How To Apply X-Factor Leona Lewis Style Make Up

Lauren: Hey all! Lauren Jorgan. Hiya. I'm going to do a little [Ally West] [Lauren Lewis] Bleeding Heart-inspired look today. I got a request last night for it, and it's actually something I've been getting a lot of requests before for as well but I didn't get around to doing it, and it came to refresh my memory, so here we'll go. I was trying to lay off the greens because I do a lot of them but it's kind of a good look, so we're going to give it a shot.


Lauren: First I'm going to apply some MAC shade stick, Sharkskin, all over my eyelid. And clear the shape that we need. I've already warmed it up, that's why the lid was off. And you just apply it all over the eyelid. I'm going to create a little tick.

Lauren: I'm going to go straight across. So you've got like that kind of shape. Because it's all going to get colored in.

Lauren: If you warm the shade stick up between your hands, it doesn’t apply so harsh. I know a lot of people have complained about that; that it won’t go on the skin very well.

Lauren: Now, I know that looks really silly, but you’ll see when it comes together, what happens. OK, so that’s colored in.


Lauren: Actually, now we need to do the bottom lash line, because we want dark on the bottom as well. So just line the lower lash line. Now we’re going to apply MAC deep-blue pigment; deep-blue green, sorry. All over the eyelid.


Lauren: Whew! Just completely cover that entire black. The black’s used, because it helps to stick the color there, and also if you would use the deep-blue green on its own, without the Sharkskin base, you wouldn’t get the exact color that I’m after. You’ll see what I mean if you own a shade stick. It really does change the colors for you. Just blend that in. If you don’t want fall-out, like I had last night in my videos, make sure that you stick the color onto the Sharkskin, the shade stick, rather than just applying it. So you’re just sticking it on there, so it shouldn’t fall out so much.


Lauren: OK, now that you’ve done your deep-blue green, we’re going to apply some Nightlight, MAC pigment, Nightlight. Just use the same brush; it’s not a problem. We’ll apply that… halfway in, and out. And then on the inside, and to where you’ve got half-line. Halfway in, then out, and then from the inside, then right over. This gives the middle two coats, apparently. I don’t usually do this, though, because sometimes I haven’t got time. Because I try not to edit my video too much, so that you get to see the whole lot, and not just chopped bits. Because when I see a chopped video, it’s harder to understand what they’ve done, when they’ve cut and they’ve cut and they've come back to a full fit, and I think I don’t really know what happened there, so I try and do this as fast as I can. It’s actually quite annoying, because some of the looks take quite a while to do. So you need that extra time to do it.


Lauren: Anyway, now we’re going to apply some MAC pigment and green. Mine’s all gone. I’ve only got a little bit on the bottom. I’m going to just apply that to the outer corners. Like that. Alternatively, I'll run through some colors as I go. If you haven’t got the MAC colors, because I know that some of them are discontinued, so if you haven’t got them, you can always use the Barry M, Emerald

, or NYX, the line one you can use. There’s not many greens, though. The fact, that’s the only green. But there’s lots of different ones. L’Oreal Hip have different colors that are good, and pigmented.


Lauren: Now once you’ve done that, I’ve got to get that lid back on. We’re going to apply some white MAC pigment. And we’re going to lift the color up a little. Just using a blending brush. Stick it under your brow bone and blend it in. Down on the inside, as well. On the inside of your nose, and bring it along.


Lauren: Right now, quickly, I’m not going to have time to do the mascara, but I’ll show you in the finishing photos. Quickly go along w