LBS Beauty (Holiday): Natural Beauty Look Using Mary Kay

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It’s holiday season and all I can think about are all the cocktails, galas and holiday shindigs on my ever-growing social calendar. If you’re like me, you’ll be trotting off to a number of holiday parties this season. Though the prospect of trying out new makeup looks for the holidays can be fun, it can also be a little intimidating if you’re the type of girl who typically does more muted or natural-looking makeup.

 

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Mary Kay is a brand I grew up around as a child. My mother had her share of Mary Kay® skincare on our bathroom shelf and so it’s definitely a name I grew up recognizing in cosmetics. I, however, never really used the products myself so I love that the team at Mary Kay sent me a group of their products to try. It also came with an easy instructional sheet on using Mary Kay to put together a fun holiday look.
 
mary-kay-brushesWhat I like about the products, is that they weren’t overpowering or complicated to use and they gave me a fresh look. Simple and beautiful – that’s essentially the base of my personal beauty philosophy. Little details like their gel eyeliner coming with an applicator brush made the whole process much easier.
 
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Also something I loved, specifically for brown girls like myself, is that their mineral eyeshadows took me super glam pretty quickly since they’re so concentrated. With some neutrals and gold eyeshadows you end up piling on alot of layers to get the effect you want but these gave me the look I wanted without much work.

Here’s how to get this look:

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Products: Mary Kay® Mineral Eye Color ($7 each), Mary Kay® Gel Eyeliner with Expandable Brush Applicator ($18) Mary Kay® Creme Lipstick ($15). All prices are suggested retail.

1. Start by applying a bit of concealer, liquid foundation and powder as a base for the face.

2. Highlight the inner corners of the eyes with Glistening Gold mineral eye color.

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3. Brush Rosegold mineral eye color from eyelids to creases.

4. Highlight the brown bone using Gold Coast mineral eye color.

5. Create a cat eye with Jet Black gel eyeliner.

6. Finally, apply Berry Kiss lipstick on the lips.

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Simple, festive and flawless! Love this look? Let me know your favorite holiday makeup tips in the comments below to be entered for the chance to win a $100 VISA Gift Card (hello holiday shopping!) plus a collection of Mary Kay® products!

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Christina Brown

Lifestyle influencer and digital mompreneur Christina S. Brown is a New York native, LA resident, and the founder of LoveBrownSugar.com and BrownGirlsLove. She's an award-winning storyteller, a motivational speaker and an advocate for confident millennial black women.

78 Comments

  1. My favorite holiday makeup tip is a little can go along way, and use a primer, it helps a lot for me. Just some simple tips can work wonders.

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  5. My tip is to use makeup products you are familiar with for your holiday look. This way you will not get any unexpected issues with your makeup

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  7. I like to wear a berry colored lipstick during the holidays and a little eye shimmer. Their Merry Berry look is my favorite.
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  9. I choose to play up my eyes during the Holidays by using a mauve smokey eye, with a brown eyeliner. Try making up the eyes or mouth but not both. Add a shimmer to the cheeks and use a highlighter along the nose, under the eye and under the chin to make skin look luminous!

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  16. My favorite tip is to add sparkle to your makeup! Wear sparkly eyeshadow! yarbr012 at gmail dot com

  24. I like to go with a bolder lip color and something sparkly, like sparkly eyeshadow or highlighter.
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  28. My favorite holiday makeup tip is to keep it simple like usual, add just a little bit of glitter on lip products .
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  34. My holiday makeup tip is to not go overboard just because it’s the holidays but stick with a basic, winter look that either plays up the eyes or the lips – not both.
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  36. My favorite tip is to add a hint of sparkle! Not too much, but a little because it is the holidays!

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  39. I love your tip of Highlighting the inner corners of the eyes with Glistening Gold eyeshadow – it really opens your eyes! For the holidays, I like to add an extra coat of mascara, a bit of shimmery blush to my cheeks and a fun red lipstick. emilyemahr (at) yahoo.com

  43. You want to step up the color in your eye make up.
    I like some glitter at the holidays.
    thank you

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  53. I love the holiday romance smoky eye look – I can never get mine to look so good truckredford(AT)gmail(DOT)com

  60. I don’t wear makeup but I do know that always keeping a lipbalm on hand is something that my mother, who wakes up in makeup I swear LOL, swears by, so that is the only tip I have! LOL

    Angie

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  62. What beautiful skin you have and the makeup looks flawless. I like the cat eye with the gel liner.

  70. I don’t use a lot of makeup but if you are trying a new brand always test in first to make sure you don’t have a bad reaction. For the holidays, bright bold makeup looks best.

  72. Natural look is ALWAYS safe — looks great and classy!!

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