Glam Pinup Makeup

Start with moisturizer. I like Ole Henrikson Sheer Transformation. Apply a tinted primer or BB cream to even out skin tone. Next apply a foundation one shade darker than your natural skin tone and blend. I used Sephora Perfection Mist Airbrush Foundation. I used Sephora's Pro Airbush #55.

Next highlight anywhere the light would naturally hit your face (forehead, under brow bone, top of cheeks under the eye, down the bridge of the nose, around the nose in a U-shape, and from the corners of the mouth, sweep up and back toward the ears.

Apply bronzer to contour along sides of nose, under cheek bones (fish lips ladies!), and along the jawline. Use a pinky-peach blush on the apples of the cheeks. I used NARS NARcissistic Cheek Kit. It has a highlighter, blush and bronzer and includes a brush.

Let this set while you do the rest of your face.

Create a smokey eye by starting with a sandy-gold color all over the lid. Blend it up into the highlight you applied to the brow bone. With a darker color make a sideways v at the outer corner of each eye blending toward the center of the eye. Line eyes with a dark liner pulling up at the corners.

Follow with two coats of mascara.

Line lips with the eye pencil you used for your liner. I used Urban Decay. The color is Rockstar.

Fill lips in with a red lipstick. I used a Pomegranate lip pencil by Bite Beauty.

Blot.

Press a piece of tissue paper to lips and brush with a loose powder like Bare Essentuals Mineral Veil.

Reapply both liner and lipstick.

Press lips together a few times to blend the liner into the lipstick.

Should look like this.

Blow yourself a kiss.

Now blend the highlighter and bronzer using small circular motions.

Blend. Blend. Blend.

Finish by setting makeup with a loose powder. I used Bare Essentuals Mineral Veil.

To make sure no lipstick transfers to teeth, put your finger in your mouth, close, and pull it out.

Viola!