Before and After

I adding some new photos to my Make-up Portfolio. This is my model that I have taken photos of, and here are the before and after pictures! This is my beautiful cousin Katie who has perfect skin, but she was a little bothered by her dark under eye area.

What products were used?

Foundation: Katie has an olive skin tone, and has slightly oily skin. For Katie's foundation i decided to go for Revlon Colorstay foundation for combination/oily skin in the shade True Beige. This drugstore foundation is so affordable yet it has amazing coverage! What i love most about this foundation is that is is long wearing. This will last you the whole day/night and still looks like you just applied it.

Concealer: I used 2 concealers on Katie. Mac Pro Longwear concealer is great for the under eye area because it doesn't crease! I used the shade NC20 which is much lighter shade than her skin tone but i wanted to brighten up this area too! The next concealer was in fact a mixture of shades from my Coastal Scents Camouflage palette. This are full coverage concealers but because of their creamy consistency there are easy to blend to give a lighter coverage. I bought a lighter shade of this concealer down the bridge of Katie's nose and a darker shade the sides of her nose.

Brows: I used a Mac eyeshadow in the shade Charcoal Brown. I love this shade for medium-dark brows. I actually use this on myself too! Katie has a good shape to her brows already so it was pretty easy to fill them in to make them look a little fuller! I was asked to give a more arch to the brow and slightly square the start of the brow.

Eyes: Katie's eye make-up is very natural. Some bronze-gold shades are great for everyday wear. For a base i used Butterfudge. in the crease was Dance In The Dark, in the outer V was a little Carbon just to give a little extra definition and i added some Amber lights to the centre of the lid. For highlighting the brow bone i used Shroom. Next is eyeliner. I used one of my most go-to eyeliners and that is ELF's black eyeliner. It's so cheap yet i find myself going back to it all the time! Katie didn't want to wear any mascara with this look.

Lips: I wan't to bring something different to this look so i thought i would add Mac's lipstick in Up The Amp. I love this purple shade and it suits so many skin tones! With the top Katie was wearing, it matched perfectly.

Cheeks: I didn't go wild with contouring on Katie because i wanted this look to be very natural. Contouring her cheekbones slightly i used Sleek contour kit. On the apples of her cheeks i used a light dusting of a peach blush by ELF called Peachy Keen.

The products i used
Revlon Colorstay Foundation combination/oily: Can be found here
Mac Pro Longwear Concealer: Can be found here
Coastal Scents Camouflage concealer palette: Can be found here
Mac Eyeshadows: Can be found here
ELF eyeliner 'Black' : Can be found here
Mac Lipstick 'Up The Amp': Can be found here
Sleek Contour Kit: Can be found here
ELF blush 'Peach Keen': Can be found here