Question: What is the difference between these two girls, out of the recent Sephora catologue?

Answer: Photoshop. I’m 95% sure that they’re actually the same girl, with vastly different post-photography work — the same makeup, the same gorgeously enhanced hair, the same brow growth and iris patterns. But hey; I could be wrong. After all, an amazing photoshopper could probably make freakin’ Bill Clinton look like these girls.


Anyhow, I was really loving the pink on this girl! So, after altering the look to work a little better with my monolids, I went for a similar but more natural look. 

And then I added falsies.

For products used, a how-to, and a ton more photos (including eye shots,) go behind the cut! (Seriously, a ton more photos… as in, enough that I felt the need for both a warning and a cut.)

How-to

This look was super basic, so the tutorial for it will be very basic as well! Start by patting a peachy hilight into your inner corner, making sure to really hilight the inner V. Then, sweep a light pink over the outer 2/3 of your lid. Finally, grab a darker pink/burgundy and blend it gently into the outer corner. To finish your eyes, line with a black eyeliner, creating a wing at the end — I chose to do a very subtle one, but you could go all-out with the cat eye! Feel free to crimp lashes and add mascara or falsies.


For the cheeks, contour lightly with a “normal” contour shade (a brown/taupe,) and then blend just slightly overtop that with a hot pink blush. Essentially, you’re contouring with colour.


Lastly, I lined my lips with a clear liner and applied a sheer hot pink overtop using a lip brush to pull together the look, but still focus on the cheeks. For more “pop,” like in the first Sephora image, I would have done something more along the lines of this.

Eye shots 
…without false lashes or mascara

…with false lashes (I’m actually not a huge fan of these; what do you think? I prefer falsies that add volume rather than those that add length.)

And a bunch more full-face shots
…one without the lashes

…two with falsies

Used

Cheeks
MAC Harmony
NARS Mata Hari


Eyes
MAC Blacktrack
Lancome Rose Nuance
Senna Smolder
“Melon-ite,” aka that shadow that I blended that looks suspiciously like Melon but doesn’t actually have a name
Revlon “Defining” false lashes


Lips
DuWop Reverse Lip Liner
Wet ‘n Wild WildShine in Passionate