It’s that time of year and Honolulu Nordstroms is having their big beauty event! I decided to try and beat the crowds and went today and get my makeup done by Laura Mercier’s national artist, “Mark”.
It was interesting because one artist prepped my face with skincare-all of the products felt really good on my skin. A vitamin A and Vitamin C serum, followed by Repair Serum and topped off with Repair Cream.
Once that was set, the next step and next artist applied primer with radiance and tinted moisturizer. I wear less and less foundation as my skin gets better, so less is more. The artist applied concealer and brightener. Both made a big difference and the technique was so different than what I learned from Bobbi Brown. A lot less product and only where needed–lightly brushing in the brightening powder in the crevices. The artist shared a trick to lift the eyelids by drawing fine strokes of concealer up and out at the corner lid.
Onto color with Mark. It was pretty interesting because I already use Silk Creme foundation, blush, Audrey lip color et al. Mark told me that the foundation is great for a night out but really I didn’t need that much coverage and that it was aging. Same for my beloved Audrey color – lighter was better.
I wanted to learn Laura’s smokey eye look and there were three choices–smoky in the crease, smoky smudged eyeliner and smokey shadow. I wanted to learn the liner technique.
So beautifully simple. Using the creme shadow in gold-kind of a beige neutral, that was patted on and above the lid. Followed by tightener in bluemarine-a midnight blue color–no wings, just the slightest uplift and pushed into my lashes. No liner on the bottom.
Then he took the Caviar stick in Smoke-applied with a smudge brush and smudged more to cover about have the lower part of the lid. Such a nice clean and for me an updated look!
A little bit of blush and brightening powder and I was done.
Very light hand – loved the look!
I’m a Laura devotee!
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