Photo: Brandi Stage| Hair and Makeup: HD Hair and Makeup | Floral Designer: Martha Butler | Retoucher: Lily Nguyen | Model: Chelsea Thompson
Fall is all about the changing of the leaves, which provides a major source of inspiration this time of year. From beautiful, rust-colored eyeshadow palettes to gorgeous, Auburn-hued hair, now is the time to shake off the summer and move into richer tones.
This concept completely inspired this beautiful look by Brandi Stage Portraiture, Martha Butler of the French Potager and yours truly. We used a variety of rich plums, soft roses and rust colors on model Chelsea Thompson to bring out her inner fall goddess. This look is easily scalable for an everyday look that transitions you into those cooler days ahead.
To recreate our everyday fall look, I used the Fall Look palette from Estate Cosmetics ($22, estatecosmetics.com) to showcase a very wearable, pretty eye look for fall.
Step 1: Take a light neutral (In this instance we used Knit) and sweep over 80 percent of the lid, stopping just below the brow bone. We love a flat lid brush for this.
Step 2: Take a darker shade (Puffer) and blend it into the corner and bring it up into the crease. Depending on your eye shape, you can keep it in the crease, or if you are more hooded, work upward a bit to bring the focus up. You will want to use a rounded crease brush for crease blending.
Step 3: Using your depth shade (Fall Edit), come into the corner, and blend a small amount to create depth. We brought that down and blended into the lower lash line to tie the full look together. Don’t be afraid to give a little depth to the under eye.
Step 4: Using your finger, blend the silver and gold shimmers, then pat into the center of the lid and into the inner corner. This will give the look some dimension and overall brightness.
Step 5: Finish with a dark brown, or even plum-colored, liner and your favorite mascara We recommend Maybelline Falsies in Very Black ($12.99, www.maybelline.com).
Step 6: Finish off the look with a warm rose blush and a neutral lip for an everyday look, or you can go with a darker maroon lip for an evening look, and voila! You are ready!
You will see that this is a perfectly finished, yet wearable, look for all of your fall events, and you can change the shades depending on your outfit and go more or less dramatic according to your style.
