Step by step: three evening makeup looks for Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is a magical holiday when every girl wants to look special: romantic, feminine, sophisticated and at the same time bright and seductive. It doesn’t matter whether the client chooses the most natural makeup, colorful and catchy or dramatic and luxurious: the main task of the makeup artist is to do makeup at the highest level, highlight the girl’s natural beauty and carefully hide imperfections.

When creating makeup for Valentine's Day, it is not necessary to focus on all areas of the face at once. If a girl has beautiful eyes, they should be emphasized with a sophisticated eyeliner or colored eye shadow. If the choice fell on bright lips, it would be a shame not to remember the 2021 trend for red shades of lipstick. We get inspired by makeup options for the most romantic holiday of the year, get to know the technologies better and hone every step to please our clients on Valentine's Day.

Subtle accents

To create an airy and light beauty look for Valentine's Day, pay attention to delicate lilac shades, which are great for adding expressiveness to the eyes. In this case, it is recommended to highlight the lips with a light pink pencil and transparent gloss. An ideal makeup option for delicate and romantic natures.

Step 1. Prepare the skin for makeup with toner and apply Paese 01 foundation.

Step 2. Fix the tone with Inglot No. 14 loose powder.

Step 3. We work on the eyebrows with Inglot gel eyeliner No. 16, and apply Smart girl highlighter to the volume area.

Step 4 . Apply Armani No. 7 cream eyeshadow to the moving eyelid.

Step 5 . We fix them with Inglot pigments No. 73 and No. 22. We emphasize the shape of the eyes using a waterproof Kiko pencil.

Step 6. Shape the lips with Cascade pencil No. 321 and transparent gloss.

Makeup: Tatiana Karmack; photo: Victoria Dovbnya; model: Nadezhda Baranyuk.

Emerald haze

Expressive eyes are a wonderful reason to focus on them. A beautiful smoky makeup for Valentine's Day in green and brown shades is what you need, especially if a green-eyed girl is sitting in front of you. The ideal tone, light correction and nude shade on the lips will help complement the luxurious beauty look.

Step 1. Apply a shining base. We tone the face and décolleté area.

Step 2. Correct the face with cream textures. We use HD concealer under the eyes. We shape the eyebrows with eyebrow pomade and apply gel. Dust with HD powder.

Step 3. We build the shape of the eyes with a brown pencil, completely working out the lower eyelid.

Step 4. Cover the moving eyelid with a creamy green texture and quickly shade the borders.

Step 5. Apply light shadows under the eyebrow. Along the edge of the shade we place brick-colored shadows, gradually deepening the color into dark brown.

Step 6. Add green pigment to the moving eyelid. Draw an arrow. Refresh your face with blush. Cover the lips with gloss in a nude shade.

Style, makeup: Anna Smolyar; photo: Vadim Sery; model: Maria Mukhina.

Red and black

If your client's choice is a classic look with red lipstick and seductive smokey eyes, be sure to pay attention to this option. Gold and pink-peach eye shadow and a barely noticeable ombre effect on the lips will help diversify it. The feminine image of the fatal beauty will appeal to many.

Step 1. Moisturize the skin with a light cream. Apply foundation. We correct the area under the eyes with concealer.

Step 2. We correct the face with oily textures, after which we duplicate dry textures for durability and richness of the effect. We shape the eyebrows using shadows.

Step 3. Apply the base under the shadows and form a deepening of the outer corner of the eye with dark burgundy shadows.

Step 4 . We add pigments to the moving eyelid, creating a color transition from pink-peach to gold. Duplicate the color scheme on the lower eyelid. Add a black arrow, draw the lower and upper mucous membranes with a pencil. Deepen the outer corner with shadows.

Step 5. Apply mascara to the eyelashes. To make your look more expressive, apply false eyelashes.

Step 6. Add highlighter to the bridge of the nose and cheekbones. We shape the lips using two long-lasting matte lipsticks, creating a light ombre effect.

Makeup: Elena Bugaenko-Neskorozhenaya; hairstyle: Liliya Prokofieva; photo: Vadim Sery; model: Irena Rugal.

The photos were first published in MAKEUP&YOU Professional magazine.