Hey guys, it’s Mi-Anne and this is Beauty with Mi.
For those of you who don’t know, I’m a beauty writer here at Refinery29.
It’s what I do other than doing this show.
And last year I did a story where I tried
30 different makeup trends over a month and
a half long period.
I decided to recreate the experiment.
This week we’re gonna do seven different
trends from the red carpet, from Instagram
and from Fashion Week.
Some of them are really simple,
some of them are really crazy.
I’m gonna save the best, most outrageous one for last.
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And without further ado, let’s get onto day one.
Day one is glossy lids inspired by makeup
artist, Celine Bernaerts – one of my favorite,
favorite makeup artists on Instagram.
I started by taking my Huda Beauty Desert
Dusk Eyeshadow Palette.
I used a flat eyeshadow brush to put a layer of amber and saffron onto my lids.
Then I used a fluffy blending brush to blend it out.
Then I tight-lined my eyes using my Marc Jacobs
Highliner Gel Eye Crayon in the shade Blacker
just to give my lashes a little bit more oomph.
Next I followed up with a new mascara, actually.
It’s by Covergirl.
It’s called a Peacock Flare Mascara.
It is in the waterproof formulation.
Then comes the fun part.
The gloss.
I used the Glossier lip gloss.
It’s a great lip gloss to use on the eyes because it
has a very ultra-shiny, almost glass-like finish.
So I just took it out of the tube and using the doe-foot applicator, I put a bit of the
product onto the back of my hand.
Then I used a finger to just layer the gloss on top of my matte eye until I was happy with
the amount of shine.
I finished off the look with a layer of my Kat Von D Studded Kiss Créme Lipstick in
the shade Lolita II.
Which is a beautiful, matte, creamy nude.
I know that my lips are very dry right now, so please excuse any of the flakes.
I love this look.
It was a really great way to start off my seven days of trends.
I’ve been wanting to wear a glossy eye all
over the lid all day for a while now and I’m
glad that I finally did it.
Although I will say, glossy eyes, despite how easy they are to do, are really annoying
to maintain throughout the day.
If you wear eye gloss, your eyeshadow is going to crease.
It is going to melt a little bit.
Even though it was annoying, I really enjoyed the look.
I would definitely wear it again.
Day two is the Glitter Cut Crease, inspired by my friend,
Maryam, who is an influencer on Instagram.
I started with the Covergirl Micro-Fine + Define Brow Pencil in the shade Soft Brown
to beef up my brows.
Apart from the Glitter Cut Crease, Maryam did a really gorgeous halo eye.
So I grabbed my Milani Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette and laid down a base of this matte
mid-tone brown shade.
Then I took the matte black shade in the palette
and applied it to the inner and outer thirds of my eye,
making sure to keep a little sliver of bare lid in the center.
I grabbed the silver and the navy blue metallic
shadows in the palette and mixed them, and
tapped them onto the center of my lid with my finger.
Then blended it out.
Then I moved on to eyeliner.
I grabbed my black pencil eyeliner and traced that on my bottom lash line and smoked it
out with the same mid-tone matte brown eyeshadow.
To finish off the liner, I grabbed my Dior Liquid Liner
in black and did a little cat eye.
And then, for the fun part, I grabbed my glitter!
I used the Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner in the shade Glam Rock.
I used that to draw a small cut crease, so it actually wasn’t a full cut crease.
But it did stop kind of in the center and it still gave the
illusion of having a cut crease there.
After the glitter finished drying, I grabbed the Ardell Magnetic Accents Lashes.
I didn’t actually use them the way they’re intended to be.
They adhere on their own without glue.
But I actually just wanted to use them as normal lashes
so I used some DUO Lash Glue,
applied it to the lash band, let that dry, and then I stuck them on my lid.
And they laid down so easily.
I finish off the look with a little bit of the Marc Jacobs Liquid Highlighter and then
some of my Kat Von D Studded Créme lipstick in Lolita II.
Although I wouldn’t do this look every single day,
I would definitely wear it again.
Maybe just without the eyelashes.
