It’s that time of year again – when the world overdoses on the idea of love propagated by companies like Hallmark. Personally, I don’t feel the need to dedicate one single day of the year to truly celebrate love in all its splendour. Neither should this celebration be restricted to one’s romantic relationships, but I understand the need for Valentine’s Day… after all, many people have good money riding on the showmanship of others! I too create Valentine’s Day content every year on my Instagram page, for the plain and simple reason that people enjoy watching it.
So, in this post, I’m going to be sharing three simple makeup looks that you could use as inspiration for Valentine’s, Galentine’s, self-love or just any occasion around the year! In a twist from the usual, I made sure to stay away from traditional reds and pinks to give you more offbeat options.
All the products for the looks will be linked here and you can scroll down to the end of this post to see the three looks for yourself.
LOOK 1:
WEARABLE GLAM FOR DAY OR NIGHT:
Foundation: Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay in Place Foundation
Concealer: Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer
Powder: Makeup Revolution Luxury Baking Banana Powder
Blush: Flower Beauty Flower Pots Powder Blush
Bronzer: Benefit Hoola Bronzer
Highlight: Maybelline Master Chrome Highlight in Molten Gold
Concealer used as Eye Primer (same for all three looks): L. A. Girl Pro Conceal HD
Eyeshadow Palette (Shades – Milk Chocolate in the crease, Semi Sweet in outer corner, Salted Caramel on the lid): Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette
Eyeliner: NYX Epic Ink Liner
Mascara: Kay Beauty Volume & Length Mascara
Setting Spray: Too Faced Hangoverx
Lipliner: Charlotte Tilbury Lip Liner in Pillow Talk
Lipstick: Charlotte Tilbury Lipstick in Pillow Talk
Lip Gloss: Charlotte Tilbury Lip Gloss in Pillow Talk
LOOK 2:
PLAYFUL AND VIBRANT:
Foundation: MAC Studio Fix Foundation
Concealer: Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer
Powder: Makeup Revolution Luxury Baking Banana Powder
Blush: Lakme 9 to 5 Pure Rouge Blusher
Bronzer: L’Oreal Back to Bronze Bronzer
Highlight: e.l.f Cosmetics Metallic Flare Highlighter
Concealer used as Eye Primer (same for all three looks): L. A. Girl Pro Conceal HD
Eyeshadow Palette (Shades – Crash in the crease, Nebula on the lid, Supermoon used as lid topper) Huda Beauty Mercury Retrograde Palette
Eyeliner: Colorbar All-Rounder Pencil
Mascara: L’Oreal Paris Lash Paradise Voluminous Mascara
Setting Spray: Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray
Lipliner: NYX Professional Suede Matte Lip Liner in Soft Spoken
Lipstick: MAC Powder Kiss Lipstick in shade Kinda Sexy
LOOK 3:
TRADITIONAL GLAM:
Foundation: Maybelline New York Super Stay Full Coverage Foundation
Concealer: Maybelline New York Instant Age Rewind Concealer
Powder: Maybelline New York Fit Me 12 Hr Oil Control Compact
Blush: Bobbi Brown Blush – Sand Pink
Bronzer: Benefit Hoola Bronzer
Highlight: MAC Strobe Cream
Concealer used as Eye Primer (same for all three looks): L. A. Girl Pro Conceal HD
Eyeshadow Palette (Shades – Coco in the crease, Maneater and Risque mixed for outer and to create definition in the crease, Bubbly in the inner half of the lid topped with Nebula from Mercury Retrograde Palette) Huda Beauty Rose Gold Remastered Palette
Eyeliner: Faces Canada Ultime Pro Intense Gel Kajal
Mascara: Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara
Setting Spray: MAC Prep+Prime Fix +
Lipliner: Faces Canada Matte Lip Crayon in shade Majestic Rose
Lipstick: NYX Powder Puff Lippie in shade Moody
And now you can check out my video showing these looks:
If you’re interested in any of these products, just click on the links (in the interest of full disclosure – they are affiliate links, and I will earn a small commission from them).
What are your plans for Valentine’s Day this year? Do you celebrate this day? Also, which of these looks did you like best?
Tell me in the comments below! And happy V-Day everyone!
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This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’ hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla
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