How many ladies do you think would get out of bed at the crack of dawn and attend a beauty tailgating party?

If you guessed a heck of a lot you would be correct. In honor of the opening of The Natick Collection and Nordstrom at the old Natick Mall, a beauty tailgating party was held.

I arrived at the party a good 15 minutes before it was set to begin (a yawn-inducing 8am, considering it was a 45 minute rush hour trek for me) and already there were ladies lined up at the humongous buffet, seated at cafe tables, and browsing makeup tables being set-up.

Having stopped at Starbucks for a pumpkin spice latte, I skipped the food and headed right to the tables (there had to be about 40 or more) until Christine Huellman from Dior caught my eye and asked if she could help me. "Sure" I said, "let's do the works!" and off we went! Christine and I had a wonderful time with my makeover. Turns out she's not from the area - she came in just for the event and she's based in New York City where she works as the education development manager at Christian Dior. And she's got awesome lips!

Christine showed me the Dior Capture Totale collection and then applied this Dior 'Diorskin' Airflash Spray Makeup before applying a little blusher and updating my eye colors. We chose this Dior 5-Colour Eyeshadow palette which was perfect for my coloring and had the right amount of sparkle (almost non at all!) and she followed up with my favorite Diorshow Mascara. I used this opportunity to ask Christine for tips for dealing with my crooked lashes - I can't ever seem to get them to curl correctly. She suggested using a dry mascara wand (I picked up a few at Sephora) before applying mascara, to curl and brush my lashes into place. "Most people think that you need heat to curl lashes, but you can do just fine with a dry wand", she advised. Thanks for the awesome tip, Christine!

Christine finished me off with HydrAction Mist, and did my lips. She lined around my lips and then filled in the lips with the lip pencil which helps your lip color last longer. I usually go with a neutral rose color for my lips, but Christine thought I needed some bright pink - a hot color this season. I had my doubts, but I put my fate in her hands and was not disappointed. Turns out, when paired with the liner and Dior Addict Ultra-Gloss Reflect. It looks amazing and definitely not harsh like I thought it would. Christine talked a lot about blending lip colors to come up with the perfect color. Now I always thought all you had to do was apply lipstick. Oh how naive I was!

Stay tuned for more on my Nordstrom and Natick Collection shopping day!

Originally posted at A Girl Must Shop