Gwen Stefani is my hero

As you may have gathered from the title I'm rather partial to a bit Gwen Stefani, the main reason is that even though she is ridiculously stunning she keeps her own sense of style and made urban dressing cool. I have mentioned in previous posts about my lack of enthusiasm for dresses and skirts as a teenager even into early twenties.

I loved the whole 90's look which was low rise jeans and combats with cropped vests, picture the late Aaliyah. Gwen embodied this look and made tomboy look sexy by simply adding glossy hair and a red lip.

As an absolute trendsetter, it was no surprise to find Gwen was the cover for UK Elle April 2011. To kick off my series of Cover Looks I began with this beautiful image as it's superbly elegant and simple to achieve. I used a slightly deeper shade on the lips, in the cover shot Gwen's lips are more of a purple shade but I wanted to use my Chaos pencil by NYX as it's amazing.

Breaking down the look

This is a dark lip light eye combination, with shades of champagne and bronze on the lids and berry on the lips. A definite glamazon look, this wouldn't be complete with out gentle contouring and dewy skin.

Watch the tutorial on this here 

Products Used

Eyes

MAC Phloof
Myface cosmetics eyeliner brown
Sleek Makeup palette Original bronze shade
Lashes Salon System no 50

Lips

NYX Lip pencil in Coffee
NYX Lip pencil in Chaos
NYX Lip lacquer in Love in Paris

Face

Clarins Skin Illusions Foundation in Wheat
Jemma Kidd Blush in South Beach
Jemma Kidd Dewy Radiance Creme in Iced Gold