My Signature Look

Everyone has their signature look... that style you create in the morning without even thinking about it.

Mine are...

1. Teased to perfection hair
2. Black winged eyeliner
3. Thick, long, and flirty lashes

People ask me a lot about my hair and makeup, so I thought today I would let you in on a couple beauty secrets that go into creating my go-to look:

{ HAIR }

1. I start with brushed, towel dried, damp hair and finger comb a couple golf ball sized globs of volumizing mousse into the roots.
2. Then I blow dry focusing on the roots until it's about half way dry and round brush the ends, still not drying it all the way through.
3. I go through the top half of my hair and set 2-3" sections with large velcro rollers and let them cool as I do my makeup, giving the roots an extra boost of volume. 
4. After it cools down I take out the rollers, rub a little bit of style cream through to avoid static, and then I quickly go through with a flat iron just focusing on the ends.
5. I then go through sections and back comb each layer, spraying a shot of high hold hairspray at the root and repeating where necessary.
6. I comb over each section, so the back comb part is hidden underneath, and comb through until I find the right balance between too flat and too big, always leaning towards a little too big ;)
7. I finger comb the ends out so it's a little piecy and then I do an all over mist of hair spray to set the look... then I'm done!

I also love to add a french braid for that chunk of hair around my face that I would otherwise keep pushing behind my ear. 

{ MAKEUP }

For my eye makeup I usually go for a modern take on a vintage classic that is bold yet simple...

"The Winged Cat Eye"

1. I apply a black gel eyeliner with a perfectly pointed tip brush and start by drawing a small scalene triangle on the side of the outer upper lash line, and fill that in, slowly pulling it out until the end of the wing is a clean point.
2. Then I start drawing a thin line on the inner corner, and basically connect the two lines, smoothing it out with a very steady hand, trying not to blink!
3. I follow that up, of course, with several coats of black mascara, my pick being CoverGirl LashBlast. I absolutely cannot live without this mascara! People always ask me if my lashes are real, and I love telling them yes :) 

My weapons of choice?

 

{From top left clockwise... Maybelline's Eye Studio Black Gel Eyeliner, CoverGirl's Lashblast Mascara in Blackest Black, Got2b Glued Blasting Freeze Hairspray, Got2b Fat-tastic Thickening Plumping Mousse, Garnier's Fructis Style Shine Wax, Soft 'n Style Velcro Rollers}

So, what's included in your signature look?