I was scrolling through tumblr a few days ago, and stumbled across some pictures from Saoirse Ronan's recent photoshoot for Wonderland magazine. The photos are absolutely stunning, as is Saoirse's makeup in them, so decided to try and recreate a similar look.
For this look you will need:
Base makeup: A light coverage foundation, BB cream or tinted moisturiser; or you can go without foundation and just use concealer and powder
Bronzer or a darker powder to use for contouring
A plum coloured blush
Highlighter
Light brown matte eyeshadow
Mid brown dark eyeshadow
Black eyeliner pencil
Mascara
A darksih/plum lip colour
For reference, I used:
Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in Fair
Rimmel Stay Matte Translucent Powder
Natural Collection Bronzer in 'Sun Shine'
Natural Collection Blush in 'Sugar Plum'
PS Primark Bronzer (the top shade)
MUA Undressed Palette (shades 3 and 5)
Elizabeth Arden eyeliner in 'Smoky Black'
Revlon Bold Lacquer Mascara
Revlon Matte Balm in 'Sultry'
Start by applying your base
makeup. Saoirse doesn't seem to have a lot of foundation on in the photos; you can still see her freckles, so I decided to forego foundation and just
use concealer and powder to cover up any blemishes or shininess. If you
want to use foundation, I'd recommend a lighter coverage one.
Next contour your cheeks by applying some bronzer underneath your cheekbones. Saoirse has some very dark, dramatic contouring in the pictures, and while I did have more bronzer on than is showing up in the photos, I toned mine down a bit for everyday wear.
Next apply some blusher above your contouring and blend it out
Finally, apply some highlighter to the apples of your cheeks
For the eye makeup,start by lightly applying the lighter brown shade all over the lid
Apply a small amount of the darker brown, starting at the lashline, and working up towards the crease.
Taking a sharp (it makes it easier to get a fine line) black eye pencil, line your upper lashline
Smudge some eyeliner underneath your bottom lashes too. Then add your mascara.
Finally, add your lipstick. I really tried to pat mine into my lips to create that very matte look.
And this is the completed look (aka, me shamelessly posing and doing my best Saoirse Ronan impression) ...
Hi everyone,
As I've said before skincare isn't really my thing; it just doesn't interest me the same way that makeup or fashion does. So instead of going into detail and trying to talk about things that I really don't know anything about, I thought I'd just give you a quick rundown of all the things that I use.
This is what I use to wash my face every morning...
Hi everyone,
At the beginning of the year I showed you some of my most worn clothes from autumn and winter. Now that summer has officially come to an end (sob), I thought I would show you some of my favourite things to wear from the last few months. As anyone who has lived in Ireland will know, weather-wise, our summers are a complete mixed-bag, so a lot of my most worn things (jeans, layers; things that might seem a bit un-summery to some of you) are a reflection of the unpredictable weather.
Also, I'm not being sponsored by Penneys, I just buy a lot of their clothes.
You might not know this about me, but I'm
a huge fan of The Killers, and have been for years. A few days ago I heard
their most recent single, Just Another Girl, (I know, I know, it came out in
like November, I'm very late to the party) and immediately fell in love with
it. The video is equally cool. It features the actress Dianna Agron (another
person I've loved since her Glee days) playing Brandon Flowers and recreating
some of The Killers most famous videos, like so...
...all while sporting a very cool hair and makeup look (and clothes, I really want one of those jackets from the 'Human' video) that I thought I would have a go at recreating today.
For this look, you will need:
Base makeup (foundation, concealer, powder, whatever you use)
A matte/not obviously shimmery bronzer
Grey and black matte eyeshadow
A black eyeliner
Mascara
A pinky/nude lipstick
An angled eye brush
A blending brush
A comb
Hair bobbins
A crapload of bobby pins
Hairspray
The Makeup
Apply whatever base makeup you normally use
Next, apply some bronzer just underneath the apples of your cheeks, and blend it out
For the main event, the eye makeup, start by applying the grey eyeshadow all over the lid
Using an angled brush and black eyeshadow, draw the outline of the cat eye, starting in the centre of your eyelid. You can also use your eyeliner for this if you find the brush too difficult.
Using the black eyeshadow, fill in your outline. Also apply the black eyeshadow to the outer half of your eyelid, and blend it in with the grey. What you don't see here is the ten minutes it took me to try and get both eyes to sort-of match, so don't worry if it takes a few attempts. You can actually cheat by using a makeup wipe to even things out.
Using your angled brush again, apply some black eyeshadow underneath your eye. Then, use your blending brush and even some grey shadow to blend it out a bit, so that you don't have such a harsh black line.
Use your black eyeliner to line your upper lash line and water line (and also tight line if you're feeling brave. I wasn't. ) Also, pro-tip, try not to get eyeshadow in your eye like I did. As you can probably tell, it really hurt.
Apply your mascara, and that's it!
And here is the finished eye look...
Finish by applying your lipstick
The Hair
Using the top of your ears as a guide, divide your hair into two sections. For the sake of convenience, tie the bottom section into a low ponytail.
Pull all the hair in the top section back...
Then divide the hair from the top of your head from the pieces at the side, so that you have three sections. Secure the top section with a clip for the moment.
Divide the side sections of your hair into two, once again using your ear as a guide. Leave the pieces in front of your ear out, and tie the pieces behind it into the ponytail of convenience.
Using a comb, pull the two side sections back against your head, as tightly as you can, and secure them with bobby pins. Leave the ends out for the moment.
It should look something like this...
And this...
Take the top section of your hair out of it's clip. If you have a lot of hair like me, you might want to get rid of some from the back into the ponytail of convenience, so that you have a manageable amount.
Using a comb, start back-combing your hair (pushing your hair down towards the roots), while intermittently spraying it with hairspray. (Don't be afraid to use a lot of hairspray. Just stay away from naked flames.)
Pull the hair back into a quiff, and secure it with bobby pins. You should probably add some more hairspray too.
Gather all the leftover end pieces from the side and top sections
Divide it in three and start plaiting. I did a Dutch Plait, which means you pull the hair over instead of under when plaiting. It should look like this. Don't worry if it looks messy, or you accidentally leave sections out.
Continue plaiting until you reach the start of your other ponytail, then combine the two into one. It should look something like this...
