Stylish Dish: Makeup Makeover - Beauty Finds with Reader Models!

My lil sister Haley and her best friend Verlicia asked me to do their make-up for their Winter Formal dance this weekend. It was a perfect opportunity to highlight some of the new beauty products I had recently purchased many from Benefit Cosmetics and Chanel.

These two gorgeous gals are 18 so they don't need much beauty help but as you will see from the pictures below, great can get even better! All of the products were used on one or both gals (among others) and I use all of them myself. As you can see, there are a mix of products for all budgets. (Links to the products if you want to purchase are at the end of the post.)

Now, on to the girlies. Thank you for being confident enough to let me post before pictures. Natural is beautiful too!

Haley Before

Verlicia Before

Can you guess which one is my sister? :) ha ha

Haley wanted a dramatic smokey eye with some blue mixed in to match her dress. She also wanted me to work on evening her complexion and the Lorac concealer, Chanel Pro lumiere foundation, followed by MAC Studio Fix (applied with a brush - not sponge)_did the trick. I used the budget friendly Maybelline Dream Mousse Blush in Rose Petal on her cheeks. I LOVE this product and its under $6!

Haley After

Magic Ink liquid liner from Benefit and Browzings Brow defining kits were a must! Her lipstick is Viva Glam V from MAC topped with Loreal Coulor Riche lip gloss in Rich Pink. (Looks more pink in the picture or its just her naturally rosy lips shining through)

The product in her inner eye is a white gold liquid shadow from Chanel - Ombre D' Eau #90.

Now the beautiful Verlicia who we like to call Verlicious. :) Verlicia wanted a more natural palette so I went out and purchased a fabulous creme eyeshadow palette from Maybeline (yep - about $8!) Maybelline Eye Studio in Neutral Liasons. This is a new favorite product and easy to apply, all you need is your finger and a dream.

Verlicia After

Verlicia is also wearing MAC Viva Glam V. Funny how one color can look so different on different people.

We also used Benefit The POREfessional highlighted in this post to even own the skin tone. I am a fan of this product!

Now for the final looks. Don't they look amazing? I hope you had a great time girls!

Haley is wearing my bib necklace in this picture but didn't actually wear it to the dance. Wasn't her style but I LOVED. I bought it from etsy seller: Ezza Exclusive