Valentine's Day Makeup Looks: Will You Go For Naughty or Nice?

Whether it's for a night out clubbing with your single pals or a special date with your significant other, the coming V-Day weekend is definitely a time for primping! To celebrate this wonderful occasion, I've put together two lovely looks that celebrate the soft pinks and bright reds of the day of hearts.

One is a sugary sweet look, designed to enhance your features and let pure romance shine through! The other is for the vampy vixens out there-- not for the faint of heart, but definitely a head-turner in any smokey club.

Sugary Sweet!

This look uses a lot of soft pinks and fuchsias, and it's just a teeny bit brighter than what I usually go for. I used Dollface cosmetics' 88 shimmer palette (this is the same as Coastal Scents' 88 shimmer palette) to create the soft pink fade to bright fuchsia, all the while dusting the browbone and inner corners of my eyes with my lovely 3D Jewel Cheek & Highlighter powder pact.  Artistry's mascara in black and some liquid black eye liner provide the finishing touches.

Of course, no pink look is complete without my trusty Etude House pink cheek blush, and I topped it off with a light dusting of Show Case's VOV Love Cheek blush. Etude House's Lipstick in BR301 and Plumping Lip Tint in red finish off a high-shine, bright pink lip.

Most of the cosmetics I used for this look are Korean brands, because I generally feel that no one does shades of pink like they do. Still, you can use any of your favourite pink products from any brand to mimic this look (Maybelline and Glitz is a good place to start!).

The Vamp

(Please ignore my pasty, corpse-white skin. The flash made me look ashy 

and I didn't have time to reshoot everything. D:)

Smokey eyes are not something I use a lot, so please excuse my lack of skill. I enjoyed practicing this technique quite a bit, and I loved the crazy loud finished product... After all, you don't often see smokey eyes paired with loud lips (pale pink lips and black eye shadow usually go hand-in-hand nowadays).

I used the same palette as before, this time sweeping the brush over black, silver (topmost), and a tiny amount of purple. This look reminds me of Satine's makeup in Moulin Rouge, and I suppose you'd have to be a gorgeous diva to pull it off, haha.

Artistry's black mascara and black liquid eyeliner were again used to frame the eyes, but this time I went completely Western with my other products! (I don't think I've ever seen a Korean or Japanese cosmetic pull off a decent dark red.)

Revlon's Golden Affair Sculpting Blush in "Berry Daring" was the perfect hue for some serious contouring action, and the Revlon Garnet Chrome lipstick went perfectly with Revlon Midnight Swirl lip luster. I have a huge love for how Revlon handles reds, as they are second to none what it comes to va-va-voom red lipsticks and glosses.

I'll be wearing the Sugary Sweet look for my Valentine's Day date with my guy, but I'll definitely keep the Vamp in mind for next Halloween (or a wild night of clubbing, perhaps). :D

What about you, ladies? What hues are you planning on donning for the big day? 

Edit: Okay, so my guy says he prefers the naughty look, (surprise, surprise). Maybe I'll tone it down a bit and go with that look on our big date night. Lol.