What's up beautiful people? It is your homegirl, Shameless, all up in sunny California.
So this au naturale beauty look is brought to you by Beyond the Lights.
I was invited to attend the screening with my girl Liinda, and the film is all about natural beauty.
And it chronicles the character Noni, and she's this Beyonce type of super stardom. And she has to deal with the pressures of the media,
her mom manager, and everything is just layers upon layers. And she is no longer the artist she started out to be.
But throughout the film she discovers her inner beauty, her inner voice and allows that to shine through.
I can identify with Noni's character as I went through a similar transformation. And that was discovering my inner beauty and by it not being defined by my hair.
And it was an extrememly vulnerable place for me to be in--letting go of something I identified with for so long. And sometimes it is easier being someone else other than yourself.
Sometimes the hardest thing is embracing your own natural beauty.
So of course, your homegirl--who was the shameless one who was always preaching to do you, be you, and stay true--created this all natural tutorial for you.
Now I don't... I don't even wear makeup, but there are those times when you want to go on a hot date, when you want to stay tricking,
you know, freshen it up a bit.
Really? That was like a DJ scratch.
Anyways, I'm going to break down this look for you--
It's a hummingbird fight, is what that is.
I'm going to break down this look for you, okay? How to stay tricking and reveal your inner beauty and how to do you, be you and stay true...
With a little bit of oomph, you know what I'm saying? A little bit of... oomph.
The first thing I do is make sure my skin is clean and moisturized.
I love Pure + Simple. I've used this product for a year now, and it's ideal for my skin.
So once that is set, I just use some concealer.
Okay, once that's done... I'm going to get a fluffy brush and get some powder.
So I'm just getting the product on the brush. Instead of going everywhere, I'm going to start here.
Contour, because this powder is darker--it's more of like a bronzing.
So I'm just going there and I'm blending outwards.
Even though the concealer is a few shades lighter, you blend it out and it's not as... dramatic.
So that's pretty much it for the skin part.
So now on to the eyes. It's a kind of shimmey color by NYX, called 'Vesper.'
So you just want to take like, a lighter color, nothing too light compared to your skin tone.
It's like a shimmery taupe.
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Done! Next, I'm going to kind of carve out my crease.
I'm going to use this brown. Any shadow will do, just make it a few shades darker.
This is 'Top Notch', by NYX.
Get in there!
Other side.
Then I'm going to take a fluffier brush, and blend it out.
I'm going to take this black liner by L'Oreal that I bought in Geneva, Switzerland, because I forgot my makeup kit at home.
And this was so expensive! This was $20! For L'Oreal!
You ain't hooking your people up, man! I believe L'Oreal is even made out in France, isn't it? It's French?
So I'm just emphasizing more of the outer corner, kind of like a cat eye. Subtle cat eye.
Boom!
Then I'm going to take this small brush and smudge.
Ugh, outdoor filmings. This is why people film in their bedrooms!
Okay. Blend it all out so it's not a harsh line.
Now the eyebrows. You best believe I'm going to use this L'Oreal brow pencil. It's actually really good.
This is the same pencil I bought out in Geneva. So what'd you think that cost?
$20 as well. Everything was $20. Each. So I ended up, I think, cash here, paying $75.
So I'm just going to start there, feather in.
I like this pencil because my eyebrows are so greasy, and this doesn't move. And it's also not harsh... severe looking.
Use your favorite mascara, use any one.
But this one is natural. That's what they say, you know? So they say.
And I only do it on the top because if I do it on the bottom, my skin is so greasy that it's going to just smudge it off.
Okay! So I'll just take some powder...
Get rid of all the shine.
And, you know I like a good snatch.
3 lines, so it's like 1... 2... 1... 2... and this is my eyebrow... thingamajiggy.
So then just get some blush. Just a little bit. Okay, we're almost done.
Almost there!
And then this: some gloss! This is actually really nice, this rose gold from Michelle Phan.
Called 'Angelic Luster'.
Just use a dab of that. Boom, boom-boom-boom.
High points, high points.
That's the look! Bam, done. Getting it!
This is something I'd wear to a screening, a date... on a Tinder date!
No, I'm done with that.
So if you guys are into romance, if you're into discovering inner voice, inner self, inner beauty, then journey of a young woman and the coming of age of her
super stardom to what she really wants in life, check out this film. Okay?
Remember to do you, be you, and stay true. Be shameless, boo.