Home Made Beauty

Christmas is just around the corner and I am broke and I am sure most of you can relate. So I figured what better time to share one of my money saving beauty tips wither everyone.


MK’s Homemade Highlighter

What you need…

Face cream – use your usual day cream. A day cream will work better then a night cream because its much lighter and usually water based.
Lose eye shadow dusts – I am sure you have an old eye shadow dust (or a whole tower of them) that you never finished or just don’t really use lying around. Colours - Light, medium or dark gold’s, coppers, bisques, peaches, light pinks and a shimmer white (any colour that is natural to skin).
Small empty pot/tub – maybe a lip gloss that’s pretty much finished, or an old eye shadow pot – if you don’t have one you can buy them at the dollar store.

Directions…

-Squeeze about a quarter of an ounce (give or take) of moisturizer into the pot/tub
-Slowly start to add in the loose eye shadow dust a bit at a time – don’t use your fingers as you will waste too much of the product, use a small spoon or even the end of a makeup brush. Start with the colour you want to be most dominant, I would suggest a medium gold.
-Add the other colours that you want (use less then you used for the base colour)
-Mix the colours and cream together with a small makeup brush – make sure all shadow partials are mixed well into the cream.
-Test the colour on your hand…and add more colours accordingly. If you have found the perfect colour but feel like the consistency is too runny/thin add some translucent face powder or a small amount of baby powder. If you feel like the consistency is too thick then add a small amount of cream and stir adding more if needed.
-Place the pot in the fridge for a few hours to set.

***Tip -The consistence should be the same as a cream eye shadow/blush or slightly thinner. Nothing thicker as it will cake on top of your foundation***

Where to apply…

Apply the highlighter using your fingers after you have applied all other makeup. Apply to the upper area of your cheek bones up around the outer eye area and color bone.

Highlighters can be worn in all seasons, with a full face of makeup or a clean face with minimal makeup.



Enjoy MK