Insta-Beauty: How to Get a High-Contrast Look With Lightweight Makeup

 
Kailey Strachan for E! Online

In our Insta-Beauty series, we bring you makeup looks inspired by our favorite, summer-worthy photo filters. It's picture perfection…all day long.
There's something dreamy about those hazy, vintage-looking filters we see all over Instagram. But in reality, who wants to look washed out? Even in these au naturel-trending months, a girl occasionally likes to make a statement…we just don't want wear layers of makeup either.
For this very reason, we turned to E! Style Collective beauty genius Julianne Kaye to show us how to get the perfect high-contrast beauty look—worthy of stars like Zendaya and Sarah Hyland—without sweating under a blanket of beauty products.

"Your daytime makeup should be light," said the celeb makeup artist. "You don't even need foundation. Usually, when you're in very bright situations, you don't want to look like you're wearing a lot, which is why you should go for something like a light foundation or a CC or BB cream."
(Pro tip: Instead of a brush, use your hands to warm up the product; then, apply it to the face and neck. It'll absorb better, and you'll avoid any lines of demarcation.)
So if we're going with lightweight coverage, what's the trick to getting the depth and intensity you see with filters like X-Pro II and Lo-Fi? Concentrate on the details and go bold on one face feature, like the lips. Julianne complemented the look with fake lashes, subtle winged liner and a touch of highlighter but left everything else almost untouched. It's illuminating for a daytime event and appropriately glam for wherever the day takes you.
 Catch the full tutorial here.

Glam Pro-II

In this edition of Insta-Beauty, we tapped celebrity beauty guru Julianne Kaye to show us how to get a high-contrast, warm-toned look just like Zendaya or Sarah Hyland. Here, you'll get more depth without layers of makeup. Who needs X-Pro II or Lo-Fi when you can look Insta-worthy all day long?

 

After you moisturize and prime, start off with a lightweight foundation, like Nars All Day Luminous Weightless Foundation, You can also use BB or CC cream; you don't want to be sweating off tons of makeup in that summer heat. 

 
"Whether you desperately need it or not, concealer reflects a lot of light and brightens everything," said Julianne. "Sometimes your foundation will do the job [of evening out your skin], but always use concealer on the eyelid." This will avoid those greasy, eyelid creases. Next, use an HD powder to set it.

"A lot of people with black hair think they should have black brows, but you always want to do them in dark brown so it's less distracting," said the makeup pro, who actually used two tones to fill in the brows. "I like to use the darker color around the boomerang-shaped area of the brow to bring all the attention to the arch." Next, brush out the brows to blend and soften the look."
 
"Do your lips first when doing a bright lip so you don't overdo the eyes," suggested the makeup pro, who used Kat Von D Studded Kiss LIpstick in Countess. "If you want the most color saturation, you'll want to apply it straight from the lipstick bullet."
 
Taking in to account the bold lips, Julianne simply emphasized the eyes with fake lashes. The trick is to go easy on the glue, warned the makeup maven. 

For the perfect cat-eye, start from the wing and follow the lash line in. There's no need to line the entire eye either. Then use a brush to slightly smudge the lines for a cat-eye that's even but not too retro.
 
To get to the root of those lashes (without messing up your makeup), place a tissue or business card underneath the lower lashes and really get in there.

Optional: Use a highlighter around the cheekbones for a radiant finish.
There you have it: a lightweight but stunning look you can wear to a daytime event and beyond!
 

Thanks, Julianne!

Kailey Strachan for E! Online