Today, we continue the quest for a more polished full face of makeup. And boy oh boy, was today’s venture a QUEST. Today’s look is inspired by Bella Hadid, and guided by Snitchery.
First of all: Who is Bella Hadid?
Bella Hadid is the daughter of former model (and Real Housewife) Yolanda Hadid. She is the younger sister of Gigi Hadid. Good lucks clearly run in the family, as Yolanda, Bella, and Gigi have all found success within the world of fashion modeling. Bella initially started out as a photography student at the Parsons School of Design, but dropped out to focus on her career! Since her career has taken off, her unique, “snatched” face has been the subject of envy (not to mention much scrutiny– many say that her look is the work of a plastic surgeon, rather than the genetic powers that be).
It’s true, her form of contour is prominently across the Instagram accounts of almost every influencer. The actual look is called the “Fox Eye” look, and you are guaranteed to look like you’re on your way to kill James Bond.
This look took me about an hour and twenty minutes to complete, so let’s just jump on in, shall we?
The Materials:
- Moisturizer (the brand I used)
- Hydrating Milky Mist Spray (this came up in my first trial. I finally bought it and it is worth the hype)
- Translucent Powder (the brand I used)
- Powder Brush (this is not the exact brush, but it is the exact brand I used and the brush head looks fairly similar)
- Setting Spray (the brand I used)
- Primer (the brand I used)
- Concealer (the brand I used)
- Foundation (the brand I used)
- Makeup Sponge (the brand I used)
- Small Makeup Sponge (I couldn’t find the exact sponge! This is kind of like the one I used, and I suspect it might be a better version, too)
- Flat, Buffing Brush (the brand I used)
- Bronzer/Dark Shade of Contour (the brand I used)
- Light Shade of Contour (I sampled from this pallette, in the shade Banana)
- Brow brush/color (the brand I used)
- Eyeshadow Brush (the brand I used is unavailable online, but the average eyeshadow brush will do)
- Clear Brow Gel (the brand I used)
- White Eyeliner (the brand I used)
- Angle Brush (the brand I used)
- Crease Brush (the brand I used)
- Pony Tail Brush (or any fluffy eyeshadow brush will do) (the brand I used)
- Black Eyeshadow (the brand I used, shade Combat Boots)
- Mascara (the brand I used)
- False Lashes (the brand I used)
- Blush Brush (this is the brand I used, but it looks like the shape of the brush and the brush I actually used are different. Proceed with caution)
- Orange/pink Blush (the brand I used)
- Lip balm (the brand I used)
- Neutral Lip Liner (the brand I used)
- Bold Lip Liner (the brand I used)
- Liquid Lip Liner (the brand I used)
- Highlighter (I used the top middle shade on this pallette)
Notes on the Procedure:
My lighting has improved! I purchased a ring light to provide better application of this look (and makeup looks to come). The tutorial I followed didn’t go in depth into foundation/concealer coverage, so I elected to follow my instincts in that respect, as inspired by my first trial. As well, the eyebrows portion of the tutorial calls for a brown shadow and for the ends of your natural brows to be shaved. I instead used concealer to erase the “tail” of my natural brow, and used the brown pencil attached to my brow brush wand. Penultimately, the artist points out ways to elevate the look to the next level. I will indicate these steps with a note in the procedure below; I completed all “Next Level” suggestions in this trial. Lastly, the Lip instructions called for a darker, neutral color, but I went for a bright red lip instead. I think this made the different tones pop!
The Procedure:
- Apply moisturizer.
- Spray face with Hydrating Milky Mist.
- Apply small amount of translucent powder with powder brush.
- Apply setting spray, and let dry.
- After setting spray dries, apply primer.
- Once you have finished priming, apply concealer to your discolorations.
- In regards to your under eyes, sweep a line of concealer up towards your hairline, almost like a wing beneath your eyes.
- Let concealer sit for about two minutes, then cover with foundation (do not pat or blend the concealer, just cover completely) using your makeup sponge. Take special care to sponge that wing beneath your eyes prior to foundation application.
