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Challenge: 1 Palette, 2 Day-to-Night Looks

Can it be done? A makeup look that'll work for the office and happy hour using only a few products? Let's see ...
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Do you keep a stash of makeup in your desk drawer for after-work happy hours, dinner dates, stuff like that? Most of us in the Total Beauty and Beauty Riot offices do too.

But, we're always up for a fun makeup challenge, and this is a good one. We gave Rosie from TotalBeauty.com and Kristin from BeautyRiot.com the NP Set Day-to-Night Palette, $29, and only limited access to their usual stash (like foundation, concealer, mascara). Then they had to create a makeup look that would work both at the office and wherever they were heading after work.

A tough task? Potentially. Let's see how they did. First up, Kristin ...

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Kristin's Face
"I'm meeting friends for happy hour tonight, so I started by just touching up my face with NP Set It Takes Two Concealer and Foundation Pot, $35. It's handy to keep at the office since it has foundation, concealer, and highlighter in one little container.

"Then I used the pink blush in the palette on the apples of my cheeks to touch up my color before going out."

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Kristin's Eyes
"I used the shadows on the right side of the palette (the silvery shades) to create a smoky eye. I started with the cream shade all over my eyelid as a base."

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Kristin's Eyes Part Two
"Then I used the dark gray shade on the outer half of my lid. I blended it into the crease and smudged it out into a subtle wing slightly past my eye toward my temple."

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Kristin's Eyes Part Three
"To complete the smoky eye, I used the charcoal shadow on top of the gray. Again, I smudged it out beyond my eyelid and into the crease of my eye.

"If you're doing a dark smoky eye like this one, it's important to define your eyes with a little liner and help your lashes stand out with mascara, otherwise they can get lost in the shadow. I used Pixi Lash Line Ink, $16, in my lashline, and NP Set Glamorista Mascara, $16, on my lashes."

JUL 18, 2013 | SHARES
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