DAILY

Just got my second compliment about my makeup this month, so I wanted to share my daily makeup look. Barely any eyeshadow, no dramatic eyeliner and lashes, it is basically mostly conceal and contour. Plus, it can be completed with quick brush strokes, less than 10 minutes is what it takes me every morning.

The order and products used:

Face: 

Soin D'eau Spring Water Spray

Laura Mercier Foundation Primer

Murad Acne Treatment Concealer (Medium)

Laura Mercier Mineral Pressed Powder (Real Sand): Mineral foundation that will not clog pores and has good coverage.

Sleek Contour Kit (Medium): Instructions below on contour and highlight

Costal Scents 78 Colors Professional Eyeshadow Blush Palette: Blush No.4 from the left

Eyes: 

Maybelline ExpertWear Eyeshadow 22 Chai Latte: 

- Top Left "Lid" color on lid. I tap it on with my fingers.

- Bottom Left "Brow Bone" color to highlight brow bone.

- Bottom Right "Outer Corner" color for eyebrows. Yes, sometimes I use eyeshadow to fill in my brows.

Lancome Le Crayon Khol Eyeliner Pencil: fill in upper waterline

Make Up For Ever Extravagant Mascara

Lips: 

Smashbox Photo Finish Lipstick (Charming)

MAC Lipglass (Schemer)

Wake up. Kick Ass. Be Kind. Repeat.

Back to Basics: Eyeliner

Lancome Le Crayon Khol Eyeliner Pencil/ Soap & Glory Supercat Eyeliner Pen Carbon Black Extreme

I am not even a very high maintenance person but when it comes to makeup, I am definitely the one with most products compared to the barefaced girlfriends around me.  Once in a while there will be some special occasion, and my darlings will freak me out with their badly applied eyeliners. A round of applause for their attempt, but since they don't practice on a daily basis, they draw their eyeliner too far from their lashes, leaving their waterline and lash-line blank. I will always ask for permission to help them with touch up. And this inspired me to write this blogpost for those who want to know how I do my eyeliner.

There are two parts for the liner, the upper waterline and the lashline.
- Fill in the waterline with an eyeliner pencil. The waterline is the white line that reveals underneath the upper lashes when you squeeze open your upper eyelid. I use pencil as it is not as clean and blends in better. 
(I usually just apply eyeliner in my waterline solo if I am going for a more natural, non-eyeliner obvious look.)
- Fill in spaces in between lashes or the lashline with liquid eyeliner pencil. I usually like to start from the end of my eye.
- Drag the eyeliner along the lashline from the end of the eye to the beginning of the eye. Fill in the all spaces in between.
- Wing out at the end of the eye. Extend flat out along the shape of the eye for a natural look.
- Add mascara and false lashes.
Viola. Practice makes perfect.

May the wings of your eyeliner always be even.

P1 Streetsnap

 7 For All Mankind Jumpsuit/ Schutz Heels/ Balenciaga Bag

Streetsnap by P1 at Sanlitun.

Dress like you're going to meet your worst enemy today.

STAGE

H&M Dress/ Zara Heels

Second set with Jiamin. A quick shoot with no team involved, just me and Jiamin running around campus with our kits, leaving it aside to shoot, and me walking in my heels while carrying my suitcase of clothes to the next location.

Different from the more playful first set, this seems more mysterious and dramatic. Jiamin even said that she tried to make this contrast during editing as she feels the two sides really represent me. I even got to showcase some of my dance moves for the more stage-like feel.

Also, my makeup Picotee.

Just a staircase that would lead me to classes, and it is a totally new scene when you see it with a different perspective.

Photographer: Jiamin Zhu
Model, Styling & Makeup: Me

Distance makes the heart grow fonder.

Meet the New Kid from the Block

Topshop Denim Overall/ Zara Crop Top/ Schutz Heels/ BCBG MaxAzria Rings/ Fallon Earrings

A photoshoot from 4 months ago. I have shot with Jiamin a few times already, and I am definitely honored when she agreed to squeeze precious time from her wedding preparation to shoot these with me. 

I was graduating at the time, so having these locations where I spend endless of my college days captured in the camera was so meaningful. Taking a new perspective to my modeling work, I incorporated the trendiest denim overalls with a playful vibe. To avoid looking rustic, I added punk-rock jewelry and heels. Picotee is how I did my makeup.

The cherry blossom trees, grass fields, gothic architecture, and starbucks coffee is what I miss......

Photographer: Jiamin Zhu
Model, Makeup & Styling: Me

She does what she must to be what she wants.