later Babez!!

 

You can find the items I used at www.maccosmetics.com and www.walgreens.com.

And I will leave you with this...Marilyn said it best!

 

"I said pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together."-Marilyn Monroe

 

xoxo,

Rayci