Have your evening planned out with your significant other? You book the table, we get the makeup look. Here is breaking down actress Saboor Aly’s fierce yet not-trying-too-hard look for date night inspiration from one of her shoots for MAG. It’s chic, easy to achieve with the classic red lips adding a touch of old-Hollywood glamour. Improvised with affordable drugstore beauty brands, because looking sexy doesn’t always have to be expensive. WORD!

EYES

Fill in your brows using Elf’s brow kit – keeping a gentle hand on brush for soft, natural brows. Brighten your under eyes by dabbing an eye cream on lids and around cheekbones, following with a primer. You can ditch the primer for a medium coverage concealer. Set the eyes with the shade ‘flower child’ from the palate Tartelette In Bloom. Blend it thoroughly before packing the shade ‘firecracker’ on your lids. In a pressing motion, gently blend out the pigment on your eyes, ensuring there are no harsh lines. Using a separate crease brush apply a light dusting of ‘funny girl’ on your brow bone, intensifying the pigment if you want. With Bobbi Brown’s gel eyeliner in ‘denim ink’, draw your eyes small wings. It is incredibly long-wearing product, ensuring that the liner doesn’t crease or smudges. Give your eyes some fluttering drama using the Lash Paradise mascara.

FACE

Post foundation and concealer application, add warmth to your face with Pixi by Petra Beauty’s bronzer. With its kabuki brush add some definition to your jawline, cheekbones and nose. Give your skin a rosy flush of colour using Tarte’s Amazonian Clay Blush in ‘glistened’. Don’t overdo the bronzer, let the rosy blush enjoy its moment for a fresh look.

LIPS

Luscious bold lips call for some lip prep. Apply a swatch of CoNatural’s Sweet Orange lip balm for hydration. Line and fill in the lips, with NARS Velvet lip pencil in ‘red square’. Top it off with Flesh liquid lipstick in Brazen, let it sit for about 60 seconds. It'll be smudge resistant all night long.