Valentine's Day: Sweethearts Tutorial

FOTD

Valentines Day is here and I thought I'd get a little creative this year instead of my usual reds and pinks! This look is inspired by Sweethearts. If you're confused, these little pictures might help:

Personally I think they taste a bit chalky but they certainly come to mind around this holiday and I love the colors. :) For this look I used mostly pastel-looking eye shadows.

What I used: 

• Foundation: Kat Von D Lock it Foundation L44
• Setting Powder: Makeup Forever HD powder
• Eye Primer: NYX HD Eye shadow primer
• Eye Shadow: Bh Cosmetics 120 Palette 2nd Edition, E.l.f. Studio Master Makeup Collection
• Eyeliner: Manic Panic Black Liner
• Mascara: Cover Girl Clump Crusher
• Bronzer: E.l.f Studio Master Makeup Collection
• Blush: Cover Girl Classic Color 570 Natural Glow 
• Highlighter: Erno Laszlo Multi-Phase Highlighter For all skin types
• Lip Liner: Jordana Burnt Cherry
• Lipstick: Inglot Blue 291
• Lip Balm: Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment

Sweethearts

Step 1)

Apply Eye Primer.

Step 2)

Apply a matte bright Pink to crease and blend.

Step 3)

Apply a matte pale Yellow to your eyelid. Use a patting motion to avoid fallout.

Step 4)

Apply a matte vibrant Purple to the outer corner of your eyelid.

Step 5)

Blend the Purple out like so.

Step 6)

Highlight your brow bone with a generous amount of shimmery/glittery White. 

(The more sparkle the better in my opinion.)

Step 7)

Line your eyes with a Black pencil eyeliner. I used an angled liner brush with Black eye shadow to create a small wing.

Step 8)

Curl lashes and apply a Black mascara. Highlight your inner eyes if you'd like.

Step 9)

Apply a small amount of bronzer and highlighter to your cheeks for contouring. The less the better for this look.

(Contouring Chart)

Step 10)

Because this look uses so much color: apply a neutral blush.

Step 11)

Apply a Lavender or a light Purple lipstick/gloss for your lips. If you don't own this, you may try what I did:

I used a Berry colored lip liner to fill in my lips.

I then applied a Blue lipstick over this and blended.

To give my lips a glossy sheer look I put on my lip balm last.

Finished Look

Step 12)

If you'd like to go an extra mile:

Accessories are what makes Valentine's Day really cute. :) Here I used roses, tribute to the romantic holiday and a teal scarf. You can see I kept the Sweethearts theme going with the colors.

Thanks for reading! :D Questions and comments welcomed as always. What are you guys doing for Valentines Day? What do you think of my look? 

-IzzyE