Watch the video here or at my YouTube Channel but be sure to scroll down this article to download the facial shape/contouring chart.
This video includes instructions on how to create the perfect oval face based on your own unique facial shape and features using the NYX contouring kit. It also includes contouring instructions for your features, PLUS contouring for women over fifty as well as foundation, cheeks, eyes and lips.
Download this handy chart to take with you in front of the mirror as you study your features and facial shape to note how, why and where you need to contour.
Download this chart to use to study the areas that you need to contour. Find your facial shape on the chart.
This is the NYX diagram that comes with the NYX Highlight & Contour Pro Palette but it is generalized and will not give you the detailed instructions that you need for your own features and your facial shape. Watch the video to find out how to work with your own facial shape and features.
Products used in this video include:
NYX Highlight & Contour Pro Palette
eBoTrade Pink Gloden Professional Cosmetic Makeup Brushes
Avon Smooth Minerals Concealer
Eco Tools Makeup Brushes
Revlon Colorstay Whipped Foundation
Beau Gachis Paris Pro Series Applicator Sponge
ColorMates Blush Sunkissed Tan/Tawny Peach
Beaute' Basics 3 Tone Bronzer
Katherine Eye Pencil
Jelly Pong Pong Neapolitan Eye Shadow Palette
Makeup Forever Excessive Lash Mascara
Jordana Matte Lips in Cafe'
Player Lipstick/Brown
L'Oreal Infallible 8 Hr Pro Gloss
With your host, Cheryl Bruedigam, stylist and beauty consultant for STYLE Santa Fe. For more info, articles, tips, reviews and fashion, visit http://stylesantafe.blogspot.com
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Drawing on the pale, natural shades of adobe clay, this look
is light, lifting and will leave you looking younger and feeling fresh.
The art of makeup application is to enhance a woman’s
natural beauty without looking like she is wearing makeup. Anything else is
fad, fancy, or glamour, (which is great), but for the woman wanting to look her
classic, timeless best, enhancing her own beauty is the key. Simple,
understated but in no way lacking. This doe not imply that you will use less
products, less time or procedure. This is not the same as going natural where
you may do a dab of mascara and a clear gloss, no, this is not the same. This
is obtaining a more natural, nude look through the artistry and application of makeup. From STYLE Santa Fe, this is the Adobe Nude look.
Read the instructions below and/or watch the video
Face
Start with a clean face. Moisturize face and neck before
applying makeup.
Concealer/Highlighting and Contouring/Shading
Light - For concealing under-eye circles, blemishes, uneven
skin tone, bringing out features, sculpting the perfect face. Light highlights,
hides, and brings out.
Dark – Dark deepens, recedes,
Use a concealer two shades lighter than your normal
skin-tone/foundation. Apply under eyes as needed to cover circles. Blend
lightly with pad of ring finger for the least pressure and so as not to stretch
the skin.
To measure where your contouring highlights and shadows need
to go, use a pencil to measure (not mark) from just below the tip of the nose
to just below the high point of the cheek bone near the hair line. If your
cheek bones are prominent, you will darken here. If they need to be brought
out, you will highlight here. Below this line, you will use a contouring
shading two shades darker than skin tone to create the depth. Blend all
generously toward the hair line.
If the nose is prominent, use the darker shading colors
again to tone down the prominent features. For example, if there is a “ball” on
the end of the nose, place a dab of the dark contouring shade there and blend.
If the nose is wide, place a stripe of the dark contouring shade down either side of the bridge and
blend.
Repeat the process on any other facial areas that need to
either come out or recede. Blend everything exceptionally well so that there
are no defining lines.
Foundation
In using a foundation for this Nude Adobe look, this does
not mean to use a foundation in the shade of “nude,” you will still use the
shade that is appropriate for your skin tone. Apply foundation and blend
carefully again, making sure there are no visible lines, especially at the chin
line and hairline. Use a sponge to blend.
Powder
Do a light dusting of translucent loose powder. Use
a kabuki brush to do this.
Blush
The only hint of color in this look is going to be in the
blush because we still want to “blush” because that is natural but try a shade
lighter than normal. No bright shades, something muted and toned-down though
still with a hint of color. Your blush will be applied just above your measured
contouring line, on the top of the cheek bone back toward the hairline in one
long easy stroke. Blend carefully toward hairline, again making sure there are
no visible lines. Dust lightly with powder to “set” your blush.
