Valentine's Day Look | Naked 3 Palette

Happy February everyone! Valentine's Day is coming up quick so I thought I'd post a pictorial for you guys! The other night I dusted off my Naked 3 palette and decided to play around with it and this is the look I came up with. 

As I've said before, I'm not a huge fan of the Naked palettes, although I have them all, but this palette has the prettiest pink shades, perfect for Valentine's Day. Keep reading for a how-to!

After priming my lids, I started by blending out Limit above the crease for my transition shade. 

To deepen it a tiny bit, I then blended Nooner right on top of that. 

I really wanted the next shadows to pop and UD shadows have a ton of fallout, so to prevent this I blended my NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk onto the lid. The pencil is tacky so this will really make the shadows stick to the eye lid. I also blended a tiny bit of this into the inner corner. 

Now for the lid, I loaded up the flat side of the brush that comes with the palette with the shades Buzz and Trick, and packed that into the lid. Buzz is more pink while Trick is more rosy, and together they make the prettiest combination.

I again took a bit of Nooner and used that to just soften the edges of those two shades. 

To brighten up the inner corner, I again took the flat side of the brush and patted on the shade Dust. 

To start deepening up the eyes, I blended Darkside onto the outer third or so of the eyelid, blending it slightly into the crease. I didn't want a wing shape so I blended it in a rounder shape, curving down toward the lower lash line. 

To deepen it up even more, I next took Blackheart on my brush and lightly blended it in the outer part of the lid, focusing the shadow on the lash line and bringing it into the crease. 

Next I grabbed a black eye liner pencil and lined both my lower water line and the lash line. 

To soften the liner, I took Nooner and Buzz on my brush and just buffed that straight into the eyeliner. 

Next I tight lined my upper lashes with the pencil and lightly darkened the upper lash line as well. 

I wanted to soften the line on top, so I just took a blending brush and lightly feathered it over the liner. 

I finished the eyes off with a coat of mascara and some feathery falsies from Kiss that were $3 at Walmart. 

And voila! Valentine's Day eyes! I'm pretty pleased with how this one came out. It's smokey yet still kind of soft at the same time. And it can be paired with really any lip color which is a bonus. 

What did you guys think of this pictorial? Let me know in the comments! 

Thanks for reading guys and have an amazing day!

xoxo

LivforLashes

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Mani Monday | Easy Valentine's Day Mani

It's been a long time since I've done a nail tutorial, so I figured since Valentine's day is coming up, I'd do an easy V-Day manicure for you guys!

It was super simple and practically no tools are needed!

For polish you need:

White

Light pink

Dark pink 

Silver glitter 

Light pink glitter 

The first step is to paint a base color on your nails. For the thumb and pinky fingers, I used the dark pink. Light pink goes in the index finger. White will be on the ring finger and silver for the middle finger. Do two to three coats to make the polish opaque. Make sure your polish is completely dry before moving on to the next steps. I like to watch an episode of my favorite shows on Netflix to pass the time for this :)

Now the ring finger is super simple, just paint a layer of the light pink glitter polish over the light pink base. 

For this manicure, the middle and pinky fingers will stay as is, just the base color. 

For my ring finger, I added a lips design. To do this, find a thin brush (I used an old striping polish brush, but you can use art brushes or even a toothpick) and draw little lines and scratch marks to make the bottom lip, using the dark pink polish. 

For the top lip, it's easier to do it in two sections. Draw the little lines to make a triangle shape for half of the top lip. 

Do the same for the other half.  

For the thumb, I first cut out a heart shape on a piece of paper. 

Next I grabbed a triangle cosmetics sponge and painted on a few coats of the white, light pink and pink glitter polishes. 

Place the paper flat over the thumb nail and sponge the color on to the nail, creating and ombré tie dye effect. 

The next part is a little tedious and totally unnecessary, but I grabbed loose silver glitter and while the heart was still tacky, I used tweezers to place the glitter around the outside of the heart. 

Top it off with a clear top coat (don't forget to paint the edges of your nails with it to prevent chipping) and that's it! Simple and super cute and perfect for a fun manicure for Valentines day!

I hope you liked this post and I'd love to see some of your V-Day nails! Tag #livforlashes on Instagram so I can check them out :)

Have a good day guys!

xoxo

LivforLashes

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