Monday, June 13, 2011

January Jones Inspired Make-up Tutorial

I think January Jones always has really beautiful make-up. She keeps it quite simplistic a lot of the time which makes her look so effortlessly gorgeous. She tends to wear orange or warm red lipsticks quite often paired with minimal eyeshadow. I think it's such a fresh and modern look. I obviously haven't copied the make-up in these photos exactly - I just tried to re-create the general feel of it. January also has hooded eyes which means that it's impossible to see the eyeshadow she's wearing well. I can, however, see that she's wearing a golden colour in her inner corners and also black liner on her upper lash line so I just did a bit of guess work from that! Other than that, the skin is kept very light and natural with a nice glow on the cheeks.





















~ Products Used ~

Face:
Chanel Pro Lumiere Foundation 20
MAC Pro Longwear Concealer NW20
MAC Prep & Prime Powder
Jemma Kidd Dewy Glow
Dior Bronze Matte 002 Honey Matte
MAC Something Special Cremeblend & MAC Pinch O' Peach Blush

Eyes:
MAC Painterly Paint Pot
NARS Alhambra Duo
MAC Arena & Vanilla eyeshadows
Clinique Cream Liner
MAC Powersurge Eye Kohl
Chanel Mascara (Sublime)
Ardell Individual Lashes
MAC Dirty Blonde Brow Pencil & Omega eyeshadow

Lips:
MAC Hibiscus Lipstick



1. Fill in brows quite thick and not too precisely as January's brows have a natural shape. Apply MAC Painterly Paint Pot to lid as a base. Next, take the golden shade from the NARS Alhambra Duo and apply all over lid. 
2. Apply MAC Arena eyeshadow very softly into the crease. This shouldn't be too obvious - it's just to create a tiny bit of dimension.
3. Run a little bit of that MAC Arena eyeshadow underneath the lower lash line too.
4. Apply MAC Vanilla eyeshadow underneath the brow as a subtle highlight.
5. Line the top lash line with a black liner (I'm using a cream liner) and add a wing at the end. The wing should be small - much smaller to what I would usually do!
6. Line the waterline with MAC Powersurge Eye Kohl which is a lovely antique gold colour. You could also use an off white pencil if you wanted to. Apply mascara.
7. Add some individual lashes with some DUO eyeslash adhesive. Apply another layer of mascara to blend the false lashes in well with your natural ones.

The finished eye make-up............




That's it! It's a very simple, minimal eye make-up look. The main focus should be on the bright lipstick!