Tutorial: Typical Dance Make-up

Introduction

As you guys know, my sister, mum, and I dance.

However I don't do ballet or ballroom personally....

My sister does ballet, jazz, tap, modern, lyrical, all the good stuff.

For an easily usable look for any dance, there's the typical dramatic brown eyeshadow look.

What it really is, is just a 3 eyeshadow eye look with an optional winged eyeliner.

Aka, the typical dance make-up.

So, using my sister as a model (she had a ballet/tap/jazz performance twice this weekend), here is how to do this look!

(P.S. By the way, she's only 12. I know, I absolutely hate her eyebrows too. But please don't criticize her

on how she looks. Seriously. Who here actually looked "perfect" at 12? Not me. I was full speed into puberty and growing at the time.)

Typical Dance Make-up

Day 1 of 2, no liner on the waterline.
And wow... what the heck did the camera/light do to the lipstick... fail.

Make-up used for this look:

(List of products used will be listed at the end of the post)

Foundation and powder

Blush

Pigmented light brown cream eyeshadow

Dark matte brown eyeshadow

Shimmery pearl/white eyeshadow

Eyeliner

Red lipstick

Optional: Eyeshadow primer/base, fill in brows

I will automatically be assuming you have a set of brushes, so I will not be listing brushes in this tutorial.

Before you do make-up, obviously wash your face, toner, then moisturize.

For her foundation, I used Artistry balancing foundation in the shade Ochre 65

It's an interesting pump, just need to pump it once to get enough out for a typical day.
I had to pump twice so I could fully cover her entire face and her neck

Warm up the foundation on the back of your hand.

You can either just use a sponge directly from the foundation onto the skin and blend into the skin.

OR...

You can apply foundation with a foundation brush, and then smooth out the lines with the sponge.

Being done with all that foundation, just set the foundation with powder so it doesn't slide or anything. Here I used Estée Lauder's double wear powder in the shade 1W2 Linen 14

To be honest, the shade was just a single shade off from her skin tone. Reason being was this is her winter make-up.. not her summer make-up.

With foundation and powder... wow her face looks red already haha.. it was so hot

Apply blush on the cheeks and fan up to sides of temples 

(think of an awkwardly shaped tear drop.. kind of...)

With that we should be done with the face...

*breathe*

Easy enough to do right?

At this point we'll be doing eyeshadow.

If you'd like, you can apply eyeshadow primer or base to help the make-up last longer.

Get a creme pigmented eyeshadow in a light brown like color.

With your ring finger, lightly dab the top of the pigment (literally just touch the pigment, and you'll get enough) and apply on the lids.

Repeat on both eyes.

After you finish both eyes, put the matte dark brown eye shadow and put directly onto the corners of the eyelids like so....

Looks really ugly at the moment right?

You must be thinking "WTH is she thinking!?!"

Nah, you're not going to look like this.

With a thin slightly pointed brush, blend the dark eye shadow, following your eye socket.

After blending the dark brown eye shadow

If needed to, put more of the dark shadow on the brush, tap off the excess, and blend more until you reach the amount you want.

With a brush, apply the white shimmery eyeshadow (note, it must have some slight shimmer and/or it must not be 100% chalk white....) in the inner 1/3 of the eye makeup and from the bottom of the eyebrows to the top of the eyeshadow makeup.

I used Estée Lauders Pure Shadow EyeShadow in Tea Biscuit

After you finish both eyes, go grab a tiny thin brush and get some of the dark brown eyeshadow again.

Line your bottom with the brown.

With that done, use a black eyeliner and wing out the eyes.

I guess the wing is optional really, but my sister has monolids so we always do winged out eyeliner to open up her eyes.

Also line the inner 1/3 or half of the bottom waterline with the black eyeliner.

Well, that's really the tutorial!

You'd just apply red lipstick after.

Purchase the right colored lipstick for yourself.

My sister should be more of a coral red color but she's officially lost her lipstick...

Here is the official list of products that I personally used on my sister:

Artistry balancing foundation SPF/FPS 20 UVB/UVA - lotion in shade Ochre 65

Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Powder Makeup in shade 1W2 Linen 14
Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place ShadowCreme in shade 04 Antique Gold
Estée Lauder Pure Color EyeShadow in shade 38 Chocolate AND 60 Tea Biscuit
Artistry Eye Define in shade Noir
Estée Lauder Pure Color Crystal Lipstick in shade 354 Passion Fruit

-hugs and smiles-

Bunneh ♥