The Cranberry Eye

March 6, 2014

Kouturekiss _ The Cranberry Eye

  1. Sweep a matte vanilla shadow on your brow bone.
  2. Using a windshield wiper motion, apply a soft pink shadow in your crease.
  3. Pat a shimmery cranberry shadow all over your eyelid.

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The Ombre Lip

February 17, 2014

Kouturekiss _ Go Ombre

Step 1: Begin with primed lips. I used MAC Lip Erase.
Step 2: Choose the color scheme you want to go with. Use the darkest shade as your lip liner and apply to the cupids bow and the bottom of the lower lip.
Step 3: Finish lining the lips from the inside out.
Step 4: Blend in the inside edges a small amount using the lip liner pencil. (more…)

Cut Crease

August 13, 2013

Kouturekis _ The Cut Crease

We’re seeing the cut crease slowly start to take over the Internet in the makeup scene… looks hard, huh? It’s not! Here’s a simplified version of a purple cut crease!

  1. Prime the eye from top to bottom, and underneath the eye as well. I used MAC’s Paint Pot in Soft Ochre, with my finger.
  2. Apply a light, matte e/s underneath the eyebrow with a flat brush, for a more opaque application. I used a MAC e/s in Brule, with a MAC #242 brush. (more…)

We’ve Been Wooed… Rihanna x MAC

June 29, 2013

Kouturekiss - Riri x MAC - We've Been Wooed

Here is the complete lipstick collection from Rihanna’s limited edition collaboration with MAC cosmetics! These three beauties came in a retro matte texture, leaving the lips looking like velvet, with no shine, and extremely long wearing.

  1. Riri Woo – beautiful bright blue red
  2. Riri Boy – fun lilac
  3. Heaux – an incredibly rich pink berry

What’s your favorite shade? Let us know in the comment section below!