Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Aria Montgomery Inspired Makeup


From Privileged to Pretty Little Liars, Lucy Hale has always been gorgeous. Her sense of style carries over not just from the show but in her everyday life as well. Today, I found this photo of Lucy as Aria on Pretty Little Liars. The look features shimmery bronzey eyes with hot pink lips. This is my take on the how to recreate the look.


step 1: you're gonna want to wash and moisture your face. This gonna give your makeup a fresh canvas to stick to by getting rid of any existing oil and dirt, as well as giving you a smooth surface to work on.

step 2: apply concealer to any dark spots, blemishes, or imperfections you may have. Lucy has very clear, even skin.

step 3: Lucy aka Aria, has very porcelain-like skin in this photo. I would buff a medium to full coverage foundation all over the face and down the neck, setting it with a mattifying powder to give the skin a nice porcelain finish.

step 4: smile to find the apples of your cheeks and dust a baby pink powder blush all over the cheeks, blending back towards the hairline. Make sure you're following the natural shape of your face.

step 5: prime your eyelids with a sheer eyeshadow primer. Make sure to get the bottom lid as well.

step 6: using a bronzy medium gold base, apply with a concealer brush to just the lids of your eyes blending up into the crease. Set it with a powder shadow in a similar color. Then on the outer half of your lid, take a shimmery dark brown shadow and lightly blend it into the gold, making sure not to go past the outer 1/3 of the lid. Take a light wash of this color into the crease. Take this brown and blend it along the lower lash line as well.

step 7: take a black liner, I recommend using a liquid or gel liner, and apply it as close to the lashline as possible on both the upper and lower lids. Line your your entire eye, tight- and waterlines included.
step 8: apply your favorite volumizing mascara to your upper and lower lashes.

step 9: apply your favorite matte hot pink lipstick all over your lips.

step 10: go back and clean up any mistakes you made with a Qtip or concealer.

Products I Recommend: Maybelline Fit Me Concealer
Revlon Colorstay Foundation
Revlon Photoready Powder in Translucent
ELF studio blush in Tickled Pink
L'Oreal HIP eyeshadow duo in Charged
Maybelline Line Stiletto liquid liner in Black
L'Oreal voluminous million lash mascara in black
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Temptress