- Contour: Using the flat, buffer brush, apply your bronzer (or darker shade of contour) to your forehead and across your cheekbone. Blend.
- With that same brush and dark color, swipe right beneath your cheekbone and down towards your jaw, like a skeleton. Blend the swipe going up and towards your hairline.
- Using the flat brush, add the shade lighter than your foundation on the cheek side of your face (close to your jaw and ear, as opposed to beneath your eyes). Line towards your mouth.
- With the same brush and light shade, sweep under the corner of your eye and out towards your hairline. Think Black Swan. Blend out, not up.
- Brows: Using a brown shadow, draw the bottom line of your eyebrow going up with a tail.
- Follow the line at the top. Finish with brow gel and adding that same light color beneath the eyebrow to clean your edges.
- Apply concealer gently, blending if needed with the small makeup brush, to the natural tail of your eyebrow to polish that lifted brow look.
- Eyes: Line your waterline with white eyeliner.
- Using the bronzer or darker shade from steps nine and ten on an angle brush, map out where you want your eyeliner wing to be.
- Once mapped, blend/dust up into the crease with a clean fluffier brush.
- Using your bronzer shade on the angle brush, map out your eye line towards your nose, as though you’re extending your tear duct.
- Go over this line with black shadow, buffing/blending as you go. Using a white color (I used my white eyeliner from step 16), follow the tear duct line on your bottom eye corner, to further extend the tear duct.
- Add this same white color right under your brow.
- Using your fluffy brush or pencil brush, add bronzer on two thirds of the outer eye and drag up into the wing effect.
- NEXT LEVEL: Add black after the bronzer for more dimension.
- Lashes: Add mascara on the outer half of the lower lash.
- Apply fake lashes.
- NEXT LEVEL: Cut a pair of lashes so it’s only about 1/3 of the width of your eye.
- Add layer of Mascara.
- Lips: Apply lip balm.
- Apply concealer into the corners of the mouth. Pat in with your finger.
- Fill in your cupid’s bow in a straight line with a lip liner that matches your skin tone. You can go SLIGHTLY darker, but not lighter.
- Diffuse into your lip balm.
- Overline your lips with a slightly darker lip liner.
- Fill in with matching liquid lipstick.
- Blush: Add a orange blush, dusting on top your contour and slightly towards the center of your face and up to your hairline.
- Highlighter: Apply highlighter with your finger until it looks natural on your cheek, brow bone, cupid’s bow, tip of your nose, up the bridge, and on the chin.
The Results:
| The Person | The Before | The After |
| Eleanor Barnes, aka “Snitchery” |  |
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| Me |  |
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Analysis:
Holy heckin’ bob, my face. Melania Trump called, she wants her face structure back! The contouring in this process was unreal. I also felt like the eye look was very flattering. I also impressed myself with how I pulled off the lifted brow look. It took some finessing on my end, but it’s something I would try again! I also feel like using only a third or so of a false lash is the way to go. It gives the lift I like to my eyes, without overwhelming my eyes with false lashes that don’t always stick or a lash “glue” that smudges, and stays smudged, for days after the look is wiped off my face. My main concern falls, again, to my lips. I love the lip color that I chose, but I feel as though my bottom lip looks great but my upper lip just vanishes. Eleanor has bigger natural lips than I do, but the difference isn’t massive. I feel like I need more practice to get that incredible shape that she manages to accomplish every time! The look is great on camera, but in person it is a tad much. Aaron said the overall look was nice, but he isn’t a big fan of a bright red lip as it is. When I blotted to get rid of excess color after having lunch, he much preferred that end result.
Conclusion:
This was a fun look that stayed pretty for an entire work day, with the exception of my lip color, which began smudging almost IMMEDIATELY after taking a drink or eating. I think that’s just par for the course in liquid lipstick! It is the sand of the makeup world (it gets everywhere). I will work on a lighter, more wearable version of this look that will be nice in person. I will certainly keep the lash look and contour technique in my back pocket for the future. I mean, look at my cheekbones! I could cut glass with those!