Now, as
much as I love make-up, I hardly ever wear a full face during the week for
work. As you probably gathered from the title of this blog, I am lazy when it
comes to getting ready in the morning. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to be
one of those enigmatic woman who jump up as soon as their alarms go off, style
their hair, put on a flawless make up look, eat a bowl of ‘delicious’ (yucky) muesli
and make it into work, all before the rest of us have had time to hit ‘snooze’,
but this, I am not. To be honest, I’m not sure they exist. It wouldn’t surprise
me if this was just an urban myth, made up by four men in the pub. However, I
digress.
During the
week, I tend not to wear any base products, no, not even concealer. So in the 5
minutes that I have scheduled into my morning routine for make up, I normally
concentrate on my eyes. This week, I thought I would share with you a few of my
favourite looks (each using a similar technique) which I wear to work, created
solely with the Naked palette –
creepy eye photos included!
Look 1:
For this
look, I only used 2 colours from the palette, Naked and Buck. These are
the two flesh toned shades. I began by sweeping Naked across the outer and
middle third of my eye. Then, using a MAC
217 blending brush, I patted Buck
onto the outer third and swept it through the crease.
Look 2 –
In this
look, I used 3 of the shades. This time I used the shade Sin across the inner and mid third. Again using my blending brush,
I then used the colour Toasted on the
outer third and brought into the crease. This time I added a bit of Hustle on a pencil brush to line the
lashes.
Look 3 –
Again, I
started this look with the shade Sin
(this is my favourite shade in the palette for a daytime look), but this time
added a bit of Virgin into the inner
corner. I then took the colour Gunmetal,
and pressed it lightly into the outer corner. This is quite a dark shade, so I
tend to gradually build the colour up. When I was happy with the darkness, I
blended it into the crease.
I finished
all these looks off with a coat of my Maybelline
The Falsies mascara, and lightly lined my waterline with Rimmel Kohl Eyeliner in White.
I would love to hear your opinions,
what do you think of the Urban Decay
Naked palette? Do you have a signature, yet speedy, look you tend to reach
for?
P.S. If you are one of those enigmatic
woman, please make yourself known and share your secrets!
