My Favorite Products for a Glam Night Out
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As you likely already know, since I talk about it more or less nonstop, I strive to keep my daytime makeup look asclean, simple, and natural-lookingas possible. On an average Monday, I’ll add some life back into my skin with myEm Cosmetics blush, spot-conceal with myIlia, and fake some luminosity withGlossier’s haloscope. Done.
However, my obsession with keeping my makeupundetectableto the human eye disappears the second the sun goes down. In the evenings, I transform like a beauty werewolf: I use contour to chisel out my cheeks, full-coverage foundation to perfect my complexion, and crazy colors on my lids. Below, a list of my all-time favorite products forglamming upmy routine.
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This is a fairly light concealer, as far as concealers go (for comparison: lighter thanGiorgio Armani’s Luminous Silk, heavier thanLaura Mercier’s Tinted Moisturizer) but it’s still more full-coverage than I’d use on my daytime skin. At night, however, onKatie Jane Hughes’s recommendation, I use it as an allover tint: It’s soglowy and creamythat it makes my skin look practically glasslike in photos. I dip myIt Cosmetics Heavenly Perfecting Complexion Brush #7into the product, then buff out as if it were a regular old foundation — it creates the most luminous, dewy base for the rest of my makeup.
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These littleblush sticks from Biteare a very special hybrid product: They go on like a cream, (they’re very blend-able and easy to apply), but they dry like a powder (which means they last all night long). I especially love the deep red shade, Mochi.
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During the day I stick a big, fluffy brush in this product then lightly swipe it all over my face to give my skin anice, soft bronze. But at night, I swipe the stick directly along my cheekbones for a perfectly chiseled-looking contour, then buff it out with myMotd Buffing Base Bossbrush. It blends into my skin so easily, and gives me the best fauxcheekbonesin the world.
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I’ve gushed before about how this nude-y pink from Charlotte Tilbury is the bestyour-lips-but-bettershade. For evenings, it’s especially dreamy — it’s matte, but not overly drying, and makes yourlipslook plump and pillowy.
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I’ve been using Glossier’s Colorslide eyeliners constantly lately; they have the most beautiful shades and the formula makes it incredibly easy to use. It’s waxy but not insanely pigmented, so if you decide you want a touch ofcolor on the lidsbut aren’t quite ready for a liquid bright blue cat-eye, this is the perfect thing. I like to run it quickly along my upper lashes for a super easy, practicallyimpossible-to-mess-up cat-eye or accent. My favorite colors at the moment are Nectar, a mustard yellow; Jumbo, a gingery orange; and Adult Swim, a deep navy.
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When I’m going out at night, I practically dip my face inthis product. It’s perfect! After I’ve done myfoundation and concealer, I apply this to the high points on my face — cheekbones, upper lip, brow bone, and chin — and it gives off the most gorgeous sheen. It’s an incredible product that I truly never let myself run out of, and if you haven’t tried it yet, I must insist that you do.
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To make sure my makeup stays in place all night, I finish by sweeping thissetting powder(which I keepin my purseat all times) from Fenty all over my face. It’s very fine, so it never makes the skin look strange and cakey, and gives zero flashback in photos.
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