Eyes
Eyeliner
Eyeliner goes on before the eye-shadow so that you can do
the shaping, contouring, blending and smudging that you need to do. These
techniques cannot be done once the shadow has been applied.
With a light brown eyeliner, line top of lid, measuring from
inner top of pupil to outer corner. This gives the open eye look. Do not line
the entire top lid as this will give a closed look. Next line beneath the eye.
Stop your lines at the corner of the eye with a slight “lift” at the end.
Smudge lines with a eyeliner smudger which comes on the eyeliner (like an
eraser on the end of a pencil). Do not even buy eyeliner that does not have
this feature. Do not use liquid eyeliner for this look; it is too set, too
harsh. This look is soft.
Eye-shadow
Apply a darker nude shade in the crease of the eye. This is
not a dark shade though, it is still a very light earthtone. Mattes without any sparkle are best suited for this look.
Next apply the lightest shade, like a cream or off-white, to the lid and beneath the brow. Smooth and blend
all. Wipe from the outer corner of the eye with your makeup sponge upwards to the outer edge of the
brow to remove any shadow that has crept out or extended beyond where it should
be.
Mascara
Apply mascara as usual to top and bottom lashes in brown,
brown/black or black.
Lips
.
Lip-liner
The lips need to be lined with a very light color. This can
be a light coral, light pink or a pale beige. Do any necessary contouring to
shape the perfect lip. Dust lightly with powder to set.
Lipstick
This is a nude shade, like a beige. It is paler than pink but not a white.
Apply and dust again with powder. Reapply and blot.
Gloss (optional)
Apply a dab of clear gloss in the center of bottom lip for
extra shine if desired.
That completes the Adobe Nude look from STYLE Santa Fe. Add neutral colors in a top and skirt or top and pants to compliment and enhance the look even more. Taupe, beige and/or white will work exceptionally well with this look though any colors will go with this simple yet stunning look.
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This make-over may be in the opposite tradition of glamour
make-overs because although being a woman with Santa Fe style can be a state of mind, it
is also a lifestyle; a toned-down, natural, exuberance radiating the warmth of Santa
Fe, the enchantment of the desert and mountains, colors of the rich palette
here, and the use of natural fibers.
Jewelry is locally made but of excellent quality and famous to the
region. Fashion styles are comfortable,
functional and flowing, drawing on the cultural influences that abound in this
region.
Make-up, if worn, is subtler, for an attractive yet natural
glow. Colors are blended to almost mute,
and tanning is as easy and natural as simply getting out of doors. Gaudy brightness and overpowering make-up is
not meant for Santa Fe
style. A good daytime routine includes a
protective moisturizer, a natural base if needed, just a stroke of light blush,
mascara, lip-liner if a business or social engagement, and lightly colored
lipstick. For evenings, go a shade
darker and add layered earth-tones eye-shadow applying a light base color from
lid to brow, adding a darker shade in the crease and blending well, re-blend
all with the base shade once more from lid to brow.
As for hair, a lot of sprays or gels are not advisable. There are some windy days in the Santa Fe and a spritz of
pump spray does a lot better than the aerosol so that while outdoors the wind
does not Alift@ the entire style. A scrunched natural
look is great for this look and if you
have fine thin hair, a perm may be a good way to add the body lost in the dry
climate as well as to cut down on the static fly-away that can happen
here. Styles that have to be curled or
set in the mornings will not hold in the dry climate, you curls will
be gone before noon.
Clothing of course should be suited to the occasion but
business dress is a little more lax in Santa
Fe, sometimes incorporating boots with a western or
desert style, while native American fabrics and prints are popular and worn for
almost any occasion. A carefully planned
wardrobe can carry you from home to a casual to a dressy affair; rather it is
knowing how to piece it all together that is the trick, how to dress up or tone
down with colors and accessories.
Individual style plays a much bigger factor in Santa Fe fashions than in other areas. With such a mix of cultural influences, a
mixture of lifestyles and climates, and occupations, a unique blend of tastes
make up our STYLE Santa Fe. Women who want to add a touch of Santa Fe style need to
use a creative flair for fashion through the use of colors, fabrics and
cultural influences found in the area.
