Sephoragirl came up with this Leighton Meester challenge. I love watching Gossip Girl and I'm dying for Blair and Chuck to get together, the sparks that would create, wow.

Anyway, this was the look Leighton had at the Entourage premiere:

And this is my final eye:

I chose not to take a lot of in between pictures because this eye is actually really simple to do and I wasn't home this morning so no camera to take pictures with. If you want a really stripped look just use a bronze eyeliner, mascara and red lips and you're done.

Products in this picture:
- Smashbox, Photo Finish Clear Foundation Primer
- Smashbox, High Definition Healthy FX Foundation - Light L3
- Smashbox, Photo Op - Under Eye Brightener
- Smashbox, Camera Ready Concealer - 3.0
- Smashbox, Concealer Brush - no. 4
- Smashbox, Lip & Lid Primer
- Smashbox, Eyelights - Special Effects
- Smashbox, Shadow Brush - no. 26
- Smashbox, Definer Brush - no. 15
- Smashbox, JetSet - Bronze
- Smashbox, Arced Liner Brush - no. 21
- Sephora, Eyelash curler
- Smashbox, Bionic Mascara (black)
- Bourjois, Lipstick - no. 13
- Clarins, Lipstick - no. 50

Face
I used Photo Finish Clear Foundation Primer as a base over my moisturiser to make sure the makeup wouldn't move and have a protective base. Over this I used High Definition Healthy FX Foundation, using my fingers because I wasn't at home and I had to do with the brushes and products I had with me.
I used Photo Op at this point because I have practically no under eye circles today, which I'm very happy about. Over the little dark I did have under my eyes I used a little Camera Ready Concealer placing it with the Concealer Brush which I did take with me.
I got a package from Sweden yesterday and that had the Smashbox, Lip & Lid Primer. The pictures I did take are after half a day or wear, so it did keep the eyeshadow put. I do have to say that I thought the Lip & Lid Primer was very small. Also the Lid primer was a very hard stick and the Urban Decay Eye Shadow Primer Potion is a creamlike texture. I do think the Lip & Lid Primer worked very well and it's so easy to take with you. My lipstick was freshly reapplied when I took the picture, but honestly I don't think any Lip Primer can keep Red Lipstick looking flawless for 6 hours when you have lunch and no touch ups during the day. I'll keep you guys posted on my opinion on the Smashbox Lip & Lid Primer.
I didn't use any brush, but Leighton does wear a blush on the apples of her cheeks, so keeping the Smashbox trend in mind I'd choose something like Blush Rush in Gingersnap.

Eyes
On my eyes I used another Smashbox product, the Eyelights eyeshadow kit in Special Effects. This has three shadows, a highlight, a skin tone and a brown, so I could have forgotten the JetSet and still recreated the look, but the JetSet is waterproof so that's my preference.
I used the Shadow Brush to place the peachy skin tone to my entire eye as a base, this is a very neutral colour and Leighton doesn't seem to have a defined crease so no darkening there is needed. I used the Definer Brush to place the highlighting colour on the eyelid using the most colour on the lash line and fading it up slowly.
This is my finished eye closed and within the black line (I've Photoshopped this in to show you) I placed the highlight colour.

I also used a little of the highlight colour under the lower lash line (but very sparingly).
As the eye line I used JetSet in Bronze, I was considering using the Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner Pencil in Bourbon (brown with teeny gold glitter) that's in my new Velvet Rope Travel Set, but I needed the line to start very thinly and work up to thick and with the Arced Liner Brush I have more control for some reason. So I went with the JetSet in Bronze. I started with bronzing the waterline and going a little into the lower lash line at the and because I have more round eyes then Leighton and this will make my eyes look a little more almond shaped. Leighton really has a thin line at the corner of the eye which works up to a thick line at the end. No wing or anything, so to make the eye look a little more almond shaped, make it end a teeeeeny bit over the outer corner. Like you see here:

I used my Eyelashcurler squeezing and releasing it whilst walking up the lash. This creates a very natural curl instead of a harsh bend only at the base of the lashes. I used Bionic Mascara today, because this is a mascara that creates flutter lashes as I call it. No clumpiness, but every lash gets a little coating. You can build it up, but I used only one coat in this final picture:

Now I went a little overboard when I was bored in the train today, so I badly photoshopped my eyes brown because she has brown eyes. So here that is:

Lips
On my lips I used the Lip & Lid Primer again, using the part for lips now This is a more creamy base then the LipPlump by Benefit is, also the colour didn't change the red so much, so I was happy about that.
I used my Bourjois Lipstick in no. 13 which is a fire engine red, but I'm very pale so it's a more blue tinted red then Leighton is wearing, so I used a more brown tinted colour over it to take the blue edge of but still keep it pretty on my face. I used Clarins Lipstick in no. 50 as the top colour and the end lip is this one:

I hope you guys like this. Tomorrow I'll work on the Vampire challenge and Sunday I'll to the JLo Challenge.
I'll mix up the brands again by then, but I do love my Smashbox, I can't help it.