Graduation is one of the day(s) of your life when you are photographed the most. All types of family members come out of the woodworks to congratulate you. It can be the scariest and most exciting day(s) of your life simultaneously somehow. So, what better reason to be looking your best?

For graduation, the makeup must be glowy and sweat-proof because of the warm weather, flawless because of pictures, and not too over the top because, well, it's not Prom!

Here's my Glowing Grecian Goddess makeup tutorial on my friend and recent high school graduate, Alex!

Alex's links: twitter instagram

She always does a flawless natural look so I thought I'd play but her gorgeous cheekbones and natural beauty marks by playing with bronzer, and brown neutral tones. It looks like she has a touch of makeup, but a whole splash of glamour!

Hellooo all! To all of you prom-goers out there, I hope you've had fun at yours, or if yours is yet to happen I hope you have a grand time! I'm lucky I'm blessed to get to go to two! One already happened, and mine is Thursday! I'm itching with excitement. Can it just be here now? Same with graduation, congrats to all my fellow graduates! I'm itching equally as much to walk across the boat (that's how we do it at Dracut) with my diploma in hand. It only means bigger and better things for me, and I hope to have blogging as a part of my future. What I'm doing here is just the building blocks of my career and I'm glad for all the continued support. Enough with the sappy stuff, down to business now. Here's my Prom 2013 tutorial on how to do my hair and makeup.

I know there's about a million "no makeup" or "fresh look" tutorials on YouTube, but this is mine and it works fantastic. Just like I said in my previous post, the first and perhaps the most crucial step in your daily makeup routine is maintaining healthy skin. Healthy skin naturally glows and is almost baby soft. Blemishes will vanish! I made a video including the next actual steps in the makeup routine, and the products that I adore. Enjoy, and subscribe!




cute screenshot, eh?

- Nikki