Summer Beauty Video Tutorial: Bronzed Babe
Editor’s note: Over the past few years, we’ve done tons of beauty posts here at CF, but there’s one thing we’ve never attempted: Beauty video tutorials! Every two weeks, our resident video blogger and makeup artist Imani will show you how to create a gorgeous makeup look on a college student budget.
Summertime is famous for long days running into long nights. How many times have you spent hours out with your friends with no time to change your clothes or makeup for a party, or had to carry your entire vanity around in your makeup bag? To help you out, I have a foolproof summer makeup look that will have you looking radiant during the day and sultry during the night.
The Look:
The Bronzed Babe look is all about gorgeous shimmery eyes, glowing skin, and a pretty pink lip. It’s ideal for transitioning from day to night, and its shimmery colors will look perfect with any summer outfit.
One thing to note before we get to the tutorial: You don’t have to use the exact products seen here! Take this tutorial and adapt it to work for you. For example, if your skin is lighter, you might want to opt for lighter toned eyeshadows. If it’s darker, you may choose to use colors that are more pigmented. Feel free to experiment with products to find the ones that work best with your individual coloring.
How to Get the Look:
Products Used:
- Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
- MAC e/s in Amber Lights
- MAC e/s in Woodwinked
- MAC e/s in Bronze
- LORAC e/s in Posh
- Milani Liquif’Eye Eyeliner in Black
- Black Mascara
- NARS blush in Orgasm
- Milani TANtastic bronzer in Fantastic in Bronze
- Wet n Wild l/s in 903C
- Napoleon Perdis lipgloss in Protege
Dupes for high end products used:
College girls are on a budget. Heck, just about everyone would opt to save some cash if they had the opportunity. So don’t feel intimidated if you don’t have the exact products to re-create this look because you don’t really need them.
For this tutorial, you can use similar colors you already own, or opt for one of these inexpensive dupes for the products I used:
- MAC Amberlights -> L’Oreal Gilded Bronze
- MAC Woodwinked -> NYX Antique Gold
- MAC Bronze -> Ulta Cafe Ole
- NARS Orgasm -> e.l.f Peachy Keen
Now, all you need to do is set your makeup with a setting spray – my favorite is Urban Decay’s All Nighter Spray. Then, just grab your favorite gloss and you are ready for the day and night.
Your thoughts?
Did you like our first beauty video blog? How easy do you think it would be to re-create this look? What are some other looks you would like to see covered in a future video? Tell me what you think!
Posted on on July 7, 2011 / Filed Under: Beauty & Hair / Tags: Beauty, bronze, Makeup, Summer, Tutorials, Videos
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kaley
beautiful!
Carolyn
Oh Wow…….so pretty – i think i will give this a try.
Lisa
I really like that the description is so detailed… thx
Paula*
Awesome! I am so excited for more of these videos!
Haleigh
Great tutorial but I don’t like that you said you will be featuring a look that you can get on a college student budget and yet all of these products are very expensive. I would like to see tutorials on how to get this look with makeup you buy from a drugstore. Those are products that college students can actually afford.
Imani - Cosumnes River College
Thank you everyone! :)
Haleigh- I apologize for any confusion in the description. I listed duplicate products for all the high end products that I used, so that if you wanted to re-create the look, but didn’t have these colors, you could get them at an affordable price. But I would be more than happy to do drugstore specific tutorials with the drugstore items that I own. :)
Haleigh
Thank you for that :)
Ashlee
I love this~! keep up the good work! :)
Adriana
Awesome video! I love the detail and demonstration. Thank you so much! I learned a lot and it is a beautiful look that transitions great from day to night, office to party :) Keep the videos coming! Can you do one for eyebrow taming? Thanks!
Katie
i am so happy that you added this feature to your website! imani is gorgeous and so is this makeup look. i can’t wait to see more! :)
Liza - University of Minnesota
I love this concept and the look! PS, Imani, you’re ridiculously beautiful!!
Danielle
yes! so excited for more posts like these!
kelley
This is an amazing feature to the site and so GLAD that CF is adding it! it makes the site so much more interactive and adds that extra kick ;)
Can’t wait for more tutorials!
lily
i like the look, but i think that there’s a lot of makeup used her! i LOVE makeup, but i feel like all that makeup would melt off in the hot summer days.
Imani - Cosumnes River College
Thank you all :) I can’t wait to do the next tut!
Adriana- It’s funny you ask that because I’m actually growing out my eyebrows now. I had them thinned out too much to the point were I looked permanently shocked. Lol. I normally get them threaded, but I can definitely do a video involving brow pencils, how to fill them in, etc., if that’s what you were looking for?
Imani - Cosumnes River College
Lily- It’s the power of UD’s setting spray! It’s weightless! You could really do alot of sweating without your makeup budging at all. :)
Marissa
I loved this look, and you are seriously beautiful!
Megan
I love this! Please keep up the beauty posts. The eye shadow combo is way lovely, this is just feeding my makeup addiction! Great job.
Emma
Love love love that CF is doing video tutorials :) this one was awesome and can’t wait to see the next one! I’m spreading the good word!! Love this look too :) keep up the great work!
Melissa
I am so looking forward to seeing the next vid tutorial!! Imani, you are SO PRETTY! Could you maybe do one on eyebrow shaping because I love your eyebrows!!
Adriana
Thanks, Imani! I can totally relate because I too am trying to grow out my eyebrows after years of plucking them to the point of no return. Unfortunately, the new growth can get unruly so I am hoping you can do a tutorial on how to keep them shapely during and after the re-growth phase. Thanks again for all the great tips!!
Jane
Great job! Your video was really easy to follow and recreate with the stuff I already have. Will the all nighter spray make my skin break out?
Adriana
Good question….I have super sensitive skin!
Keisha
Love this tut!! i have a question tho, i over plucked my eyebrows so i hardly have any hair…is there any way to grow them back?
Imani - Cosumnes River College
Thank you all for the sweet comments!(:
Jane & Adriana- No I have SUPER sensitive skin as well and I have received no breakouts from it. But I must say to wash your face really well after applying any type of makeup because the makeup just laying on your skin maybe cause more breakouts than the product itself. :)
Keisha- It really depends on how long you’ve been overplucking. If its been like more than 4 or 5 years you may have damaged the area where the hair is growing in, but you can still have fabulous brows with the help of brow powder and a good stencil kit. :) If its been a year or 2 of overplucking you can grow them back within a few months, but you have to LET THEM GROW! I know that that period sucks because I am in that stage right now and it’s just terrible. And after you allow them to grow in I really suggest getting them done professionally, method of choice being threading. If you overpluck once you are liable to overpluck again.
With plucking it seems like you are never done, so you have to just quit. Lollol. :) I hope I answered your question. I will get a bit more in depth when I do a brow specific video. :)
Lauri
I love this look. Can’t wait for more tutorials. Do you know of any good drugstore dupes for the Napoleon Perdis lipgloss? Thank you!
Imani - Cosumnes River College
Lauri- Covergirl Amazemint in Freedom of Peach is a great dupe for it. It is slightly more pigmented, so I would apply with a lighter hand.:)
Adriana
Thanks! I’ll definitely try out UD setting spray…Also, as for the eyebrow growing, I’ve been plucking mine for about 8 years now and recently stopped around November/December last year. Within a few months, most (not all) of my eyebrows have grown back. I’m looking to continue growing them and working on the shape because plucked eyebrows actually grow back more thick and coarse…Imani, please help with this!! :)
Alicia Chew
wow i love this! also, being a woman of color, its nice to have a makeup tutorial that will look amazing with my complexion as well! please do more!