Audrey Hepburn Inspired Makeup Look
Hi guys! I have
been planning this blog post for the longest time. After lots of brainstorming
and going through several inspirational posts this post looks just the way I
wanted it to look like.
Audrey
Hepburn is a huge inspiration to me not only with regards to her make up or
sense of styling but also her personality and her ideas.
So here’s a tutorial on a makeup look that is inspired by Audrey Hepburn. You
can make it an everyday look too as its easy and doesn’t use too many products
or consume too much of time.
The first
step is to use a primer. Many people skip this step but believe me it makes a
lot of difference. It prevents your makeup from wearing out
quickly. The second step is to apply loose
powder to get a "flawless foundation" look. It helps your base stay matte for
longer period and prevents your makeup from creasing. Just apply your
powder normally. The primer and loose powder that I use are from Bharat and
Doris.
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| Primer and Powder that I use |
The next
step is concealer followed by foundation. I use the NYX Above & Beyond full
coverage concealer and Maybelline Fit Me foundation in the shade 230. Use
concealer to hide away your blemishes or any other imperfections. You can apply
it under your eyes to get a highlighted effect too. You can blend it with your
fingers or use a beauty blender to do the same.
The foundation I use has a
medium to high coverage and doesn’t feel heavy on my skin which I love and is
also probably the only quality I look for in a foundation. It is also a pore
less foundation which means it won’t clog my pores. I use a beauty blender to
apply my foundation as it is much easier and helps me blend well. The trick to
prevent your foundation from settling in your creases is to blend your
foundation thoroughly and I mean thoroughly. You should spend at least about
6-7 minutes just to blend that foundation in to get a natural looking skin. This
should not give you oily skin after many ours of applying it too.
The final
step to your base makeup for this look is baking. Yes I bake my face. For those
of you who don’t know what baking your face means: it is a method where you
apply loose powder specifically, not any other powder ONLY loose powder on your
face in the areas which tend to get oily and the ones that need to be
highlighted. This helps your face stay matte for longer times. You might feel
that this is a routine for heavy makeup but trust me it is not. It works
wonders and will let your makeup last longer. “Wipe” the powder using a soft
face brush after at least 3-4 minutes so it gets time to settle well and in the
mean time you can do your eyebrows which actually brings us to our next step.
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| After Baking, doing my brows and blush. |
Before applying my eyeshadow I used my Urban Decay eyeshadow
primer so that the shadow stays on all day. For my base shadow I applied a
mixture of the 3rd and the 5th shade from my Maybelline
The Blushed Nudes eyeshadow palette. These are more shiny nude shades.
Later I
applied some darker shades that are shade 7 and 10 from Maybelline’s the Nudes
palette in the crease and the outer corner of my eyes. This helps countour my eyes.
This eye look can
basically double as a cut crease look. Make sure you blend the crease shadow
with the lid shadow really well using a blending brush. Next to finish with the eyeshadow I took the same blending brush I earlier and applied a little bit of MAC’s
Embark eyeshadow a bit over my crease and blended it well.
To finish it
all up I added a thin winged eyeliner with a small wing and curled my lashes
using the eyelash curler and applied Benefit’s Roller lash mascara (to make my lashes longer) followed by
Chanel’s Le Volume de Chanel Mascara (to give some volume to my lashes). You
can even apply some false lashes but I suck at doing that so I didn’t even try
it.
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| The eyeliner I used is from Stilla Cosmetics |
To finish up
the whole look I wore my favourite lipstick from Bobbi Brown in the shade Soft
Rose. It’s a nude pink colour. You would see Audrey either in such nude pink
shades or a signature bright red lipstick. Since I was going for more of an
everyday look I decided on using this lipstick rather than the bright red
lipstick. But to be honest, you can use any shade of lipstick with this look.
All of them will look just as good and pop out from the rest of the make up.
So here it
is the end of this make up tutorial. Hope you liked it and would love to try
it. If you’re reading this thank you for reading the whole post I really
appreciate it.
See you
soon!
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