I don’t understand how people wear false eyelashes every day.
I could not wait to take them off.
It was a very dramatic experience, but still.
All in all, I think I liked it though.
Day three is Monochromatic Gold Highlighter inspired by
Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty launch.
I reached for my Milani Bold Obsessions Eyeshadow
Palette which, if you can’t tell, I am obsessed with.
I just used the mid-tone brown shade on my
crease just to blend things out before I use
an eyeshadow brush to brush the highlighter onto my lid as eyeshadow.
The highlighter itself is super pigmented so it’s a gorgeous gold that you can kind
of wear everywhere.
And then I use the same highlighter with a dense
highlighter brush and dusted the color
on my cheekbones and up into my temples.
It was kind of intense but I blended it out,
left it alone and tight-lined my eyes with
some of my black eyeliner pencil.
And finished off with some mascara and lip gloss.
This lip gloss is so beautiful.
The thick, doe-foot applicator makes it really
easy to slap the gloss onto your lips.
So, this look was pretty simple.
But I do think that if I were to do it again,
I wouldn’t go so intense with the gold shade.
I think in the future I would go for a sheerer
layer and then do the same thing on the eyes.
I loved the eyeshadow on the eyes.
But I’ve seen Rihanna do the same kind of
draped highlighter technique with purple highlighter
and I love that look.
So I might try that one next.
Day four is Two-Toned Lips inspired by Cushnie et Ochs’ Spring 2017 Fashion Show.
The makeup artist was Sammy Mourabit.
All the models were wearing a shimmery taupe
shade on the lids so I used the same Milani
palette in the shade Suede side to side,
all over the lid, and blended that into my crease
using the matte mid-tone brown shade.
Then, I finished off the eyes with a couple of coats
of my Shiseido Full Lash Multi-Dimension
Mascara in Waterproof.
And moved onto the lips.
I grabbed my Kat Von D lipstick in the shade
Underage Red and I applied that to the top lip.
Now this is where things get hairy.
It is a little bit difficult to resist the urge to smack and rub your lips together when
you’re doing a two-tone lip.
You can’t do that!
And then you have to remove it with a wipe, which I did.
I used my Rodin lipstick in the shade of Winks
and then I just slicked the color onto my bottom lip.
And then again, you’re going to want to rub your
lips together but you can’t!
Then I tapped a little bit of the Marc Jacobs Gel
Highlighter onto my cheeks just to gloss it up a little bit.
And then I went on with my day.
Honestly, it was a very simple look.
When you do smack your lips together it’s pink and red
so it actually became a nice little mixture
of the shade.
Nothing too crazy.
Definitely would wear it again.
10 out of 10 would recommend to a friend.
Day five is Thumbprint Liner inspired by Lady Gaga’s
Grammy’s 2017 makeup look by Sarah Nicole Tanno.
I started off by using my Marc Jacobs Scandalous
Eyeshadow Palette, and I used the matte burgundy
eyeshadow all over my lid as a base.
Then I grabbed my Marc Jacobs eyeliner in the shade
Fine Wine and used that to create the shape of my rounded wing.
I continued to create a round path circle shape
upward toward my eyebrow and then brought
the color back down to my eyelashes.
Then I filled in the rest of the rounded liner using the same eyeliner pencil.
And then set it with the same Marc Jacobs eyeshadow.
Then I moved onto the other eyeshadows.
So I grabbed the metallic burnt orangey shade
and tapped that onto the center of my lid.
I grabbed my Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter
in the shade Midnight Cowboy and dipped the
brush into another gold glitter that had a little bit more of an orange tone.
And I applied that to my lid and it created
a little bit more of a burnt orangey gold.
For my inner corner I used the same Marc Jacobs
Eyeshadow Palette and tapped a shimmery cream
eyeshadow into the inner corners of my eyes.
Then followed up with the same Marc Jacobs
red eyeliner on my lower lash line and smoked
that out using the matte burgundy shadow.
Lady Gaga had a layer of kind of flesh-toned eyeliner on her waterline.
