It’s been a hot minute since my last makeup look (or post, honestly), but I had to put something together for my new faves: the Guerlain L’Essentiel foundation and The Organic Skin Co.’s… everything. (And the Sleek Makeup Highlighting Elixir Drops, of course. That GLOW!) This look is a little outside of my wheelhouse, but I love it.

I remember reading an interview with Bobbi Brown about red eyeshadow years ago. She was emphasizing that you can wear red eyeshadow pretty easily — you just have to apply it correctly. Creating a line of separation between your eyeshadow and your cornea is essential. In other words? Wear as much red as you want, but add some black liner or lashes so that it the colour doesn’t “bleed” into your eye.

Build this house with The Organic Skin Co. & Guerlain

This almond-shaped, red-lidded look feels a little K-pop to me. You know the look: blotted lips; red lids; impossibly perfect skin. As someone who’s used to wearing light coverage foundations and nothing more, the Guerlain L’Essentiel formula always makes me feel just that. It’s a super-smooth venture into skin that’s so clear that I barely recognize it (and it completely trounces my Asian flush.)

I’ve got quite a few products on my lids in this look. As a base, The Organic Skin Co.’s The Eyes Have It cream eyeshadows in Silhouette and Silk Purse provide tons of colour. They’re such a solid foundation — they hold up without creasing for hours, and are so pigmented that the colour bleeds through everything else. They’re like a great pair of trousers, or a really well-rounded education: not the first thing you see, but the thing that the rest of you is built upon.

Pulled together with Marcelle and Sleek Makeup

Overtop, I have The Organic Skin Co Meet the Press eyeshadows in Silk Purse and Day Dreamer. The eyes and skin are both finished with Marcelle products; my forever-favourites. The brand’s liquid pen liner and translucent loose powder are the black stilettos and sheer stockings of my makeup stash, pulling every look together and turning something that’s just “fine” into something done and polished.

To finish, I have a set of false lashes (faux mink ones from Kiss, as always — I think these are a trimmed pair of Boudoir lashes). On the lips and cheeks, a blotted bit of The Organic Skin Co. Cheeky Lips in Spice. And on the tops of my cheekbones; my nose bridge; my cupid’s bow, Sleek Highlighting Elixir in Poppin’ Bottles.

I’m popping less bottles than before, for now, ironically. It’s a little venture not into sobriety, but more like… into a sober-curious life. I’ve gone though so much San Pellegrino this month that I could build an entire tacky chandelier out of all of the glass.