Unfading [beauty]

So here's a story: there was this guy. This guy was convinced he knew everything. Guy always thought girls shouldn't wear makeup. But if one didn't wear makeup, he would wonder why they looked so bad. Guy did not know the difference between natural and neutral.

 This lovely picture to your right is natural. As you can see, I'm not wearing a stitch of makeup. My naturally multi-toned skin, my freckles, my obvious dark circles. It's not 'put together'.
Some days, I'm totally okay looking like this. Other days, I have majorly low self-confidence and I can't stand to walk outside without looking somewhat decent. That's the way it is.  If I wear makeup or don't wear makeup--it doesn't matter. I like myself; there are just some days I  need a boost!

The Neutral makeup look is really easy to achieve if that's the kind of effortlessness you are looking for! And that's what I'm gonna show you today.

Juliana's Effortless Neutral

• Products needed
• Concealer
• Foundation
• Powder
• Brown or Copper Eyeliner
• Pink Eyeshadow
• Mascara 
• Blush
• a nude or light pink lipstick

• Steps
• If you use Foundation Primer, this is the time to use it. I used MakeUp For Ever's HD Primer.
• Now, taking concealer, conceal your under eye circles and your splotches. For this step, I used two products: Kat Von D's Tattoo Concealer Pencil and benefit's Watt's Up concealer. 
• For my under eye circles, I used the benefit concealer--> I draw a downwards pointing triangle. The "bottom" of the triangle is under my eye and the point is on my cheek. This allows for more even blending.
• I use the concealer pencil on my acne spots and blend.
• Next step is the foundation. Mine is TooFaced BB cream in Snow Glow. I put a small dot on my finger and blend blend blend! Then I use a kabuki brush to blend even more!
• If you contour, this is the place to do it.
• Okie--powder. I use Revlon's Nearly Naked powder. 
• Take a powder brush and lightly apply the powder to your whole gorgeous face. This keeps shine down :)
• Eyebrows. Fill in. Fix.
• Eyeshadow
• I used Urban Decay Magic for this look. It is a gorgeous pink that has amazing pigment! I applied it to the whole of my eyelid and a little bit under my eye to help widen it.
• Then I took the pale pearl pink side of the Urban Decay Aura shadow and applied that to the arch under my eyebrow. 
• Eyeliner--I tightlined my eye with a copper eye pencil.
• Apply mascara! 
• Blush up those beautiful cheeks. I used E.L.F for this. It's got great pigment and is blessedly cheap.
• Lipstick. Kiss kiss :)

The Completed Look