yesterday I did a look with smokey plum eyes, rose cheeks and dark lips using a few products from the Sally Hansen natural charm inspired by Carmindy line.
Carmindy, makeup artist and author of get Positively Beautiful: The supreme guide to Looking and feeling Gorgeous, helped develop the line for drugstores nationwide.
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With natural-looking eye, lip and cheek products to subtly enhance your favorite features, you won’t find anything too blinged out or find any high fashion crazy colors here.
So far, I really like what I’ve seen, particularly the eye and lip products.
The Sally Hansen natural charm inspired by Carmindy (say that five times fast!) makeup products used in this look include…
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Instant Eye definition palette in The amethyst Eye palette ($8): three shimmery shadows in plum, pink and dark purple shades
Always ideal liquid Eye liner in Pure Plum ($8): shimmery dark plum
Lift & define Mascara in Jet Black ($8): black
Luminizing face primer ($10): shimmery white highlighting lotion
Sheerest cream blush in rose ($12): matte brown rose
Color comfort Lip color in Sparkling Berry ($10): creamy rose berry
Color comfort Lip color in Berry red wine ($10): creamy deep wine
Color comfort Lip color in Garnet ($10): creamy dark magenta
(Note: I couldn’t decide which lip shade to wear with the eyes, so I tried the look with three different lipsticks, LOL).
Smokey Plum Eyes
I start by priming my lids to avoid creasing and to help the eye makeup last longer, dotting and blending Laura Mercier Eye basics in Wheat with a finger.
Time to add some shadow!
I apply the lid color (shimmery plum) from The amethyst Eye palette onto my lids and crease with a MAC 252 large Shader Brush, and then use the same brush to sweep the highlight color (shimmery light pink) underneath my eyebrow.
For a smokey effect, I use a Sonia Kashuk synthetic crease brush to apply the contour color (shimmery dark purple) to the crease and the outer v.
To finish, I get a MAC 224 Tapered Blending brush and sweep it gently along the edges of the colors to remove any severe lines.
To better define the eyes I line both the upper and lower lash lines with always ideal liquid Eye liner in Pure Plum using the brush applicator that comes with the product.
Then, with a Sonia Kashuk Angeled Eye shadow brush I layer the contour shade from The amethyst Eye palette directly on top of the liner on the lower lash line.
To finish the eyes, I curl my lashes and add two coats of lift & define Mascara in Jet Black.
Glowy, rose cheeks (no brush required!)
I like this cheek look because I can do it using just my fingers. First, I place 3-4 dots of Luminizing face primer onto the apples of my cheeks and then blend them in with a finger until they’ve been thoroughly absorbed.
Next, I apply and blend Sheerest cream blush in rose to my cheeks, also with my fingers. It’s a cream and applies sheer, so I do this two or three times to build up the color.
Swatches from left to right: 1. shimmery plum eyeshadow, shimmery dark purple eyeshadow, shimmery pink eyeshadow (1-3 from The amethyst Eye Palette), 4. Sheerest cream blush in Rose, 5. Luminizing face Primer, 6. lift & define Mascara in Jet Black, 7. always ideal liquid Eye liner in Pure Plum
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From left to right: Sparkling Berry, Berry Wine, Garnet
I couldn’t decide on a lipstick for this look so I tried three, LOL! The picture at the top of this post is with color comfort Lipstick in Berry Wine.
From left to right: Sparkling Berry, Berry Wine, Garnet
Here’s the look with Garnet…
…and Sparkling Berry.
I think all three of these lip shades are creamy and rich in color, and I only used one layer for each version of the lip.
Hmm… I think Berry red wine is my favorite.
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I think I might wear it the next time I go out to dinner with El Hub.
Have you tried any products from the Sally Hansen natural charm inspired by Carmindy line? Do you have any faves?
Il tuo amichevole avvincente di Charm,
Karen