If you're donning warm, earthy fabrics as part of your fall wardrobe, you need a sweet and spicy glow to go with it. Enter: the Cinnamon Spice Girl look. On TikTok, beauty influencer Rachel Rigler gave a tutorial on how to achieve this dark blush and lip combo, with an emphasis on bronzy contour. Here's how Rachel does it, along with the products she uses.
2. Tint Time
Prep the skin with a tint with light coverage like Keys Soulcare It's Like Skin 2-In-1 Concealer + Tint since the blush and contour will be rather full coverage. Blend
it with a sponge, avoiding the nose.
3. Brow Wow
Use a brow pencil like Kosas Brow Pop Nano Ultra-Fine Detailing + Feathering Eyebrow Pencil
to fill in and comb them out for a fluffier look. A strong, dark brow will help balance the face.
to fill in and comb them out for a fluffier look. A strong, dark brow will help balance the face.
4. Shady Hollow
Contour is important here, and a warm, bronzy shade is the way to go, like Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Warm Wishes Effortless Bronzer Sticks. Slide the stick in the hollows of the cheek, along the side
of the nose, the temples and hairline vertical to cheeks. Blend, especially
the nose, which should be blended up to the brow.
5. Spicy Cheek
Saie Dew Blush Liquid Cheek Blush in Spicy is the crux of the look. It’s red, hot and dark, but makes a natural-looking impact once blended. Rachel swipes it on the cheek bones, plus a tiny dot on the nose, and a little at the top and bottom of lips for instant plumping.
6. Cool Off
Now it’s time to tone down the bright blush and contour with
some cool concealer like Tarte Shape Tape Radiant Medium Coverage Concealer. Focus concealer to the center of the face, including the middle of
the forehead, the inner corners of the under eye, under the nose and the
center of the chin. Tap in.
7. Set It Up
Now tap a translucent setting powder all over, like Laura Mercier The Guiding Star Translucent Loose Setting Powder. It will minimize shine and help makeup last longer.
8. Set It Again
Use an even lighter setting powder under eyes for a hint of glow. Press a powder like Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Glow Setting Powder in with a small puff.
9. In the Shadows
Of course, you must keep eyes in the bronzy, neutral family.
With a big fluffy brush, Rachel uses Sigma Earthy Eyeshadow Palette and blends Fawns, an orangey brown, onto the lids,
connecting with the contour she applied earlier on her nose. Then she blends it into the
brow and swipes it under her eyes. She uses a cooler brown on the crease, Harmony on the inner
corners and taps Sugar in at her waterline.
10. Bronze, Bronze, Baby
Rachel goes in for a second bronze of the cheeks with Makeup by Mario SoftSculpt Transforming Skin Perfector. It adds a hint of shimmer, almost like a
darker highlighter.
11. Blush Twice
This look needs more warmth. Use an orange blush for one last pop of color like GXVE by Gwen Stefani Feelin' Cheeky Clean Amplifying Talc-Free Blush Duo.
12. Bat the Lashes
Subtle lashes will do just fine here, and top lashes only at that. Lancôme Monsieur Big Volumizing Mascara provides just the right balance of big, natural lashes.
13. Line Up
Line lips with a warm brownish-red liner like Persona Lip Liner in 90210 and diffuse out with a brush. You now have a matte lip that could use a top coat.
14. Finishing Touch
Finish the look with a warm cinnamon lip like Kosas Wet Stick Moisturizing Shiny Sheer Lipstick With Ceramides.