#face armor

High-impact cheeks using contouring and multiple shades of blush 1. Wash and moisturize your face. 2. Apply a full-coverage foundation or BB cream all over. 3. Use concealer in inverted triangle shapes beneath your eyes. Gently pat in the concealer to blend, don't rub it away. 4. Use highlight to define your jaw by applying a thin line across the front of the bone, from ear to ear. Blend it in. 5. Use bronzer to define the space between the top of your cheekbone and your temple. Blend it in toward your hairline. 6. Apply your first blush shade from the apples of your cheek to the bottom of the bronzer line. Blend toward the bronzer. If you have warm skin tones like I do, choose a coral or peach shade. If you have cooler skin tones, choose a rose or berry. 7. Apply powder all over to control shine. You can use translucent setting powder or a standard makeup compact in your natural skin tone. 8. Apply your second shade of blush in a diagonal line along the top of your first blush and bronzer. This blush should be a brighter version of your first one. 9. Apply a shimmery, light toned third and final blush at the tops of your cheeks. 10. Final look

Photoset two of two Pic one: Use a crease brush to fill in a warm medium brown shadow along eye creases, meeting up with the black wings. Pic two: Use an angled brush to apply matte powder slightly darker than your skin along the sides of your nose and meeting beneath. Blot this in with a sponge. Pic three: Use a flat eyeliner brush to draw black shadow along the lower lash line, drawing over the wings from before. Pic four: Use an angled brush to fill in the outside corners of your eyelids with the same black shadow. Pic five: Use an eyeshadow brush to apply a deep silver across the center third of your eyelids. Pic six: Add a light silver from the inner corners of your eyes sweeping outward over the dark silver and black. Pic seven: Use a lipstick brush and a strong Matt red lipstick to finish off the look. Pic eight and nine show the completed look in better lighting.

This full-face look combines a smoky eye with contouring and bright red lips. Photoset one of two. Pic one: completed look Pic two: Start with a matte full coverage foundation. Pic three: Draw concealer under your eyes, going down along the sides of your nose, forming two triangles. Blot the concealer in. Pic four: Highlight your bone structure, particularly cheekbones and jaw bone. Draw a "palm tree" going up your nose and onto your forehead. Pic five: Use bronzer or dark contour to frame you top of your face in darkness. This will provide more contrast with highlighted areas to accentuate your features. Note: I applied darker than normal to provide sufficient contrast for this picture so you can see the shape of the contour, from below one cheekbone, curving along the hair line, and swooping back beneath the other cheekbone. Pic six: Draw your blush in an angled line from the apples of your cheeks up towards your temples. Pic seven: Wet a concealer brush with setting spray, then use a brown or black eyeshadow to draw in full yet precise brows. Pic eight: Draw thin black wings extending from beneath the outside corners of your lower lashes, outward towards your temples. Continue to photoset two of two for the rest

Wearing Avon Beyond Color plumping lipstick in Twig. The texture is smooth and creamy, not glossy or dry. Great all-purpose lipstick.

Joan Sutherland as Lucretia borgia xo

THE  TIGHTS!!!