Getting Beautiful for Valentine’s Day with Maybelline!

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A few weeks ago I showed you how to create the perfect Valentine’s Day date night look with Maybelline makeup. Well, I couldn’t get enough so I’ve gone ahead and created a second date night look with even more Maybelline cosmetics! I picked up some new goodies from Walmart, on a Maybelline tower at the end of the beauty aisles. I snagged a few Maybelline Color Sensational LipColors (in a red shade and two pink shades, perfect for Valentine’s Day), The Blushed Nudes Palette, Falsies Push Up Drama Mascara, and Eye Studio® Lasting Drama™ Gel Eyeliner in Blackest Black.

For my second Valentine’s Day beauty look, I kept my eyes simple and played around more with the lip colors. But I’ll get back to them in a moment. Let’s start with my eye look. I debated between buying The Rock Nudes Palette or The Blushed Nudes Palette but I went with the latter because the shades looked softer and more Valentine’s Day-like to me. The palette features a slew of pinks, peaches, rose golds, taupes and brown hues, which all work well with my skin tone. (Although, The Rock Nudes Palette has a lot of deep, edgy colors that are perfect for evening – and it looks like a lot of fun so I’ll probably review it at a later date!) Anyway, The Blushed Nudes Palette is great because it has step-by-step instructions on the bottom so if you’re not a makeup guru, you can still achieve the perfect eye look!

Here’s a three step breakdown of how I achieved this eye look:

Step 1: I used the four colors on the far right of the palette: light pink, rose gold, taupe and brown. The palette comes with two eyeshadow applicators which I felt were sufficient for applying the shadow to my lids. I started

Step 2: I tend to keep my eye shadow looks simple but I can’t resist going the extra mile when it comes to eyeliner. I mean, who can resist a cat eye?! I find that the best way to keep the sat eye sharp is to use a bit of tape when applying. But this Eye Studio® Lasting Drama™ Gel Eyeliner comes with a brush that makes it pretty easy to apply in a straight line,

Step 3: I brushed on one coat of Falsies Push Up Drama Mascara to ‘lengthen’ my lashes.

The result? A strong yet subtle eye look!

Next, I moved on to my lips, and got to playing around with the following three Maybelline Color Sensational Lip Colors I picked up:
015 – Born With It
105 – Pink Wink
625 – Are You Red-dy

Born With It

Born With It is a creamy, light pink shade. It shade goes on super sheer so I needed to apply several coats and got the exact shade of pink that I wanted. I love that it has a touch of sparkle so it glimmers slightly on the skin. And I also used it as a base for creating an ombré lip! (See below)

Pink Wink

Pink Wink is a beautiful, light magenta hue. It’s a mix of pink and light purple shades, and like Born With It, there’s a hint of sparkle. You can apply one coat for a lighter color, or several coats to achieve a richer, deeper pink shade.

Are You Red-dy

You can always find me rocking a red lip and Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse! (As if I needed one). Are You Red-dy goes on strong, immediately, with just a quick swipe. Of course, several coats gives you the perfect, creamy red pout. This shade is not a strong ruby red – it’s more of a reddish pink which made it perfect to pair with Born With It to create my final lip look.

The Ombré Lip
As I said, I mixed Born With It and Are You Red-dy to create this ombré look. It’s a little subtle, so hard to see clearly in this pic, but I started with several coats of the pink lipstick, then applied touches of the red all along my inner lip. After a few coats, I pursed my lips together to blend, and added more of the red as needed.