Makeup Tutorial: Cowgirl (Inspired by Girls' Generation/SNSD)

October 31st is just around the corner! Guess what my costume is this year?

My friends and I love going trick-or-treating en masse dressed as K-pop girl groups. This year, we decided to draw inspiration from Girls' Generation's cowgirl concept for its recent single, "Hoot"!

To match the Western feel, I found an old cowboy hat and matched it with a flannel shirt from Hollister, blue skinny jeans, and some tan high-heeled boots.

Excuse the messiness :S

For the makeup, I wanted the eyes to look natural, yet with a little extra drama (after all, it's only this one day a year when you can get away with wearing pretty much anything). I kept the eyeshadow simple and added some black eyeliner to deepen the look.

Face:

1. Skin79 Hot Pink BB Cream (reviewed here) - It's been about 11 hours since I applied it so my skin doesn't look perfect, but it still holds up pretty well.
2. Maybelline Dream Matte Powder in Cream
3. Wet N Wild Color Icon Blusher in Pearlescent Pink

Eyes:

1. Prep eyelids with Urban Decay Primer Potion in Sin.
2. Apply a shimmery burnt gold shadow (I used Mac Pigment in Gold Mode) over entire lid up to the crease.
3. Tightline and line the waterline with a black pencil liner (Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-on Eye Pencil in  Zero).
4. Line the upper lashline with a black gel liner (Wet N Wild Creme Eyeliner in Black), extend the line out to create a wing.
5. Apply dark khaki-colored shadow (Lancome Color Focus Eyeshadow in Blink) just above the eyeliner.
6. Line the outer corners of the lower lashline with a light copper shadow (Mac Pigment in Melon).
7. Dot a pearly highlighter (Benefit High Beam) on the inner corners of the eyes and below the browbone; blend.
8. Curl lashes and apply mascara (Covergirl Lashblast Mascara).
9. If desired, glue demi lashes on the outer corners of the eyes and glue 2-3 individual lashes on the bottom lashline.

Lips:

1. Apply a cool pink lipstick, such as Burt's Bees Lip Shimmer in Guava

This look is actually wearable in everyday life, perhaps if you skipped the falsies and lightened up on the eyeliner.

Have a happy Halloween, guys!

Love, 

Jessica

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