Everyday Korean Ulzzang Makeup Tutorial

Hi!
    It has been forever it seems since I've done a makeup tutorial! Partly that's because it has been a while and it's mainly because I've been trying to do more tutorials on my YouTube, so all my recent KPOP tutorials have been on there. Any way, I wanted to share with you a really simple gradient makeup look inspired by one of the most popular trends in Korea, which is gradient makeup. This look consists on a neutral matte eye and bolder lip look. Let's get started!

~Face~

1. Moisturize

     Koreans are obsessed with two thing: moisturizing and whitening. This cream by Innisfree does both of those and leaves a smooth finish to the skin with an oil free glow.

2. Prime

    I love green toned primers because they really help to brighten and tone up my skin by cancelling the redness. This helps to reduce the pigmentation of acne, dark spots, and any redness that I might have. I applied this by blending in with my fingers in upwards motions.

3. Under Eye

    While I apply concealer on acne after I apply foundation (or CC Cream in this place), I like to apply under eye concealer before hand since I use an orange toned concealer. I apply that in a triangle shape and patted it in.

4. Base

   After blending in the under eye concealer, I went in with a brightening CC Cream to give my face a lighter look and feel. I dotted the product on my face and blended it out with a precision foundation brush.

5. Conceal

     Anywhere that I have spots, I applied a coat of a thick liquid concealer with a pointed concealer brush to accurately apply onto the spot.

6. Setting

    To set all of my hard work, I went in with a loose mineral powder and applied it with a fluffy brush in circular motion to give my skin an airbrushed finish.

~Eyes~

7. Brows

    Ya'll know the drill. I went in with a brow powder and after combing through my brows used and angled brush to fill in my brows.

8. Prime

     To ensure that my makeup is going to last all throughout the long day, I used a waterproof eye primer to not only prep for the coming shadow and liners, but be able to express their color better.

9. Base

    Taking a warm toned light brown matte eyeshadow, I applied it over the lid up to the crease with an eyeshadow brush.

10. Deepen

     Taking an angled brush, I'm going in with a medium taupe-ish brown and apply that to my upper lash line and down onto my lower lash line. This helps to deepen the look and add depth.

11. Brighten

    To brighten up this look, I'm taking a vanilla toned eyeshadow onto my inner corners and aegyo-sal. This helps to make the eyes look cuter.

12. Tightline

    To make my lashes look fuller and more defined, I'm taking a waterproof black eyeliner and applying it to the roots of my lashes.

13. Line

    Taking a dark brown liner, I applied it thinly to the tops of my upper lashline. This will help to give us puppy dog eyes and has a softer feel than black.

14. Smudge

    To softly define the look of my eyes, I'm taking a darker brown eyeshadow and smudging out the eyeliner previously applied with an angled brush. I also dragged any excess color onto my lower lash line and under eye tail.

15. Aegyo-Sal

    No ulzzang look would be complete without any sparkly eye liner. That being so, I took a white pearl toned glitter liner and applied it to my aegyo-sal.

16. Mascara

    Lastly for the eyes, I curled my eyelashes and applied a lengthening mascara for root to tip using a zig-zag motion.

~Cheeks & Lips~

17. Blush

    Taking a cooler toned light pink, I took a fluffy brush and applied the blush to the apples of my cheeks and blended it outwards.

18. Stain

     To create a gradient lip, I applied a bright hot pink to the centers of my lips and tapped it in with my finger to finish.

19. Conceal

    To enhance the color gradation, I went around the outer portions of my lips with a concealer and blended it upwards with my finger.

20. Gloss

    To tie the colors previously together and make the gradation smoother, I applied a light pink gloss over my lips with my finger tip.

~Finished Look~

    I hope you all enjoyed this makeup tutorial! It's crazy that we are in 2015 now and that this is the first post of the year!! I hope that your new year is as amazing as you are! Thank you all so much for your support throughout last year. I'm looking forward to sharing this upcoming year with all of you. I love you all so much, Muah!

Grace

Song of this post:

Cafe Latte- Urban Zakapa