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 }
- I start with brushed, towel dried, damp hair and finger comb a couple golf ball sized globs of volumizing mousse into the roots.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- I then go through sections and back comb each layer, spraying a shot of high hold hairspray at the root and repeating where necessary.
- 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 ;)
- 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"
- 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.
- 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!
- 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?
