Bold Red Lips & Smokey Lower Lash Line: Step-by-Step Makeup Tutorial

Bold Red Lips & Smokey Lower Lash Line: Step-by-Step Makeup Tutorial

This tutorial walks you through a stunning look built around a classic red lip, paired with a dramatic, smoked-out lower lash line — a bold twist out of the creator’s comfort zone. Perfect for those looking to try something new and elevate a classic makeup style.

  1. Start with Primer: Apply L’Oreal Lumi Magic Pure Light Primer all over your face using your fingers to create a smooth base.

  2. Foundation: Apply L’Oreal Infallible 24-Hour Foundation in Porcelain all over your face using a damp beauty blender for an even finish.

  3. Conceal Under Eyes: Use the Nyx HD Studio Concealer in Porcelain to cover dark circles under your eyes. Blend it with your beauty blender.

  4. Set with Powder: Set the concealer with Rimmel Match Perfection Translucent Powder using a Sigma F35 brush for a smooth finish.

  5. Brows: Fill in your eyebrows using Sigma Brow Powder Duo in Medium Brown and an angled brush like Anastasia Beverly Hills No. 12.

  6. Apply Eyeshadow Primer: Use the same Nyx concealer to prime your eyelids, blending it out with a beauty blender. Set with the same translucent powder to prevent creasing.

  7. Eyeshadow: Begin with a nude transition shade from the Zua Nude Spectrum palette, applied to the crease with a MAC 217 brush. Then apply a warm brown shade to the outer corners of the eyes.

  8. Lower Lash Line: Intensify the lower lash line by applying the same warm brown shade with a small pencil brush (Sigma L4). Blend it out with a beige shade from the palette using a Sigma E41 brush.

  9. Eyeliner and Lashes: Line your upper lid with Benefit They’re Real Push-Up Liner. Apply black pencil eyeliner on your waterline and finish with long false lashes by Le Trend in "Ony."

  10. Finish the Face and Lips: Set your face with L’Oreal powder, add warmth with Juvia’s Place bronzer, and apply Fred Boy blush from The Balm. Highlight with Mary-Lou Manizer. Line your lips with a lip liner from The Balm and fill with Anastasia Beverly Hills “American Dough” red lipstick.

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