On Wednesdays We Wear Pink - Karen Smith's Make Up From Mean Girls

Hello! Long time, no blog. You know how it is though, life got busy, the usual story.

Here's the third post in my Mean Girls themed blogs, this time it's Karen Smith. This one was the easiest make-up to recreate, but the hardest to find in terms of photo references. She's kind of an underrated member of the primary cast in the film, but actually has some of the funniest lines.

 Do you know who's looking fine tonight?

Seth Mosakowski.

I ended up using a combination of her more natural looks (so, everything aside from the Halloween scene) to create a more general "Karen" look. Here are some that I used as references:

Bit of a tricky one, as in some photos, her make-up looks more brown, in others it's more grey. I've gone for brown so it's more natural, and because the Gretchen look I did was a grey smokey eye. Made sense to me ;)

 I hope you like it!

This is a REALLY simple tutorial. I'm almost hesitant to call it a tutorial, it's THAT easy. If you have the right colours, you can do it.

I started with a nude shimmery shadow which I applied to the entire lid, up to the brow bone. This will act as a base and subtle highlight under the brow.

Next, I applied a muted, matte brown to the outer third of the lid and into the crease. I used a medium brown that would blend nicely in the crease and with the first shadow. You don't this look to be too "blocky" if that makes sense - everything wants to be softened, delicate and natural.

I applied a very subtle gold/beige shadow to the inner third of the lid to create more depth and shape to the eye. I'm not entirely how to describe what I mean actually... Hmm... Without this added shadow, it can end up looking slightly flat. You're basically fading the colours from the inner corner of the eye to the outer corner to shape the eye and create dimension. (Word vomit).

Add mascara to your top and bottom lashes and use a black liner in the tightline.

For the waterline, I lined the outer third with the same black liner as the tightline, and then blended a brown liner into this slightly, and continuing to line the rest of the waterline. This stops the liner potentially closing up the eye (not literally, but it can make your eyes look much smaller) and softens the look. Using only black liner could look far too heavy on an eye like this.

I swept a muted, rosey/brown blush across the apples of the cheeks and used an almost clear, but slightly pinkish/brown lipgloss. I used Sugarbomb by Benefit if you're looking to see what the shade actually looks like in the tube.

C'est Fini! Hope you liked this look! Next week will be the last of these blogs, and it will be Regina's Halloween look - complete with some delightful bunny ears (they're actually hideous!).

IOTD - Amanda Seyfried

SOTD - Milkshake by Kelis