So I grabbed this Dior cream colored eyeliner and put that onto my waterline.
To define my eyes, I used the Dior Waterproof
Liquid Eyeliner and created a teeny tiny cat eye.
To beef up my eyelashes, I used a few individual lashes.
To blend the individual lashes in my normal lashes,
I used my Shiseido waterproof mascara again.
And finished off with a bite of Amuse Bouche
Liquefied Lip in the shade Supreme.
This look was really fun!
It’s definitely one that I would wear again.
I’m really into burgundy shades.
I love wearing glitter.
So this was definitely up my alley.
I think I was a little scared of doing eyeliner that was round.
I’ve never done it before.
But I don’t want to toot my own horn
but I think it came out pretty well.
Let me know what you think in the comments.
Day six is Cotton Candy Eyes inspired by Oscar
De La Renta’s Fall/Winter 2017 makeup look
by makeup artist Tom Pecheux.
So to create the baby blue that Bella has all over her lids,
I actually mixed a couple of shades.
So I used my Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in the shade
Milk – it’s just like a matte white – with
my KIKO Eyeshadow Crayon in the shade 44.
I put it all over my lid, blended it into my crease
and then I set it with a MAC eyeshadow
in the shade Aqua.
Then I used the MAC Chromographic Pencil in
the shade Processed Magenta to line my lids.
And then topped it off with a Manic Panic
eyeshadow in the shade Pussy Galore.
Then I finished off the whole look
with a layer of lip gloss.
I love this look.
I would wear it again tomorrow and the day after and the day after that.
I love the combination.
I love the pink liner with my pink hair.
It’s just gorgeous and I think anyone can pull it off.
And the last but not least, Day seven is Graphic
Liner and Flash Tattoos inspired by Dior Haute
Couture’s 2018 show.
The makeup was done by Peter Phillips.
So I used the Dior Waterproof Liquid Liner,
which was the brand they used in the show.
Because it was Dior.
I started off by creating a very basic, black cat eye.
But instead of stopping where I normally would,
I extended the wing up and toward the tail of my brow.
Then I created a reverse cat eye on my bottom lash line.
Starting just below my lashes,
drawing it all the way down toward my eyebrows and
then created an elongated wing toward the tail of my brow as well.
Leaving some space between the cat eye on
the top of my lid and the reverse cat eye
on my bottom lid.
Then came the hard part.
I had to create the little spikes on both sides of my eyeliner.
So I used the same liquid liner.
I drew an elongated triangle starting at my
lash line and extending into my crease.
Then I did the same step a few times until
I got to the end of my lid.
Then I did pretty much the same thing on my
bottom lash line.
But the triangles themselves weren’t as thick.
I started at the inner corner of my eye and
went all the way down to the tail end of the wing.
Then to finish off the eyes I used the Cream
Dior Coal Liner on my inner corner of my eye
and onto my waterline,
and then in between the two wings.
I repeated all those steps on my left eye
and by the end of it, I was very, very excited
to be done with the look.
I put a little bit of mascara on and topped
off my lips with a little bit of gloss.
But it wasn’t even over then!
There was more to the look.
So I used some temporary tats from this brand called Tattly.
I chose a set that says “Don’t just stand there,”
which I thought would be appropriate
because I was anticipating some weird looks
when I wore this outside.
So I just cut them into little pieces and
stuck them on my collarbone.
I tapped some water on to each of the tattoos,
and then lifted it off to reveal my message.
After I finished the look there was really
nothing left to do but wear this look outside.
This look was so out of my comfort zone,
but honestly the feedback I got from it was really positive.
I went outside to Fashion Week, did a few things there.
Some street-style photographers actually wanted
to take my picture, it was so cool.
All in all, this experience was so fun.
If you guys try any of these looks, please
tag me in them if you post them on Instagram.
My Instagram handle is @ mianne.chan.
I really wanna see them.
I hope you guys enjoyed watching this video
as much as I enjoyed making it and I will
catch you guys next week.
Thank you all so much for coming along on
this journey with me.
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