Spring Cheek Challenge 2025: Style Awakening

[danielledanielle]

Spring Cheek Challenge
Style Awakening  💇🏽‍♀️✨⏰

Spoiler

Welcome to the Spring Cheek Challenge!!!  I'm looking for that seasonal refresh.  For the first SPRING Cheek challenge, (I know right.. How is this the first...I couldn't get past IYKYK, "Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking."), I want you to look towards personal moments and icons (person, celebrity, objects) for inspiration.    Look to the Gawds, dahhhhhlings.   And zhuzh it up with an outfit, or hair accessory or anything you think that's relevant.  I've declared this the "year of using my pretty things, " and I'm inviting you to join me!


The INSPO behind the INSPO:
This was fueled by caitbird's brilliant inspo board for Belle, pdxxxx's elite breakdown's of icons, the creative choices of Cissy63 during the Winter Wonderland cheek challenges... And again, Zendaya.

BUT, WHEN YOU NEED A PUSH/INSPO, AS ALWAYS.....I GOT YOUUUUUUU

Here are the weekly themes:

Blush Crush (Apr 8-13)
Meet me in Miami (Apr 14-Apr 20)
Sakura Slay (Apr 21-Apr 27)
Candy Coated Coquette, Pastel Version (Apr 28-May 4)
Candy Coated Coquette, Mocha Mousse Version (May 5-May 11)
Sunday Best (May 12-May 19)

I made a bunch of mood boards; feel free to use them or remix/remake them into your own.

 Blush Crush

Meet me in Miami

Sakura Slay

Candy Coated Coquette, Pastel

Candy Coated Coquette, Mocha Mousse (this pin is by the lifestyle blog)

Sunday Best

[PDXXXX]

@Titian06 I used the sculpting/bronzer serum so much last summer. I think I'm officially sold on getting the other now too. I bet it looked super purdy: those blend so nice!

[makeitup305]

@Titian06 I love both of those. They’re really nice formulas.

[makeitup305]

Wearing Yves Saint Laurent Make Me Blush 24H Buildable Powder Blush 6 Rose Haze again. I liked it more this time, when I built it up on the apples of my cheeks. It doesn't really match my shirt, which kind of tones it down but it made my face look brighter. I don't get much Rose from it on my skintone, though.

[lmaster]

This looks absolutely stunning @makeitup305 

[makeitup305]

thanks so much @lmaster !

[itsfi]

@makeitup305, you look radiant! Rose Haze pulls more like a neutral nude shade on me but I can see the the rose coming through for you; it's lovely. And, on a different note, your hair looks great!

[makeitup305]

@itsfi I feel like it looks more rose in the picture. Maybe because of the cool-toned shirt? I think in person it was quite neutral. It's a great shade, though. I'm glad I picked it up.

[Titian06]

You look so bright and natural, @makeitup305 ! ☀️. I'm definitely envious. 😄

[makeitup305]

aw thanks so much @Titian06 !

[CynthieLu]

It's so pretty! 🩷 @makeitup305 I feel like the rose color comes through in this photo? I'm also interested in knowing the steps you took to put this together. It's so soft and just a little subtle, a natural beauty sort of vibe.😻

[danielledanielle]

This looks so effortless @makeitup305 , like you woke up looking so perf.  So, I'm wondering, how many steps, because I feel like looks like these are always 10k steps 

[makeitup305]

@danielledanielle @CynthieLu @Titian06 I definitely didn’t wake up like this lol. Usually skincare is toner, serum, eye cream, moisturizer, and spf. My base is foundation, color corrector, concealer, blush, bronzer and/or contour, and highlighter. I can’t remember what I palette I used this day but there’s definitely eye primer, 3-4 shades of eyeshadow, eye liner, mascara, a brow pencil and brow gel. I was wearing a lippie but I can’t remember exactly what. The only thing I didn’t use was lip liner and face powder. I think the makeup probably took me about 30-45 minutes but sometimes it’s a little more. 

[Titian06]

Thanks for sharing, @makeitup305 !  Your routine has great results! 🥰

[makeitup305]

thanks  @Titian06 !

[danielledanielle]

Heh, thank you @makeitup305 .  I'm going to choose to believe you woke up like this, tho 😉

[makeitup305]

@danielledanielle I'll say I do, next time 😉

[CynthieLu]

Thank you so much for sharing your routine @makeitup305. 🙏🙏 It's not alot and just enough for look done but still so natural and glowy. You have a really good balance here and it shows. 

[makeitup305]

@CynthieLu thanks so much! I try!

[lmaster]

Meet me in Miami...absolutely!!

 

 

 

[itsfi]

@lmaster, you did a full face Miami-inspired look - and made all the colors look so wearable and pretty! 😊

[lmaster]

Thank you sweetness @itsfi 🥰