Blogmas Day 2: Victoria's Secret Makeup

Adriana Lima VS makeup.... love replacing blush with a shimmering bronzer in summer.

It's almost that time of year again...Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Time! Every girl sometimes has one of those days when you just need a pick me up, and sometimes natural and glamorous makeup is just that pick me up.

Face:
1. Start with an airbrushing primer, blend it all over your skin and down your neck. Jessie's Picks: VS Airbrush FX Primer. Hourglass Veil Mineral Primer
2. Next take your favourite tinted moisturizer or BB cream and buff that into the skin. Jessie's Picks: Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer Oil-Free. Garnier Miracle Skin Perfector All in One.
3. Take a warm and shimmery bronzer and apply where the sun naturally hits your face, so your forehead, nose, chin, and cheekbones. Jessie's Picks: Urban Decay Baked Bronzer. Rimmel London Shimmer Bronzer.
4. Blend a peach cream blush onto the apples of your cheeks for a warm and youthful glow. Jessie's Picks: Nars The Multiple in Portofino. Maybelline Dream Mousse Blush in Peach Satin.
5. If you want to powder your face with a light powder, however you can skip this step if you want to keep the dewiness.

Eyes:
1. Prime your eyelids either with concealer or an eyeshadow primer, and then apply a wash of a bronze/taupe eyeshadow across your eyelid. Jessie's Picks: Nars Single Eyeshadow in Galapagos. Mac Eyeshadow in Patina.
2. Tightline your upper lashline with a creamy black eyeliner pencil. Jessie's Picks: Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Pencil in Perversion. Smashbox Limitless Eyeliner in Onyx.
3. On a little angledbrush, take the eyeshadow you used on your top lid along your bottom lashline.
4. Curl your lashes and apply 2 coats of volumizing mascara. Jessie's Picks: Victoria's Secret Triple Drama Mascara. Benefit Cosmetics BadGal Lash Mascara.

Lips:
1. Take a nude lip sticks, and dab it onto the centre of your lips. Then take your finger and blend it out. Jessie's Picks: Mac Matte Lip Stick in Velvet Teddy. Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Intense in Matte Flesh 01.
2. Follow up with a slick of nude lipgloss in the centre of your bottom lips to make your lips appear fuller. Jessie's Picks: Nars Lip Gloss in Striptease. Clinique Long Last Glosswear in Goldspun.

Hopefully this makeup look will serve as the pick me up you need when you are having a down day!

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