XANDER MAGAZINE - WINTER ISS°2 - #1

Beauty Tutorial
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Step 1: The Base
Over clean, moisturized skin, apply illamasqua skin base foundation all
over the face with your favorite brush, damp sponge or even your fingers.
Then apply LA girl pro concealer under the eyes, and any discolored areas of
the face. Use the NYX wonder pencil to pinpoint any spots or blemishes, and
blend these out with your fingers.
Using the NYX contour palette, lightly contour with matte browns underneath
the cheekbones, around the outskirts of the face, and down the sides of the nose
(optional). Then sweep the shimmery highlight color, above the cheekbones
and create a thin, well blended line down the bridge of the nose, to achieve a
slim, sculpted face.
The rest of the face can be set with the matte nude shades from the palette.
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Step 2: The Brows
Using Anastasia Beverlyhills dipbrow pomade in the
shade of your choice (I used blonde) outline the brows with
the shape you want to create. Fill in your brows starting
from the outer point inwards, and use a lighter hand once
you reach the inner section, in order for it to blend into
your natural brow color. Use a spooly to distribute the
product evenly through the hairs.
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Using a thin angled brush and Makeup Store’s Kakaw
shadow, create a defined “cut crease” shape in the natural crease
of the eye. Bring the cut crease into a flick that connects with
your lash line (this will make doing your eye liner much
more easy!)
Once you have a defined line, blend out the brown so that
you have a deep, smoky cut crease.