Festive Make-up: Gold Nude

Hi Everyone! 🙂

Since it is the month of festivities, I thought I’d show you how I did my make-up for the occasion! I am by no means an expert when it comes to applying make-up. I apply it the way I think it will look good on me and sometimes I watch some make-up tutorials to help me out.

I love nude based make-up as it really suits me and it goes well with all outfits. During Durga puja, I wear bold glamourous colours so keeping a nude based make-up helps balance out the look. It is not over-powering but subtle and quite natural.

Basically I just used 7 products to get this look. So if you’d like to know more about this make-up look, keep on reading!

So firstly, after washing my face, I applied my moisturizer which Johara PhytoBright Whitening Day Lotion with SPF 20. I love this moisturizer! It is light, gets absorbed quickly and makes my skin really soft and hydrated.

I tend to steer clear from primers, foundations and concealers not because I don’t want to use them but because the climate here is extremely humid and everything, no matter how light the formula is, will run down my face. So instead of those, I used a tinted cream called Lakme CC Cream, which is my all-time favourite. It provides medium coverage and blends in smoothly.

To set everything on my face, I used my compact powder from Bourjois Paris. I love this compact as the powder is very finely milled and delicate. The applicator sponge is squishy soft and has a velvety silken texture. The powder blends snugly and gives a very flawless finish. The shade of the powder gives out a luxuriant soft golden-pink glow which is just perfect!

Now that may face is done, I move on to my eyes. For my eyeshadow, I used my Maybelline Diamond Glow by EyeStudio in the shade Copper Brown. I used the light soft gold medium shade (2^nd from left) and applied it all over my lid and used a blending brush to blend it in. Then I went in with the gorgeously bright gold colour (3^rd from left, 2^nd from right) and applied over the 1^st colour but only 2/3 then blended it. Then taking the dark copper colour on the extreme right, I applied it on the outer corners of my lid and on the outer side of the crease then blended it inwards to create a shadow and a subtle copper smokey eye. It also acted as the transition colour. Finally, taking the highlight colour, I applied it on my brown bone and lightly blended it to make the eyes pop out more even in this soft look. I cannot live without eyeliners. For me, a traditional outfit (Or any otheroutfit for that matter) is not complete unless I have my eyeliner. I used my Maybelline Colossal Liner and created a small wing on the outer lids.  I finished the eye make-up off with generous coatings of my Maybelline Hyper Curl Volume Express Waterproof mascara.

For my lips, I lightly dabbed the Lakme Absolute Lip Tint Matte in the shade Magenta Magic. I didn’t build up the colour to its fullest as I was going for a soft golden-pink look. The shade looked light and gentle and it completed my look.

Here is the finished look! 🙂

There you go guys! My very simple and gold nude make-up look. I hope you guys like it! Let me know your thoughts on this look down in the comment section! Also, if you liked this mini tutorial, let me know if you’d like to see some more!

Have a wonderful day! Keep smiling!!