I had the opportunity to do a mini makeover on my friend and fellow blogger Kira Ramirez the other week. Since I wanted to play around a bit with the Pantone color of the year, Marsala, I knew I needed a willing model who had the right skin tone and face shape for the look I wanted to create. Kira fit the bill, and so we scheduled a makeup date to test drive the look.
Here’s what I used:
Clockwise, Viseart Matte Palette, MAC Eye pencil in Teddy and Smolder and Urban Decay glide on pencil in Zero, MAC Blacktrack gel eyeliner and Fairy Drops H2Oproof mascara.Brow Wow, MAC eyeshadow in Shade 2, MUFE eyebrow pencil in no. 4, MAC Brow brush in 263 and Clinique Brow spoolieKohl liners were used on the upper lashline and bottom lashline and smudged to create a base.MUFE Eyecream shadows shades of plum and bronze to create the Marsala color was applied on the eyelid crease and smoked on the bottom lashline.Focus on the lashline.No Tears!A MAC blending brush in 217 was used to remove all the harsh edges on the eye. A soft brown color was applied on top of the crease as a transitional color and to add depth to the eye. MAC Blacktrack gel eyeliner was applied and I made a slight wing on the outer part to elongate her eyes.217 lashes were used to enhance her eyes.Not a torture weapon, but eyelash tongs to secure the lashes on Kira’s eyes.I’ve combined MAC Pinch me center bottom and Blushbaby center top to give her cheeks a flush of color.MUFE Contour powder in 1 and 2 were used to sculpt and give warmth to her cheeks.These two combined give a Marsala color.L-R L’Oreal Bare Mocha, Estee Lauder Forbidden Kiss and Marsala LipstickApplying the combined colors on KiraIn the words of Ricky Reyes, Eto ang finished product. A Beaming Kira!
Do you like this look on Kira? Give me your comments below.
A big shout out to EDSA Beverage Design Company’s Manila Coworking HoneyComb and Martine De Luna for the location shoot and for Kira Ramirez for being my ganado model and for being so helpful in shooting the photos for the blog. A true blogger who made DIY look so easy!
