Today, the beginning of Lent, is a day to not only be grateful for everything Jesus Christ sacrificed for our sins, but also for all the amazing ways black cross cinder on your forehead can be beautifully blended into your contouring routine for a dazzling Ash Wednesday evening make-up look to literally die for. Return your dating competition immediately to dust with these 5 easy ways to get it:
- Blend, blend, blend: First, take your contouring brush and blend the top of that cross into your hairline – it makes your entire forehead disappear no matter how giant it is, we swear! And our black contouring magic here is just getting started.
- Drape excess ash from temples to apples of the cheeks. This instantly creates an irresistibly seasonal, sunken-in “I’m about to deprive myself of something I really want for the next 40-days” look.
- Brush the bottom of the cross cinder down every part of your nose. Then, if ya nasty, scratch some of your dry winter skin for a lighter shade of dead skin ash to dab onto the very high tip of your nose. It’ll be the perkiest, pointiest and most upturned nose you’ve ever had!
- Pat whatever is left onto eyelids for a smoldering smoky eye—or if you must be an angel, halo eye: Again just dab some of your own light elbow ash into the center of your eyelid.
- Need extra cinder for that extra dramatic look? Scope out a Protestant church where women are allowed to be priests. You won’t even have to ask “cheekbones too?” before they wink at you with “an extra dab’ll do ya.” They get it. That or gather some from Mount Rainier when it blows its ceremonial Ash Wednesday toot.
And, as always, you beautiful Cinderella: Remember even you are dust and to dust you shall return – but not without looking hot AF in it first!
