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With Holidays right around the corner, many of us are already starting to think about our party makeup. Today I want to show you how to transform your makeup from office to party-ready in just 5 minutes, using some of my favorite Milani products. Let’s arm ourselves with beauty tools, set our timers, and begin!
First of all, your foundation probably needs to be refreshed after a long day, but completely redoing it will take more than 5 minutes. Instead, I would use a concealer baking technique. Take a makeup sponge dampened in setting spray, and apply cream concealer in a wider area than usual – think an oversized V. Here I used Milani Secret Cover Concealer in 07 Natural Beige. Time remaining: 4:27
Next up, blot the excess oil off of your eyelids, and dab on some eye primer, like Milani Eyeshadow Primer. After the primer sets, dip a brush into your liquid liner pot and add some drama to that office look! Here I’m using Milani Fierce Foil Eyeliner in 03 Brown Foil. This is a step I spend most of those 5 minutes on, because a winged liner always needs some adjustments. Time remaining: 1:53
Body oils and sweat usually affect more than my foundation. I don’t know about you, but I find myself touching up my eyebrows in the PM if I have plans for the night ahead. Today I am using Milani Stay Put Brow in Natural Taupe, that will make my brows look groomed and defined, but not overdone. Time remaining: 1:26
Bold lips are perfectly on-trend this season! Even if you don’t already have any deep plum or rich berry colors in your makeup stash, trying a new shade of lipstick doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg, because Milani lippies are affordable and the quality is top notch. P.S.: you can see about a fifth of my Milani lippie collection in the background 😉 Anyhow, my lipstick wardrobe needed a seasonal update so I bought Milani Color Statement Lipstick in Tuscan Toast to use in this tutorial. Time remaining: 0:55
Finally, finish your party makeup transformation by adding a luminous sheen to the cheeks – glowing skin looks great in muted light! For this look I used one of my favorite highlighting blushes – Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso. Time remaining: 0:29
See, it actually took less than 5 minutes to finish this look! How you want to use those remaining few seconds is entirely up to you, but I usually run a large fluffy brush with translucent powder across my face and spritz on some perfume before heading out the door. And by the way, you can buy all of Milani products mentioned above at your local CVS. They just built a brand new one in my town, and i’m already planning my next trip for some more Milani lipsticks and blushes.
All this talk about the Holidays made reminisce about one time when my parents had plans to go to their friend’s NYE party, to which all of us were invited [even the kids!]. The night before I came down with a cold, not bad enough to need any special meds, but going to that party was out of question. My family then decided to all stay at home and celebrate with just the four of us [FYI I was old enough to be at home on my own, so they really didn’t have to stay]. Since we had already made plans to go to that party, we didn’t have any special meals or treats prepared to celebrate the turning of the year, so we just ate a regular meal. That dinner really made our family feel closer together, and to this day it’s still one of my most vivid childhood memories.
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#LookByMilani – Holiday Looks with Milani at CVS
Do you have a go-to 5 minute makeup look? Have you tried Milani products before? Let me know in the comments below!
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I love your evening lipstick shade!
I’m glad you like it too, Carleen! Those rich plums and berries are so in this season, and I’m just riding the trendy wave here 🙂
Love Milani products, so good!
I’m with you, Heather, they have some outstanding formulas!
Fantastic post, Anastasia! I love how you timed your transformation! genius. And you look smashing in these great Milani products!
Thank you Allison! I am a huge fan of Milani brand, and if I had more than 5 minutes for this look I’d probably play with my extended stash to create something very special 🙂 Here’s an idea for a future post!
I adore Milani! One of the top drugstore brands without question. Their Rose Powder Blushes and Mascara top my list!
Right? They are seriously on a roll, and I couldn’t be happier. Affordable high quality beauty for the win!
I have some definite Milani faves. The Rose Blushes and their creme eye liners are big in my rotation.
I didn’t care for the Rose blushes, but their baked ones are among my most-used drugstore products. Their lipsticks are to die for, too!
Love the look, especially the lipstick.
Thank you! The lipstick is the star of this show, for sure 🙂
I love that you timed this and got it all done in 5 minutes. Milani’s e/s primer is one of my favorites.
Glad to hear that! I fell in love with it as well, and it replaced tarte’s creaseless primer as my HG.
Love that Milani primer, it is really awesome
I am a big fan of it as well 🙂
I love Milani I wish I had more access to it where I live.
I’m a huge fan of the brand, too. I didn’t used to have a lot of their products in my area so I always ordered online, but now we have a brand new CVS with a huge Milani display 🙂
I’ve gone through a few tubes of that primer! It’s amazing!
I can see why! It’s become my favorite primer as well.
Milani has really been stepping it up, I have a few favorites from them.
Right? I love what they’ve done in the past few years.
I love this look! Especially that lip color. It really looks fabulous on you! [client]
That lippie is the bomb! Perfect for the Holidays 🙂
I love your makeup. You look so pretty
Thank you Kath!
YES – you look fabulous! I love Milani and own a lot of their lipsticks… but I love their eye shadow primer, one of my faves.
What a great primer it is! Maybe I’ll finally stop buying my fave from tarte and switch to this one instead.
you’ve created a great look….doesn’t take a long time but looks wonderful. I want to try that eye primer.
Thanks Shelley, this look really took a few minutes because it’s all about the lips and a little bit of eyeliner.
The milani primer is my go-to, it keeps ANYTHING on!
It’s become my favorite, too. What a great product!
FAHHHHHHBBBULLLOUUUSSSSSSS
Thanks, girl! <3
Gorgeous look! I love how you’ve done with winged liner. And that’s the perfect Fall lippie!
Right? The color screams Fall/Winter!
Love your look! It’s all about the red lipstick.
The lipstick is the perfect color for Fall/Winter. And thank you!
You look gorgeous! I love Milani blush and lipsticks. I need to try the eye primer!
I adore their blushes and lipsticks, too. And thank you! 🙂
That lipstick is everything on you! Gorgeous look.
You are too kind, Nidia! That lippie is really fabulous 🙂
Stunning as always 🙂
Thank you! 🙂