Face of the Day - Going out!

Today is my lovely cousin's 21st birthday and as the older, more seasoned cousin, it is my obligation (and pleasure) to take her out and show her a good time. But with all the errands I have to do before the shindig, getting ready will have to take little to no time at all. When faced with these situations as I often am (between work and grad school, having time for a social life is a miracle in itself so getting ready can't take too long), I reach for my fail-safe products.
Dior's Diorskin Nude BB Creme is perfect for evening out my splotchy and tired complexion. For someone who has had such issues with foundations, this is the perfect combination of foundation-like coverage without wanting to tear my face off. It glides over all those nasty dry patches, blurs my many fading acne scars and with SPF 10, I find that there isn't much flash-back.

Now as I have no cheekbone definition (especially not after the holiday season I had), Kevyn Aucoin's sculpting powder in medium is a lifesaver. Applied with a Real Techniques duo-fiber contour brush and all of a sudden, I'm Keira Knightley. Finally to finish off the face (apart from the application of some M.A.C. Studio finish concealer), I do a light dusting of my Jouer bronzer in suntan. As someone who is half-irish decent, I fall victim to an extremely red complexion after only one glass of pinot grigio. Consequently, I stay FAR away from blush on nights out and this bronzer adds just enough color without making me look like an worker in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.

Face done, onto eyes. Now as I have very little time at this point, having spent most of my time making my skin look fantastic, I reach for the easiest smokey eye combo in the book: Laura Mercier Caviar Stick in Amethyst and a M.A.C. 217 brush. Slap it on, blend it out, done! Just lashings of Diorshow Mascara and a swipe of M.A.C. Shy girl and I'm out the door!