I'm not a crazy fan of Beyoncé, I have, in fact, loved her more in the past than I do now, but I just came across some photos of this beautiful eye makeup she wore for that thingy for the song Mine and I had to do it.
I thought I would just do it for fun on a tuesday afternoon but then I loved it so much, why not make a post on it?
So here it is and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do (I really love it).
This makeup look looks fairly simple but it's quite hard to achieve if you don't have the right products.
The look is constituted by a strong blue eye, a subtle glossy lip and simple skin.
In the video, Beyoncé has this vibrant blue eye makeup that is deepened in the corners of the eye.
The center of the eye has a vibrant almost turquoise shade, fading to a deep dark blue both in the inner and the outer corners. This technique gives the illusion of a rounder and bigger eye, which is perfect for Beyoncé herself because she has almond shaped eyes.
If, like me, you don't have a turquoise eyeshadow that is pigmented enough to stand out in the middle of the dark blues, my advice is to use a white cream shadow or a white creamy pencil in the center of the lid. This technique applies to all bright eyeshadows that you want to enhance. To deepen the eyeshadows you do the opposite, use a black creamy pencil or shadow, which is what I did to darken the outer corner.
After applying the creamy bases, choose a metallic turquoise blue eyeshadow or pigment. Eyeshadows that will do the work perfectly are Mermaid by Makeup Geek and Candy Crush from Sugarpill's Sparkle Baby palette.
By the photos I saw, I am led to believe that Beyoncé's makeup artist used a pigment and for that I would suggest MAC's Rain Drop metallic pigment.
On the corners of the eyes I used a matte dark blue eyeshadow, which I blended into the vibrant blue.
To blend the dark blue, I used a dark purple and a bright pink, making the perfect transition from cold tones to warm tones.
On the lower lid I used green in the inner half of the lid, just like Beyoncé, and on the outer half I used the dark blue again. I blended it out with two eyeshadows a slight bit lighter to smoke up the bottom lid.
This look doesn't require eyeliner but if you want, you can totally add it. I used a black eyeshadow very close to the roots of my top and bottom lashes to darken them a bit.
The waterline was brightened with a pinky beige pencil to further open up the eye. Use your favourite mascara on the lashes.
False lashes are totally optional since Beyoncé herself didn't have that big of a lash action going on, but I decided to use a very subtle pair, you can barely notice them.
My skin always looks ghostly white in photos, so, to mimic Beyoncé's skin is perfectly impossible.
Her skin is obviously darker and also much warmer than mine but in order to get those gorgeous cheekbones of hers, I contoured my cheeks and temples with a shade much warmer than my natural complexion.
The key to all of Beyoncé's looks, I think, is to highlight. It is obviously easier to do on darker skin tones, it looks just the loveliest, but, if like me you have a lighter complexion, you will want to contour more and use more bronzer to sculpt the face. You can obviously use a highlighter on the high points of the face, as I also did.
She had little to no blush, so I skipped that.
On the lips, and with such a strong eye makeup, you have to go nude. She had a very light nude with a bit of a gloss on it, so that's what I tried to mimic by using a nude lipstick on the center of the lips and a golden pink gloss on top.
And that's it, you're done!
This look is perfect for a night out or for fun parties.
Here's a bonus photo of an unprepared me while "dancing" to the sound of Love On Top.
This is it for this week's post, I hope you enjoyed it. I loved doing it, it's such a fun look!
Love,
Anna
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