I often highlight with Nyx Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk, and a lot of people ask me how I do it. It's really simple, so here it is! It's an amazing matte highlight for pale skin.
Firstly, I must say that I got this idea from the badass and talented Samantha over at Batalash Beauty. She did a contouring tutorial last year at some point, and mentioned that if she's quite pale in the winter, she just uses Nyx Milk to highlight instead of a lighter foundation. To my knowledge, she hasn't done a tutorial on just how, so I decided to make a quick post showing what I do!
It's super easy.
Start with your normal foundation routine (I like to highlight before contouring, but I went ahead and did it before for the sake of consistency):
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| full face minus highlighting |
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| Sometimes I have to resist drawing all over the rest of my face for fun. |
Then I blend it out with my finger, and there's my favorite matte highlight!
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| Matte highlight and contour ftw. |
It's great on it's own, but it's also an awesome base for other highlighters, like Benefit's High Beam (my favorite):
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| Can't go wrong with High Beam |
And one from the front for good measure.
A word of warning, however. This can be tricky if you have quite dry skin, which I do. It doesn't do dry spots (like the ones I get on my nose) any favors! I've also noticed it works best once your foundation has set, but before any setting powder. With powder under it, it can get a little harder to blend.
Thanks for the awesome idea, Samantha! You da best, but we all knew that.
Derp face signing off.
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Complete product list:
Face
- Nyx green color correcting primer
- Ben Nye translucent powder
- Revlon Colorstay for oily/combination skin in Ivory
- I used the Wayne Goss foundation over powder method
- Nyx Milk (highlighting)
- Benefit High Beam
- Nyx blush in Taupe (contour)
Eyes
- Urban Decay Primer Potion
- Urban Decay shadow Strange (from Naked 3)
- Nyx Taupe blush
- ELF brow kit in Dark
- MUFE eyeshadow #162 (brows)
- ELF cream eyeliner
- Maybelline Colossal Lash (yellow tube)
- Red Cherry Lashes #43
Lips
- ELF Studio Matte lip color in Natural
And here's a nice one for pinning, if you so desire!
Um, holy shit. Just had to go try this even though its time to wash my makeup off. I will not be regretting that tomorrow! This looks GREAT! Definitely adding you to my bookmarks! Keep it up!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome, glad you liked it! And thanks! I'm having a ton of fun with this blog :)
DeleteOkay, okay. You've convinced me. This pale gal really does *need* nyx milk!
ReplyDeleteIt's so useful for so many things!
DeleteWhat do you blend it out with?
ReplyDeleteA brush? Do I just furiously smush it into my face with my fingers?
I just realized I didn't even mention it, but yes, I just use my fingers!
DeleteOh my gawsh, you're just straight up adorable. i love this tutorial.
ReplyDeleteDo you know if NYX makes their cream blush in Taupe or a similar colour? Being winter, though I'm normally oily I dry out easily if I use powder products - so I'm setting with spray and trying to stick to cream blushers/highlights/contours (they're also easier to blend on a liquid foundation) but I don't want to get the Illamasqua cream pigment (they're like $30 here) and I can't get OCC's dupe of it.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy I found this again too - it's taken four weeks, but I finally got the NYX pencil in Milk (I got the last one in the entire store; they don't restock for two more weeks).
The only ones I've heard of are the ones you mentioned, unfortunately :/ You might be able to request one or stalk around /r/makeupexchange and get a used, sanitized one for cheaper! Hell, /r/makeupaddiction might be a good place to ask on a Simple Questions Sunday or Wednesday to see if anyone else knows better than I do. Good luck!
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