Tutorial: Good Hair Day for the Holidays

Don't you just love those days when all falls into place? My hair didn't disobey me, my eye makeup needed no contacts, my eyebrows were as perfect as they could ever be, my base didn't require "digital enhancement", and to top it all off, a PINK lippy worked in my favor. Sadly, I only went to school for an hour with this look and nowhere else *groans*.

55% luck and 45% make-up. Tutorial after the jump!

See how the ends of hair wisp in all the right places? This is reason enough for me to never have rebonded hair as unmanageable as it can be.

I got a hair cut on Monday by a very nervous ACutAbove Academy student (teacher helped, of course) at a charity event in my college. Not bad for 10 bucks and an ice cream, eh?

I was basically just trying out several new products but I suppose this look could work for a family dinner, daytime gathering or church. It's mostly natural but with enough glow and metallic sheen to make it more festive. This look uses only three colors including highlight!

Items Used:

Face:
L'Oreal Studio Secrets Magic Perfecting Base
Cyber Colors Botanical Smoothing Hydro-base
I Nuovi Facefix UV Powder Foundation in 4Y
Maybelline Mineral Power Natural Perfecting Concealer in Sand

Eyes:
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion in Eve
I Nuovi Metallogy Eyeshadow in Patina
Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Jet (from The Black Palette)
MAC Pigment in Blonde's Gold
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero
Max Factor False Lash Effect Waterproof Mascara
Shu Uemura Hard 9 Eyebrow Pencil in Seal Brown

Prep lid with an eyeshadow primer. Using an eyeshadow brush (Stila #30), apply a metallic bronze-brown eyeshadow on the lid and blend the color up to the crease. Take a round crease brush and place a deep purple shade to the outer V and blend it out.

Apply the same color onto the lower lash line using a small precision brush. Join the outer corners and thin out towards the inner corner. Highlight under the brow with a soft champagne gold using a dense highlight brush. Line the upper lash line close to the roots using a black eye pencil.

Apply generous coats of mascara and fill in the eyebrows.

Cheeks:
Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick in Nectar
MAC Bronzing Powder in Refined Golden

Pick up a shimmery peachy pink blush with a duo fiber cheek brush (MAC188 dupe) and tap off any excess to avoid shimmer overload. Lightly contour with a bronzing powder.

Lips:
L'Oreal Colour Riche Lipstick in 754 Sugar Plum
MAC Lipglass in Funky Fusion

The weather's been so cloudy lately that I'm having trouble setting the right white balance on my camera.

I'll be spending Christmas with family.
How will you be celebrating Christmas?

Happy Christmas everyone! :D