#vampylook

Hey guys! Long time, no post! I’ve been working on this post for a while and I hope all my hard work is about to pay off! 

This look is inspired by the “New” Taylor swift, or what we’ve seen of her. Specifically, I drew my inspiration from the look she wore to the 2016 Met Gala. A very minimal eye, with a dark, vampy lip. Very on trend for fall. 

Here are the products I used:

Base: L’Oreal Infallible Pro-Matte in shade 102 L’Oreal True Match blush in W1-2 Bare Honey MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft and Gentle

Taylor Didn’t have a much going on base-wise. Just a flawless complexion with a warm bronzer/blush color and some highlighter. I chose my favorite foundation for a full coverage finish and my favorite highlight, you use your favorite. The blush is important. Taylor wasn’t contoured really but she did have a warm bronze/peachy color applied toward the back of the cheek which helped define her cheek bones and warmed the complexion.

Eyes: Hourglass Ambient Lighting Edit Palette (just use your favorite bronzer and light (slightly) shimmery eyeshadow) NYX 5 Color Eyeshadow Palette (any matte dark gray will work, this is just the one I had in my collection) L’Oreal Voluminous Smoldering Eye Liner (again, use your favorite black pencil liner) NYX Face and Body Glitter in Silver Glossier Boy Brow in Brown L’Oreal Voluminous Lash Paradise in Black

Again, Taylor went really simple on the eyes. Just a subtle, warm color in the crease (I used bronzer) and a light color on the lid (I used a slightly shimmery finishing powder). Black liner on the tight line and the outer corners of both top and bottom lash line smudged in with matte gray shadow. The fun part of this eye look is Taylor’s very subtle use of silver glitter in the inner corner. You can really only tell if you look at a super zoomed up picture, but it’s there. I just used what was in the cap and applied a little bit of Glossier’s Balm Dot Com to make it stick. Finish it off with your favorite mascara.

Lips: Laura Mercier Lip Pencil in Hazelnut Tea Maybelline Color Sensational Bold Lipstick in 790 Midnight Merlot

The star of the show! Those vampy, purple lips! I would definitely recommend you use a lip liner when working with a dark lipstick like this. I don’t have a dark lip liner, so I used my nude one. This lipstick is GREAT! Don’t take my word for it, Glamour wrote and entire blog post about it. I applied it straight from the tube and cleaned up the edges with concealer. 

The Completed look:

BONUS: Surprise! I filmed this look. See below for a talk through tutorial for this makeup look. Let me know if you like video tutorials, I’d be happy to make more of them.