The Connector
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Need a fresh look for these last few weeks of summer? The following is a bronzy, beachy make-up tutorial with turquoise accents.

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First, groom and fill in your eyebrows with an eyebrow powder such as Milani Brow Fix Eye Brow Powder Kit in Medium.

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Next, prime your eyelids with Laura Mercier Eye Basics to create a canvas for your eye shadow that won’t crease. Use a concealer brush with tapered, synthetic bristles, such as eye crème brush #31 by BECCA, to apply. Laura Mercier Eye Basics come in a wide variety of colors to match your skin tone.

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With a wide, flat brush, such as Sonia Kashuk’s medium eye shadow brush, apply the base color all over the lid. The eye shadow I am using is called Serenity by LORAC.

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Using a long, tapered brush, such as the #30 double-ended brush by Stila, apply a bronze eye shadow to the outer corners and crease of the eye, such as Stila eye shadow pan in Copper.

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Apply the turquoise highlight eye shadow, such as Stila eye shadow pan in Mystic, to the inner eye corner using the short end of the #30 brush.

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Using the same brush, apply another highlight eye shadow, such as Persuasion eye shadow by LORAC, to the brow bone.

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Line your eyes with a liquid brown liner, such as Prestige Black Brown liquid liner.

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Use a brown pencil liner to define the outer lower lashes. Here, I use ULTA’s Kohl Eye Liner Pencil in Deep Brown.

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Coat lashes with black mascara. My favorite is L’Oreal Telescopic mascara in Blackest Black.

Now that I have finished my eyes, I will move on to cheeks and lips.

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Apply a neutral, bronzy blush to your cheekbones. My favorite blush is Lust to Love by Too Faced Cosmetics.

You may apply a bronzer next, if you want a more bronzed look. My picks are Laguna Bronzing Powder by NARS and Caribbean in a Compact bronzer in Sun Bunny by Too Faced Cosmetics.

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Next, line and fill in your lips with a neutral lip pencil, such as ULTA’s Contour Lip Liner Pencil in Flesh.

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Apply a bronzy pink lip gloss all over your lips. I am using Too Faced Couture’s Whipped Lip Luxe in Bustier.

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Here is the completed summer make-up look!

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Enjoy an afternoon pool party or a night on the town with this versatile look!

The make-up products used in this tutorial can be found at Sephora, ULTA and Target retailers.

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