Dash of Fashion: MAC cosmetics tutorial

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">I recently shot some beauty segments for</div><div style="text-align: center;">In With Skin.</div><div style="text-align: center;">With Valentine's Day on the imminent horizon</div><div style="text-align: center;">we shot a series of four different makeup looks</div><div style="text-align: center;">to correspond with four different types of date nights.  (scroll to the bottom of this post to see the video tutorial)</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6sIIDvaAaBPpwEjpMvfhDHUMQd_QsmQrc6ZOdpDKfJq-LM_UOvbbzWOg7hyphenhyphenAc_W-dW1piTz4aXUJIvI84O3Ehhze-HACS5P_rx9_twM6EGiRZQ5TMoJpg1cskHxF2gsuqj0emKZiuL4/s1600/IWS+6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6sIIDvaAaBPpwEjpMvfhDHUMQd_QsmQrc6ZOdpDKfJq-LM_UOvbbzWOg7hyphenhyphenAc_W-dW1piTz4aXUJIvI84O3Ehhze-HACS5P_rx9_twM6EGiRZQ5TMoJpg1cskHxF2gsuqj0emKZiuL4/s640/IWS+6.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">on the Beauty Room set at In With Skin Media</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">We exclusively used makeup products by MAC,</div><div style="text-align: center;">all chosen from their basic line, </div><div style="text-align: center;">(not their specialty or limited edition lines),</div><div style="text-align: center;">so wherever you are in the world you can access</div><div style="text-align: center;">the exact products we used </div><div style="text-align: center;">and duplicate the looks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Our first Valentine's date scenario</div><div style="text-align: center;">is for a cozy date by the fire,</div><div style="text-align: center;">or a date that's low-key, sweet and romantic.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is not the time to roll out your banging smokey eye</div><div style="text-align: center;">or your fierce red lip - that would be overkill!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> For this type of date its more about being soft</div><div style="text-align: center;">and approachable. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And infinitely kissable.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I prepped our model in the makeup room at In With Skin Studios</div><div style="text-align: center;">prior to going on set.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The key principals are making sure the skin is well hydrated,</div><div style="text-align: center;">giving it a little glow, color correcting only where needed</div><div style="text-align: center;">(in this case just under her eyes), using a light foundation</div><div style="text-align: center;">application, and a soft cream blush. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I used a shade called Something Special.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3plnGRZW2vTcyFjLkRgb-5oyGHoAoQWU0EXwSYjI_jRroLF9w5je7mD_SJjWCDlIqPHo7X22qLxNTOIQoBR005WCbg9Nd0-qW3m_GKFILpdIwwj0YtZYbzauPQJNTpxWQlquMMHB7N88/s1600/IWS+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3plnGRZW2vTcyFjLkRgb-5oyGHoAoQWU0EXwSYjI_jRroLF9w5je7mD_SJjWCDlIqPHo7X22qLxNTOIQoBR005WCbg9Nd0-qW3m_GKFILpdIwwj0YtZYbzauPQJNTpxWQlquMMHB7N88/s640/IWS+1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valentines Day Makeup, In With Skin</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">On our model's eyes I started with a paint pot</div><div style="text-align: center;">in a shade called Painterly. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I cheat with this as both an eyeshadow primer, because it acts like one, and as an all over the eye base shade, </div><div style="text-align: center;">because the color is so beautiful. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">On top of the Painterly I then applied a fun shade called </div><div style="text-align: center;">Stars n Rockets. This gave us a soft glistening eye</div><div style="text-align: center;">that picks up the light and looks incredibly pretty.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In the crease is a nice matte shade called Fig1.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This lets me create a little dimension and shape to the eye.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I finished the eye out with a kohl pencil in Teddy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I lined her lips with a MAC lipliner called Embrace Me,</div><div style="text-align: center;">then finished the lip with a lipstick called St Germain.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty, non?        </div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_YLOdp8bcG4" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">    </div></div>

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