Nautical Mile (using non-MAC products) [TONS of pix!]

[ChoRadcliffe]

Hey everyone! Hope you’re all doing well. So this is only my third post on Specktra and my second tutorial ever . I did a sort of nautical look, but like my first tutorial (Up in Smoke (for the Frugal at Heart) (VERY pic heavy!)), I didn’t use any MAC products, much less MAC products from the Naughty Nauticals collection. I think the most expensive item I used is the Coastal Scents Stippling Brush, which was $6.95 on sale. So if you’re intrigued, read on.

I should mention I’m making this up as I go along and it was the middle of the night so pardon my incompetence.





WHAT I USED


Top Row
Maybelline Age Rewind Undereye Concealer in Yellow
L’Oreal True Match liquid foundation SPF 17 in W4
ELF Brightening Eye Color quad in Blue Moon
Capful of water
Maybelline Cool Effect Cooling Shadow/Liner in Gives Me the Chills
Bon Bons Eye Shadow Powder in White
Bon Bons Eye Shadow Powder in Blue
Jordana Easyliner for Eyes in Black
L’Oreal Voluminous Mascara in Black
Lancome Le Crayon Lip Contour in Cherub
Victoria’s Secret Beauty Rush Lip Gloss in Toasty Almond (I think… the sticker came off)

Bottom Row
Bonne Bell Powder Bronze in Golden Tan
Milani Powder Blush in Luminous
ELF Mechanical Eyelash Curler
ELF Foundation Brush
Coastal Scents Silver Duo Fiber Stippling Brush
ELF Bronzing, Blushing, and Blending Brush
ELF Eye Shadow Brush
emergency girl Blend That Shadow! Brush
emergency girl Line ‘Em Up! Brush


1. Start with the horrid and blinding, yet necessary naked face. I swear I usually don’t look this horrible without makeup… haha. At least I hope not anyway…



2. Dab concealer onto blemishes and blend with a foundation brush. This is what we call the wrong concealer color; it’s actually a yellow concealer for under eyes, but I figured it’d be all right as long as I put foundation over it.


3. Dab foundation only over where you dabbed the concealer. (I don’t really like to wear a face full of liquid foundation.) Stipple and blend it in with a stippling brush.


4. Curl lashes and fill in brows with a liner brush and dark brown shadow.


5. Apply silver eye pencil to lid as a base of sorts.


6. Apply a white shimmery loose powder shadow to the inner half of the eyelid. Pat it on rather than swipe since loose powder can get a bit messy. (The white shadow is more visible in person.)


7. Use a blending brush to grab a little dark blue and aqua blue shadow (I didn’t have a primary blue or another blue in between those two colors) and apply it to the outer corner and crease. Place tip of brush at the outer corner and make tiny circles or windshield wiper motions to blend inward in crease and onto lid.


8. Use the same blending brush (wipe off if necessary) to highlight brow bone and blend out blue shadow.


9. Wet a liner brush and apply dark blue shadow to the outer half of lower lid and smudge ever so slightly.


10. Thinly line top lash line and lower waterline with a black pencil. Maybe a blue pencil woulda been better… hmm…


11. Apply mascara. I only applied one coat here.





12. And there you have it for eyes! I wish you could see how pretty and vibrant the colors actually are in real life; this was done at night so the lighting was horrible and I’m still learning to take good tutorial pictures. But let’s move on shall we?


13. Contour! With a contour brush and bronzer or whatever you choose. Make your special face and apply contour under cheekbones, under jaw line, on temples, and where ever else you usually contour.


14. Apply blush onto cheekbones with stippling brush. As you can tell, I had to repress my blush since it shattered before.


15. Line lips and fill in. I’ve never used this color before so hopefully it doesn’t look too bad with the eyes.


16. Apply lip gloss and you’re all done! Oh wait…

17. Remember to let down your hair. (Pardon the mess that is mine.)



On the phone with my boyfriend...


I need to learn how to take pictures... too much flash.

And of course, you gotta have... the before and after.


There ya have it! Thanks for sticking with me. I wish I had a more true blue, but I don't think it came out too badly, right? Any CC definitely welcome, I'm still learning!

EDIT: Darn... I just realize my mom bought me this Maybelleine ExpertWear Eye Shadow trio in Blue Slate a while back. This woulda been good with this look too and the blue is a little closer to what I was looking for. Oh well.

[AppleDiva]

Very pretty...before and after.

[Gadook]

really pretty!
I love the lip color, good choice

[Dreamergirl3]

great tut, thanks!

[noahlowryfan]

awesome. how did you like the L'oreal True Match foundation?

[ChoRadcliffe]

Quote:

Originally Posted by noahlowryfan

awesome. how did you like the L'oreal True Match foundation?

It's all right, I suppose. I'm actually finishing up my second bottle. Good coverage, although it will emphasize dry skin as I've noticed during the wintertime. Staying power is mediocre, but I hardly ever use powder to set so that may be why. The new formula has SPF 17, which is always great. I really only use it because I'm horrible at choosing foundation colors and this is the first real liquid foundation I've had that's close enough to my skin color.

I think I'll start on the trek to find another liquid foundation after this one though. Wish me luck... I'm going to kill myself just trying to color match.

[chocolategoddes]

Really pretty!!!
I love your hair!

[AllisonWeaver]

This is beautiful! I usually don't care for colorful eye shadow, I prefer more of a natural make up look, but I love this! You managed to make it colorful, with out being too much, or too heavy. Great job! I look forward to more of your tutorials.

[eenerkwak]

LOVE LOVE LOVE the lips on you :]
<3
everything else is great too!

[white_poplar]

Very nice!!!

[nightflight]

love your eye makeup

[SweetSimplicity]

Great tut!

[M0NiCAxBO0]

This is really pretty and looks very simple!
Good tutorial!

[ChoRadcliffe]

Quote:

Originally Posted by AllisonWeaver

This is beautiful! I usually don't care for colorful eye shadow, I prefer more of a natural make up look, but I love this! You managed to make it colorful, with out being too much, or too heavy. Great job! I look forward to more of your tutorials.

I'm glad to hear it. =] I know what you mean, I usually go au naturale when it comes to makeup and the looks I post, I usually never wear outside my bedroom. I love the blending and the vibrancy of the looks on here and on other makeup sites, but I could never ever see myself wearing something like that. I prefer to look at them and admire them from afar.

[milamonster]

i loove this look
and you are gorgeous with or without makeup!
do more tuts! =)

[MACATTAK]

Very pretty!

[cuiran]

Very pretty...

[M!$$_BLinG]

Very pretty

[shell12367]

so pretty!

[Patricia]

love it, you are gorgeous!

[nunu]

so pretty! thanks!

[pichima]

great tut!
you're gorgeous!