Ciao bella!

Having toured around Italy (a.k.a. Florence and Rome) last year, it was a no brainer that the Italian pavilion was first on my hit list of shows to hit up for week two of Folklorama.

I’ve been to this show in the past and this year’s was much different than what I experienced a couple years ago. Held at the Centro Caboto Centre (1055 Wilkes Avenue), the Italian pavilion had a medieval theme with dancing and lots of singing. We munched on bruschetta and a blood orange beverage while taking in the major talent from the performers (especially the little girl who had a major singing voice).

Obviously Italy is known as one of the fashion capitals of the world, with many high-end designers hailing from the European country (flashback to that time in Florence when I visited the Prada outlet…).  For this look I channeled my inner Sophia Loren, an famous Italian film actress, and did some light curls to my hair to make it wavy, pinned the top part back to add some volume, and went light on the eyes (with a cat eye of course), and pink on the lips.

1. Fill in your brows then lay down a champagne pink cream eyeshadow as a base. I used CoverGirl Flamed Out Shadow Pencil in Violet Flame.

2. To act as a transition colour, grab Soft Peach from the Anastasia Beverly Hills World Traveller palette (I thought this would be a very fitting palette for these posts!) with a fluffy crease brush and work this lightly into the crease.  Remember to keep it subtle.

3. With Morocco and the same brush, add this into your crease to darken it up. Remember to blend!

4. Grabbing Spoiled, a shimmery pink, apply this on the lid area.

5. Line your upper lash line using a liquid liner and wing it out.  You can go very dramatic with this depending on your eye shape.  I used Make Up For Ever Ink Liner.  After, apply a couple coats of mascara to add some volume to your lashes. I used Make Up For Ever Smoky Stretch mascara. For the lower lash line, leave it bare and just coat your bottom lashes in mascara.

6. To finish up the face, I used Maybelline Fit Me Poreless + Matte foundation, Maybelline SuperStay Better Skin Concealer in Ivory, bronzer from the Anastasia Contour Kit to carve out my cheekbones, and NARS blush in Madly to keep everything neutral. For the lips, I used YSL Rouge Volupte in #19.

For the outfit, I chose to keep it classic with a white button down, denim shorts, Prada flower flip flops (purchased in Florence), Kate Spade giant faux diamond studs, and my House of Harlow Chelsea shades for that Sophia Loren look.

Let me know if the Italian pavilion is on your list this week! It’s a must!

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