Anytime I envision a classy, sophisticated, smart, beautiful and mysterious woman, I always see a perfectly graceful french woman, Madame Zoé, sitting outside a cafe sipping her coffee with the most perfect red lips and long black lashes. There is just something about that scene that I absolutely love; something about that woman that makes me want to be her… and that’s when I realize, with the right tools I can be!
In this case my amazingly gorgeous friend, Lauren Manzano, has let me borrow her beautiful face so I can playfully bring that persona to life.
Madamoiselle Lauren
Basic Overview of how you can achieve this look:
Product List at end of Post
This isn’t an in depth or detailed tutorial, but rather a color guideline.
Before:
Nothing but her beautiful natural self (btw look at those brows)
Step 1:
I applied the foundation all over her face and added concealer as needed (by that I mean under the eyes as you can see in the picture below and also on any small acne spots or discoloration)
Step 2:
Added a contour right below her cheek bones and blended it out. You want a wash of brown and not a line under the cheek bone
Step 3:
Added highlighter to the highest points of her face (tops of the cheek bones, bridge of the nose, a touch on the forehead and cupids bow) to give that beautiful natural glow
The picture above and below show what she looks like at this point after Steps 1-3
Step 4:
I darkened her eyebrows with some Dipbrow product and applied a wash of neutral matte colors on her lids. I also applied some liquid liner and mascara for a simple, basic but elegant eye look.
Step 5:
I went for a classic red lip and decided to ombre it just a bit with a darker red color. I used a red lip stain for the base, and used a deeper dark blood red lipstick on the sides of her lips. I brushed that color in towards the middle of her lips to allow the color to blend seamlessly.
After:
This is the finished look !
A picture of her finished look straight on and in different lighting
Here you can get a better look of the eyeshadow
And Voila ! Here we have Madamoiselle Lauren 🙂
Product List:
Face:
- Primer: “I’m so Sensitive” LORAC Primer
- Foundation: Bobbi Brown Long Wear Foundation in Warm Honey
- Concealer: Cover FX in N X-Light
- Powder: Rimmel London Stay Matte in 003 Natural
- Bronzer/Contour: Tarte Park Ave Princess
- Highlighter: Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Moonstone
Eyes:
- Primer: MAC’s Pro Longwear Paint Pot in Soft Ochre
- Shadow : Viseart Neutral Matte Palette 01 (the shadows don’t have names but I boxed the colors I used)
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- Liner : Stilla Stay All Day Liquid Liner in Black
- Mascara: Dior Addict It-Lash
- Brows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in Dark Brown
Lips:
- Base: Limecrime Velvetine in Red Velvet
- Corners: Wet n Wild Lipstick in Cherry Bomb
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