Illuminate your eyes with this autumn-inspired combination

Do you dream of autumn? What about the falling leaves, seasonal foods and cuddly, warm clothing? There's something about the slowly fading summer weather that puts us in the mood for makeup looks inspired by seasonal colors. Even if fall is months away, there's no reason to avoid warm-toned makeup. After all, warm colors complement most skin tones and give your face a healthy glow.
To create this glamorous look, layer peach, orange-brown and chocolate shadows. These create the backdrop for a bright, glistening lid. If you've never used concealer underneath eye shadow before, you’re in for a treat. This product acts as a neutralizing base and makes light-colored shadow especially bright. Use a flat eye shadow brush to apply it. This will help you create a half-moon shape, so the center of your lid will look extra bright.
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Materials
- Moisturizer (Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentré)
- Illuminating primer (Smashbox Photo Finish Radiance)
- Foundation (Laura Mercier Flawless Fusion Ultra-Longwear)
- Foundation brush
- Light-colored concealer (Estée Lauder Double Wear Radiant Concealer)
- Beauty sponge
- Dark-colored concealer (Tarte Shape Tape Contour Concealer, Deep)
- Loose setting powder (Laura Mercier Translucent)
- Cheek brush
- Bronzer (Fenty Beauty Sun Stalk’r Instant Warmth)
- Coral blush (ColourPop Super Shock, Count Me In)
- Setting spray (Urban Decay All Nighter)
- Gold highlighter (BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed Highlighter, Champagne Pop)
- Tapered brush
- Brow cream (Morphe, Hazelnut)
- Angled brush
- Brow gel (Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow, Chocolate)
- Nude-beige cream eye shadow (MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot, Painterly)
- Buffing brush
- Peach eye shadow (Morphe x Jaclyn Hill Palette Volume I, Silk Crème)
- Blending brush
- Orange-brown eye shadow (Morphe x Jaclyn Hill Palette Volume I, Buns)
- Chocolate brown eye shadow (Morphe x Jaclyn Hill Palette Volume I, Chip)
- Small tapered eye shadow brush
- Flat eye shadow brush
- Pink shimmer eye shadow (Morphe x Jaclyn Hill Palette Volume I, Obsessed)
- False eyelashes (not shown)
- Tweezers (not shown)
- Lash glue (not shown)
- Black mascara (not shown)
- Nude lipstick (Tarte Color Splash Lipstick, Rum Punch)
- Nude lip gloss (bareMinerals Gen Nude Buttercream, Totally)
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Instructions
1. Prepare your skin for makeup by applying moisturizer with your fingers. Wait a few minutes before the next step to make sure your skin has fully absorbed the product.
2. Apply illuminating primer to your face with your fingers.
3. Apply foundation to your skin with a foundation brush.
4. Brighten the center of your face by applying light-colored concealer below your eyes, on the center of your forehead and chin, along the bridge of your nose and above the cupid's bow. Press the product into your skin with a damp beauty sponge.
5. Contour your face by applying dark-colored concealer underneath your cheekbones and along the perimeter of your forehead. Suck in cheeks to determine the placement of the concealer. Press the concealer into the foundation with the beauty sponge.
6. Set the concealer by pressing loose powder below your eyes with the damp sponge. Whisk away the excess product with a cheek brush.
7. Swirl bronzer below your cheekbones and along your temples and forehead with a cheek brush.
8. Restore color to your cheeks by patting coral blush onto them with the cheek brush.
9. Set the makeup by misting your face with setting spray. Hold the bottle at least 6 inches away from your face to avoid wet droplets.
10. Accentuate your cheekbones and nose by sweeping gold highlighter onto them with a tapered brush.
11. Fill in your brows with brow cream. Use an angled brush to sweep the product through the existing hair. Hold the brush so the bristles are vertical, and press it against your skin to simulate microblading.
12. Brush brow gel through your eyebrows to keep them in place.
13. Pat nude-beige cream eye shadow onto your eye area with a buffing brush.
14. Use a blending brush to sweep peach eye shadow onto the outer corner of the lid as well as the crease.
15. Intensify the crease and inner and outer corners of the lid by layering orange-brown eye shadow over the first shade.
16. Deepen the crease color further by applying chocolate brown eye shadow with a small tapered brush.
17. Use a flat eye shadow brush to apply light-colored concealer onto the lid in a half-moon shape.
18. Pat pink shimmer eye shadow onto the freshly applied concealer with the flat brush.
19. Layer more chocolate brown eye shadow onto the inner and outer corners of the lid.
20. Use the tapered brush to mix peach and orange-brown eye shadow. Sweep the colors underneath your lower lashes.
21. Hold the false lashes with the tweezers, and apply a small amount of lash glue onto the lash band. Let the glue set for 10 seconds before applying the lashes just above your upper lashes.
22. Apply black mascara to your lower lashes.
23. Apply nude lipstick to your lips, and top them off with a coat of nude lip gloss.
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