When, if not on Valentine's Day, can you get the most beautiful makeup? Regardless of how and where you are going to spend this holiday, you can look just stunning. We have selected several of the most fashionable make up options for Valentine's Day that will definitely appeal to your soulmate, those around you, and you yourself. Choose the best one!

1. We focus on the eyes

If you are often told that you have beautiful eyes, you should definitely focus on them. The rule of classic makeup says that if the emphasis is on the eyes, then the lips must be neutral. On the one hand, this is logical, because if you make both your eyes and lips too bright, your makeup threatens to look vulgar. But in 2020, for lips (with an emphasis on the eyes), not only matte nude lipsticks are allowed, but also delicate pink and coral gloss and shining textures.

What eye makeup technique should you choose? In the current season, there are two options in priority, neither of which is inferior to the other.

• Everyone's favorite smoky eyes
  

In this case, it is very important not to overdo it with too dark, almost black shadows, so that the look is not "like a panda." Better to take a soft black pencil and draw a line along the upper and lower lashes, and then blend it with a brush or applicator. Along the upper eyelashes, the line can be started from the inner corner of the eye, but near the lower ones it is better to start from the middle of the eyelid, stepping back from the inner corner of at least 5 mm.

Shade the line not too wide, do not darken the entire movable eyelid. It is better to take shadows one tone lighter than a pencil (graphite or chocolate) and cover the movable upper eyelid and part of the lower eyelid in the inner corner with them. So the transition will be smoother, and the gaze will be more open. For smokey eyes, you can also use colored shadows. Make sure they are in harmony with the color of your eyes and with the shade of the outfit.

• Hollywood arrow
  

Also one of the most beautiful options for highlighting the look. At the same time, the arrow is not thin, covering only the growth line of the eyelashes, but on the contrary - wide, protruding far beyond the outer corner of the eye and making the look really "feline", dark and saturated. Beauty experts advise to make such an expressive arrow only on the upper eyelid, and emphasize the lower one with dark, but lighter powdery shadows.

Start by drawing an arrow from the inner corner of the eye on the upper eyelid. At the very beginning, it should be very thin, gradually increasing in width. At the outer corner, move the arrow upward for a more open and playful look. Use whatever works best for you: liquid eyeliner with a fine brush, a hard-tipped liner pen, dry eyeliner, or a sharpened pencil.

2. We focus on the lips

If you are spending Valentine's Day with your significant other or going on a date, of course, you want your companion to keep his eyes on your luscious and inviting lips. Therefore, the second option for festive makeup is an accent on the lips. In this case, the eyes should be painted a little more restrained, although the Hollywood arrow looks great even with bright lipstick.

Here's a step-by-step guide on how to make perfect lips, no matter what lipstick color you choose.

• Use a scrub before starting your makeup. This will remove all the dead skin particles from the lips, making them perfectly smooth. In this case, the lipstick will lie smoother and will not collect in the folds of thin skin.
  
• Moisturize your lips after applying the scrub.Use rich lip balms or natural oils (coconut, almond, argan). Allow the oil to fully absorb to keep your lips smooth and hydrated.
  
• First, apply the tone on the face, and only then begin to "paint" lips on the face. Powder them with a light loose powder, but just a little, so as not to dry out. So both the pencil and lipstick will fit more accurately and smoother.
  
• The dimple areas above the upper lip need to be lightened - this will make the lips look more voluminous. Use a white or very light pearlescent pencil, some shimmery highlighter, or even sparkling light shadows.
  
• Draw the outline of the lips with a soft pencil. It must necessarily match the tone of the chosen lipstick or be half a tone darker than it. To avoid a clear and visible line, blend the pencil to the lip area, not just along the outline.
  
• Apply lipstick, preferably with a special soft brush. So it is more convenient to draw all areas and not accidentally go beyond the contour of the pencil. If the lipstick is matte, try not to apply too thick a layer so as not to dry out your lips.
  
• If you are using a non-matte, but a radiant moisturizing lipstick, apply a little gloss to the center of the lower lip. It can be lighter than lipstick, as well as contain shiny particles, be glittering and sparkling - this will also add volume.
  

3. Nude make up

Well, if you are used to natural and natural beauty, and there is no desire to experiment, then you should do nude makeup. According to statistical surveys, men like “makeup without makeup” much more than too dark shadows or too bright lipsticks. But only you and I know how to try to get the impression that we have almost no makeup, but at the same time we look stunning!



Here are the top secrets and life hacks for the perfect nude makeup.

• Make sure your foundation and powder fit flawlessly. On the eve of a holiday or in the morning on the same day, exfoliate and then pamper your skin with a moisturizing mask.
  
• Make sure your foundation blends in perfectly with your skin. Do not forget about the neck and décolleté area, as well as the ears, especially if you plan to take your hair back or up.
  
• Powder to eliminate excessive shine should be crumbly, weightless, preferably mineral and always transparent - so as not to overlap the shade of the tonal base.
  
• The highlighter adds radiance to the face and creates the effect that makeup artists in 2020 called glossy girl. It is applied to the top of the cheekbones, to the eyelid under the eyebrow, to the tip of the nose and to the notch on the upper lip.
  
• A darker powder allows you to sculpt the face. Gently apply it to the hollow on the cheek just below the cheekbone, on the wings of the nose on both sides, on the top of the forehead and a little on the chin.
  
• There should be no sharp line between a light highlighter and a dark sculpting powder. Be sure to shade these transitions.
  
• Emphasize the eyebrows: today, they alone can set the accent to the whole make up, even if the lips and eyes are not made up. See the photo of how fashionable to draw and style eyebrows in 2020.
  
• For the eyes, it is worth using shadows of exclusively natural flesh shades: the concept of nude (and in translation it means "naked") with colored shadows does not exist.
  
• Choose beige and cream eyeshadow for the main part of your upper eyelid. The lash line and lower eyelid can be finely outlined with chocolate or graphite shadows. Feather them so that you don't see a clear outline.
  
• Accentuate your lashes with mascara and that's enough. You can use not black, but dark brown - this will create the effect of a softer and more delicate look.
  
• For lips, also choose nude lipstick shades or light pink, pale coral, peach. You can use both matte textures and shining mother-of-pearl, or even just a transparent shine.