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Untitled #4 by maria-maniataki featuring benefit makeup 

 

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The way I see it Adele is wearing a pretty heavy duty foundation and has done some concealing with powder as well! Normally, I on't wear  that much foundation,!.My favourite foundation is L'oreal True Match Foundation! In the summer(if I want to wear foudation) I wear the original version as it's less oily and givess off a more full conerage effect! However the've come up with a new one named True Match Lumi magic which is setted with a luminous primer and gives a more radiant finish! Personally I think that for the summer it's a bit too much therefore I ve kept to use in the winter when my skin gets drier and definitely needs a boost of extra glow!I apply my foundation with my hands and then I use the matching concealer and powder (they came in a discount set) and I m done with the face! When I go for massive face reconstruction I substitute concealer for a lighter shade foundation (2 shades lighter) and I apply that from the tip of the nose to the outside corner of my eye in a sharp line which I then fill in! This way I brighten up my under eye area and I play with the lighting somewhat changing the shape of my face! I let that set and move on to bronzer (contouring)!

Adele definitely has some major contouring underneeth her cheekbones and arround t he jawline in order to make the face look thinner! I use an angled blush brush (from H&M) make the fish-face by sucking in my cheeks and apply the bronzer from the top of the ear (sideburns) up to the middle of my cheek (Imagine a vertical line from the iris of your eye down to your cheek-that's where you wanna stop) The bronzer I use is by seventeen and is dark brown with a little bit of shimmer, however that does not seem to fit Adele's look. The best thing I can come up with is the bronzing powders by The Body Shop! In the picture Adele doesn't seem to be wearing any blush so I'd say skip it! She doesn't seem to be wearing any highlighter either but perhaps you'd like to add some light-shade powder where you 've applied the lighter shade foundation! Now it's time to powder the skin and move on to the eyes!

For the eyes Adele wears very thick eyeliner that starts thinner from the inner corner and gets innediately thicker and wings out at the outside corner! There are numerous vids on youtube on how to do this but my favourite is this one by pixiwoo! The eyeliner I use for my inner corner is H&M liquid pen eyeliner wich has a very fine tip but I know wet 'n wild do a great one as well! Then for the rest of the eyeliner I'd use Maybeline's Gel Eyeliner  with an angled eyeliner/brow brush which makes it easier to do the flick! For eyeshadow I would use Sahara or Nude by NYX that have a very slight but noticable tint which is perdect for this look. For the crease you want to take your bronzer and use that as your crease colour so that it looks darkened but in a natural tone that already exists in your face-canvas! You can take a fluffy brush and work the colour in your crease! Adele in the photo seems to have that crease colour all the way to the inner corner of the eye to her nose and down the sides making her nose look slimmer! Adele also wears false eyelashes that are really dramatic towards the outter corner. I prefer to use Ardel lashes and Duo waterproof eyelash glue which is tinted so as to blend in nicely with the black eyeliner! Last but not least Adele always wears white pencil eyeliner in her lower lashline to make her eyes even bigger! Since I have nery sensitive eyes that get easily watery I use the NYX Jumbo Eyeliner pencil in Milk   which stays on all day!

For lips the only nude lipstic I own is Korres Guava Lipstick in 13- natural pink which makes me pale but is perfect with this look! However since it's summer I would go for a lipgloss in a peachy shade to perk things up a bit because the look it's self is all about the eyes and the rest is kind of...blurry! I love Bourjois Effet 3D High Shine Lip Gloss in #1 Beige Elatic as it's an amazing nudish colour! My all time favourite which I am afraid is discontinued isthe Effet 3D Les Nudes #36 which I can find nowhere, but that's life for you!

I shold mention that wearing so much eyeliner in this heat is kind of risky in this heat and especially for me because I have really oily eyelids! Now, even though I try to not spent lots of money on cosmetics I was planning on splurging for a good eye primer and ended up buying the Two Faced Shadow Insurance in Candlelight, which is a shimmery primer. It does the job perfectly but I wish I had bought the Clear one. Well good news is I got it on sale and didn't have to splurge after all!

 by maria-maniataki featuring nyx cosmetics