Sarah's Everyday Styling Routine

It's time for round three of our Everyday Styling series with Sarah. Click here to see round 1 + round 2.  

I'm so excited to share my Summertime makeup routine! I feel that I should start out by sharing that I am an instructor at our town's Paul Mitchell school so my makeup ritual is a little more technical and involved than other gals. I've gotten my steps down to a science and the whole she-bang takes me about 15 minutes to apply. Also, my mom is an Avon Representative so I buy a lot of products from her. Here it goes!

I actually cannot believe that a photo of myself with naked brows will now live on the internet. With a small angled brush I use medium brown matte eyeshadow to create the top line of the eyebrow first. Then I fill in the interior and bottom line of the brow. I usually grab a Q-tip and fade out the perimeter of the brow to soften it up and make it look less "drawn on".

SHADOW: Sephora brand, medium brown (matte), BRUSH: e.l.f. Studio Small Angled Brush

This Summer, I've been beginning my make up with a tinted moisturizer (with sunscreen!) all over my face. Then I follow up with a concealer under my eyes, to hide dark circles and above and below my brows. This will help in the brow defining stage. Next I dust my entire face with a fair-colored loose powder foundation and then apply a more bronze powder just below my cheekbones with a blush brush. This small step helps to build the initial depth of the cheeks. 

CONCEALER: Avon Concealer Stick (light medium),LOOSE POWDER: Avon Smooth Minerals Powder Foundation (soft ivory),BRONZE POWDER: e.l.f. Cosmetics Clarifying Pressed Powder - Honey,TINTED MOISTURIZER: Benefit Cosmetics You Rebel Lite

Next, I move on to my lids. I start by sweeping a light brown matte shadow from the crease of my eye down to my lid. I follow with a darker brown shadow in the crease and outer corners of my lids. Then I use a peachy-rose on the lid and just above the crease. Make sure to blend these peachy spots with the darker brown.

LIGHT BROWN SHADOW: Sephora brand, light brown (matte), BROWN & PEACH SHADOW: Avon True Color Eyeshadow, Hawaiian Glow Duo (Satin Taupe and Rose Blossom)

Now it's time for the highlighting! This is a step is so important because it immediately adds more dimension to your face and draws attention to those highlighted areas. I use a highlighting pencil on my brow bones, inner eye corners, cheekbones, and around my lips. Then I use my finger to blend the product out. 

HIGHLIGHTER: Benefit Cosmetics Eye Bright Pencil

Next, I use a soft dark brown eye liner pencil. I always start on the outer corner and glide toward the center then apply a little on the outer side of the lower lash line. I LOVE the pencils with a little smudge sponge on the end! I use that little guy to soften the liner before I move on.

EYELINER: Maybelline New York Define-A-Line Eyeliner, Brownish Black

After I line, I move on to mascara. I always cover my lower lashes first and let them dry before I move on to the top lashes. This lowers the risk of mascara dots messing up what's already finished on the top lid and brow bone.

MASCARA: Rimmel London Volumeflash Scandaleys Mascara Black

I always finish my eyes before I move on to my cheeks. This way if I have product fall on to my cheeks then the cleanup is easy. Fixing mistakes on blushed cheeks means little erased patches that are harder to fix.

I start my cheeks by applying a cream bronzer with my finger very lightly on the bridge of my nose and under the cheekbones and blend upward. I give that product a few minutes to dry and apply my lip color. I finish my face with a pink blush on the apples of my cheeks and blend up and out. 

BLUSH: Avon Ideal Luminous Blush (Antique Rose), LIP COLOR: Avon Ultra Color Rich Lipstick (Pout), BRONZER: Stila One Step Bronze

Here's a photo of Sarah after her everyday makeup routine. 

When it comes to my hair I should tell you, I have a lot of it. I only wash it about every 6 days and lately I've fallen in love with Paul Mitchell's Forever Blonde Shampoo and Conditioner. I know, I know. I'm not blonde, but the ends of my hair have been lightened. Washing my hair less and using this keratin-enriched system keep my hair very healthy. So as I near that 5th-6th day of "lived-in" hair, I keep the styling simple. 

I use my smoothing iron to smooth out my fringe and the hair that frames my face. Then I tie a low side-pony really tight and gently loosen out some height at the crown and top of my head. Next, I use my smoothing iron again to curl the pony-tail in about 4 big sections. I end by wrapping a small section of hair around the hair tie to cover it. I end by applying a small mixture of Paul Mitchell Awapuhi Wild Ginger Styling Treatment Oil and Fast Form Cream Gel to the length of my pony-tail. 

Thanks for reading Sarah's Everyday Styling Routine. We will be back with another round soon! 

Comments

[Rory]

WOW she looks amazing!!! :) I love the hair especially :)
Rory
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[Rory]

WOW she looks amazing! Love the hair especially :)
Rory
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[Bethany]

Oh my word, I adore this look! And Sarah is beautiful! She is right - I recently started using a highlighter, and it makes such a difference. I love this series, Elsie and Emma. :)

[Jen]

I love that Sarah's look enhances her features - and doesn't overpower her beautiful face. She's a doll. And I have to say, I'm quite envious of her brow arch. = )

Jen
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[Brittany]

How do you get away with not washing your hair for 6 days? I'd love to hear more about that thanks!
Brittany

[Malayka]

Very cute! :)

[Samantha M]

Wow, great routine! Very similar to mine! And I love how Sarah used the matte brown shadow to define her brows; it really makes a world of a difference. Definition of the brows really frames the face and makes anyone appear more vivid and alive!

- Samantha
http://samlovesmakeup.wordpress.com

[teddi]

beautiful! sarah is a fountain of make-up knowledge & tricks. she does all that in 15 minutes? holy wow.

[danielle]

wait, is the second picture from the top without makeup?? sarah your make up is great and still looks natural/unfussy/awesome but damn girl you are also really gorgeous without makeup too!!

[Emilie]

Very nice look!!! Sarah is sooooo pretty!! The bronzer give a nice dimension to this look!!! Will try to wear my bronzer like that now ahead!!

[Lauren]

I too would like to hear more about how you can go 5 or 6 days without washing your hair? Are you rinsing in the shower everyday but just not using shampoo? A hairdresser once said that's what she recommended but i just can't see that working out for my hair. If I wash it one day, and not the next, by the end of that day it looks too limp and slightly oily.

Also, how do you get your bangs and sides with so much lift and fullness? Is it just naturally thick hair or is it a particular shampoo?

Anyway, love the post!

[Tracy]

Hi Sarah - you have long lashes - how do you put mascara on your upper lashes without getting it on your eyelid (after shadow)? I love shadow, but never use it because I end up wiping it away when I clean up my mascara! :)

[irene wibowo]

nice.. i love this! :)
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[Carlee]

This is so cute! I absolutely love it. She is so pretty before and after. Looks flawless. Some beautiful girls you have featured here. Can't wait to see more.
Carlee

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[Sydney]

So beautiful with or without the makeup.

[Stephanie]

great makeup routine!

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[Marty J. Christopher]

I love that she uses Avon! I use a lot of Avon products and love them. I find them to be better quality than some drugstore brands and sometimes infinitely cheaper! I love that shadow duo and have something similar from Avon, too. I'm going to try out that eye look next week. Great routine!

[elsie]

Hey guys- I will chat with Sarah about working on a dry shampoo post! :) It's really awesome.

[Lauren]

So beautiful and natural... love the eyeshadow application, gorgeous!

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[Votre Amie]

Glowing and lovely!!!!
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