Get The Look: Gigi Hadid

If I could steal anyone's makeup look, it would be Gigi Hadid's. So that's exactly what I did. She has nailed the "less is more", fresh faced glow that I am always after. After turning my Pinterest feed into Gigi's number one stalker's feed, I really honed in on how she gets her look.

Gigi (yes, we are on a first name basis) only ever wears golden brown tones on her eyes, those are the colors I am going to work with today. I'm starting with my foundation and concealer already done, that way my eyelids are a nice clean canvas to work on. I want the entire eyelid to have a light glow to it, not shimmer, so I used my Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette which is technically for your face, and used the shade "Dim Light" to give a nice warm glow. This step is probably completely unnecessary, but go big or go home I guess!

Then with a light brown transition shade, use a fluffy tapered blending brush to place the color into the crease and blend upward toward the brow. My favorite is the Mac 217 brush. Also take the color into the outer V and extend it outward. By dragging the color out, it gives the eye a more almond, cat-like shape, just like Gigi's. I wanted to include a clip that shows exactly where the color should be placed because it can be a little hard to describe.

There are many different shades that you can use for this next step, but I chose to use Mac Patina eyeshadow. It's a gorgeous golden taupe color that is very subtle. You could also use a more yellow gold, but for this look 'Patina' seemed like the best option! Place this color with a flat shading brush all over the lid. You can take a little of this under the lower lash line for a tiny bit of definition, but it looks like Gigi kept hers bare.

Her outer corner is deepened ever so slightly. Using the same Mac 217 brush, place a deeper matte brown into the outer V, following that same extended shape made with the transition shade. Remember this isn't a smoky eye, so keep it fairly light.

Another trick to create the illusion of a more elongated eye is to have a bright inner corner. Gigi has a shimmery white gold shadow in her inner corner and dragged slightly onto the upper and lower lids. I used The Body Shop's eyeshadow in "Oh, Honey". I'm afraid this shade may have been discontinued because I couldn't find it online! But any similar shade will do the trick. Quick mini review for you, The Body Shop eyeshadows are so incredibly underrated. They are just as good, if not better than my Mac shadows. Even better, they are on sale online right now for $5! I'll pick my jaw up off the floor now and move along.

After doing some research, one of Gigi's tricks to give her eyes a 'twinkly' appearance is to line the waterline with a golden champagne shade. I first used a nude liner, then layered a gold liner by Mally over the top because I didn't have a shade as light as I wanted. Improvise people.

This is probably the most important part of the look, the cat eye liner. She does hers in a very specific shape that gives her eyes that look that I can't shut up about. Draw a straight line out from the corner of the eye, the shape has no curve to it. The extend a straight line back connecting with your lash line and color it it. She only takes the liner to above her pupil, make sure not to bring it in too far. My all time favorite liquid eyeliner is the Kat Von D Tattoo Eyeliner in Trooper. I can't even remember how long I have owned this, and it still hasn't dried out. It's a miracle!

I always set my liquid liner with a matte black shadow. If you're not a pro with your liner, try this trick. By pressing the black shadow over top with a small angled brush, it helps to blend any wobbly lines and makes it look more perfect. Not only that but it helps your liner stay put all day.

According to Gigi, she can't put a strip lash on to save her life, so she loves individual lashes! So pop on a couple coats of mascara (today I used Maybelline Full N' Soft and Tarte Gifted mascara) and lets get to the lashes. There are so many different varieties of individual lashes and in my opinion they are all just as great as the last. I used 4 medium length lashes on the outer half of my eye and 2 short length on the inner half. These give the eyes a flirty, fluttery look without looking fake.

This part is exciting, I was able to find out exactly what lipstick Gigi is wearing in these pictures, and to my pleasant surprise it is from Maybelline! First to define my lips a little more I lined them with Nyx Retractable Lip Liner in Nude.

The Maybelline lipstick she wore was 'Born With It", it's a beautiful nude-y pink color. 

And now you'll be looking bright, and fresh! 

Who do you think has the best makeup? Let me know what you think in the comments!

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Have a Glittery New Year!

If you're anything like me, you use any special occasion as an excuse to have more fun with your makeup, and New Years Eve is just as good an occasion as any! So let's add a little glitter to ring in the new year!

To start off this look, I am going to begin the same way I do with every look. Take a matte transition shade that is about 2 shades darker than your skin tone and blend that into the crease upward towards the brow with a fluffy blending brush. This helps the other colors i'm going to be adding later blend better with my skin.

The main product I'm using today is the Revlon PhotoReady Eye Art Duo in Topaz Twinkle (phew! say that ten times fast). With a gorgeous pale gold cream shadow on one side, and the prettiest gold glitter on the other, this duo knocks it out of the park. Take the cream shadow and place it on the lid lightly blending the edges with your ring finger into the transition shade. If your eyelids tend to crease easily like mine, it might be a good idea to prime them especially because we are using a cream shadow and your night will likely go into the wee hours of the morning. You party animal you. My all time favorite primer has got to be Urban Decay Primer Potion.

Let's make things a little smoky with a dark bronze shade. For shadows I am using my Too Faced Semi Sweet Chocolate Bar palette. Using a smaller tapered blending brush, place the color on your outer V. Your outer V is where your crease meets up with your lash line. Just like a sideways V on the outer edge of your eye. My best advice for making this look as seamless as possible is to add the color bit by bit, completely blending each layer. This way you can build up the color to be as opaque as you'd like and you avoid blotchy, unblended makeup.

Here comes the fun part, the glitter from the Revlon Duo! To create a bright base for the glitter I am placing a white cream eyeshadow from NYX on the inner corner. This will help the glitter stand out better than if it were just against the skin. Then simply place the glitter over the base and drag about 1/3 of the way across the lower lash line and upper lid. This glitter will set in just a couple minutes and not budge.

Once you've built up your outer V to be as intense as you'd like, we are going to get to work on our lash line/eyeliner. I've always loved a really smokey cat eye liner but could never get it quite right. I finally got it down, let me show you how.

The trick is to plot out exactly where you'd like your liner with a thin angled brush and black shadow. This works great because shadow is a whole lot easier to move around than liquid or gel liner, which gives you a lot more room for error. I am using a Mac 266 brush and it works like a charm every single time. Nailing down your cat eye is all about practice and figuring out what shape works best for your eyes, but that could be a tutorial all on its own! Just keep practicing and you will get it as close to perfect as possible, because lets face it, I've never seen a perfect cat eye in real life. I think it's an urban legend.

Take your angled brush and black shadow and lightly plot out the line along your lash line and flicking it out as far as you'd like. If you want a less dramatic look, keep the liner to your top lash line. I'm going to kick things up a notch and connect the line to my lower lash line which gives the eye a more sultry, feline look. Only take this about 2/3 the way across the lower lash line with the color getting softer the further in you go. This will help you avoid making your eyes look small and closed off.

As soon as you have your liner plotted exactly where you want it, it's time to go in with liquid liner. My current favorite is the Kat Von D Tattoo Liner in Trooper (black). Leave a little bit of space between the edge of the shadow line and your liquid line.  Go back over your liner with the brush and black shadow then slightly blend with a clean blender brush to get a diffused look.

Finish off with a crap ton of mascara, and even throw on some false lashes if you're feeling extra sassy.

If anyone tries out this look, post a picture and tag me on Instagram or Twitter @jenleighclark

I hope everyone has a safe New Years Eve and a happy New Year!

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