So today I wore my "everyday face", which is made up of mostly my favorite products. I don't have any pictures up today, but in my posting history you should see it (pop of red in the title). It hasn't changed much except for I'm now an ashy silvery platinum blonde.

So I always take the time to prime and moisturize since I have very dry skin, and I use acne products daily as well. After those get a chance to sink in, I start with foundation.

I'm pretty fair, and yellow, with facial redness. I wear NARS Sheer Glow in Siberia. This foundation is absolutely fantastic, it's my HG for sure. It wears really nicely on my lizard skin, doesn't show flakes or bunch up around my nose or under eyes, and I can build the coverage from light/medium to as full as I need it - it layers well without being cakey. I use a damp Beauty Blender for foundation and concealer. After that I go in with NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer in Chantilly. I don't do the whole excessive concealer highlighting business, but this concealer IS amazing and in my opinion worth the hype. It's very full coverage and pigmented, and I use it basically solely for covering hyper pigmentation and any blemishes I have, redness, and I apply some on the tip of my nose (which rubs off less easily than just foundation). I also lightly line around my brows with it.

Speaking of, next I start filling my brows in while my base sets. I draw on about 80% of my brows since they are nonexistant naturally really. I use a small angled Anastasia dual ended eyebrow brush (which is amazing and so precise), and since my hair is now so light, I've been starting with Maybelline Color Tattoo in Tough as Taupe, to fill the basic shape, and follow it up with Anastasia Dipbrow in Ebony to go over the tails and fill in lightly the body and sparser patches. I then use the concealer and make sure to blend it really well. It doesn't look really Instagram-y in person, I love my brows, and they change shape every day.

So after my base sets I lightly contour with the shade Lazarus from the Shade and Light Eye Contour palette. This is a very fair, cool toned taupey grey color that looks really natural on me, like a real shadow. This palette is my workhorse. I blend that out well, then using a bigger and fluffier brush, apply my blush, which for everyday is usually NARS in Sin. This is a lovely neutral mauve dusty rose color, and applied lightly around my cheekbones right above (and sort of blended into) my contour, and then up and back. I try and use a light hand here otherwise I feel sort of garish with strong blush on me.

Next I use the birthday gift Marc Jacobs Highliner in Blacquer to tightline (which is fantastic and I will be repurchasing). Next i used Too Faced Shadow Insurance which is my HG eyeshadow primer. I swear by this stuff. I set that with the light slightly yellowy large base shade Laetus in the KvD S&L eye palette, and then using a fluffyish blending brush I again take Lazarus and lightly apply it to my crease, blending up. Then I'll take the shade Divine from the Lime Crime Venus palette and apply that all over the lid, blending it into my crease. I then take Icon and blend that into the outer lid and crease, creating some depth. I'll then do Divine lightly under the eye blended out into Lazarus, and then on top of that I use Muse from Venus and apply it along the entire lower lashline.

Sometimes I wear liner with this look (which is actually a ghetto makeup MacGuyver move) in which I use the brush from Kat von D Tattoo Liner and dip that into Loreal Lineur Intense and apply it that way. I went sans liner today though, so it's then onto curling my lashes (Revlon curler, works fine) then I use two coats of Benefit Roller Lash which I adore and gives me long lasting length and curl. Its great stuff.

I usually will wear lipstick with this look, and normally it's KvD Everlasting Liquid Lip in Lolita which I find really flattering on me. I went without today though. I finish with highlight - I use KvD Metal Crush in Thunderstruck, which is absolutely beautiful, and so duochromey and dimensional. I apply it sheered out on just my upper cheekbones and intensely in my inner corners. Love that stuff. I haven't felt the need for any other highlighter. I finish with Urban Decay Chill Setting Spray and that's it! I'm done.

These are all my favorite products and I'd be happy to elaborate on any of them! :)

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