Makeup Transformation: Matching Make Up (page 5)

Makeup Transformation: Matching Make Up

Posted by Alexandra C. | Monday October 10, 2011

Matching your eye shadow to your nails or lips or matching all three together has long been a practice only for those of the old school make up philosophy. These days, matching your eyes to your blush to your lips and even to your nails is not only unnecessary but it can be over the top. However, Christian Dior showed this look on the Spring 2012 runway and we kind of love the polished and put together look.

Make up artist and YouTuber Lisa Eldridge also caught on this trend and put together a tutorial showing how to pull off this monochromatic look, the video is up and posted here. We saw monochromatic fashion become a trend recently, make up just seems to be a natural progression. We decided to give it a try for make up transformation. We took before pictures- with our regular everyday make up and then after pictures with a matchy- matchy palette.

Nail Polish: butter LONDON 3 Free Lacquer in Blagger (US$14.00)
Eye Shadow: Urban Decay Eyeshadow Ammo Shadowbox- used 'Shattered' (US$40.00) and Lancome Color Design Eye Brightening All-In-One 5 Shadow and Liner Palette (C$54.00)
Lipstick: Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Sultry Sable (C$6.00)

Nail Polish: Mary Kay Nail Lacquer in Gold Leaf (C$10.00), O.P.I. Bring on the Bling (C$12.00)
Eye Shadow: Coastel Scents 88 Piece Warm Palette (US$18.95)
Lipstick: Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Just Enough Buff (C$6.00)

Nail Polish: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Fast Dry Nail Polish in Rapid Red (US$6.99)
Lipstick: Maybelline Color Sensational Lip Color in Red Revival (C$9.29)

Blush: Stila Custom Colour Self Adjusting Blush in Coral (C$26.00)
Lipstick: MAC Mattene Lipstick in Rare Exotic (US$14.50)

What do you think of the matchy-matchy make up? Is this something you'd ever try? Leave us a comment by October 17th for a chance to win! Good luck!

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	on October 10, 2011 Shadowball 1,471 said: I've personally never been one to match just one color - mixing and matching is better because many times, colors compliment one another and help one another out. And besides that, try matching an exact shade of lipstick to an exact shade of nail polish. Waaaay too much hassle. In my own opinion, I think finding colors that work together requires more thought and effort than just using the same color, and the result tends to look much better too. Here's a good practical example....blue jeans, black t-shirt, black eyeliner, smoky blue eyeshadow, purple nail polish, black shoes, maybe grey armwarmers, and maybe some violet lipstick. That's heavy on the black, but black, blue, purple and grey would all work well together for a dramatic, fun, everyday look. Besides that, I can't believe some of these ladies are spending forty or more dollars on eyeshadow! That's bloody insane.
	on October 10, 2011 shanaz 5,961 said: Does this mean I'd have to repaint my nails each day to match my 50 collection of stains, glosses and lipsticks??! ;) I like this trend, however, I do not feel it's practical in the life of a busy lady. It's neat to do for a special occasion though!
	on October 10, 2011 mercurysmile 5,904 said: I think it looks good, if you happen to have makeup and nail polish that's similar in color then yay! But I wouldn't go out of my way to buy matchy polish and makeup.
	on October 10, 2011 Csand06 106 said: not a fan.. way to much work lol