Our Beauty Editor Gets a Makeover From Make Up Store's Maria Gabriel

There's nothing better than having your makeup done by a professional, and last week, I was lucky enough to sit with one of the country's leading makeup artists, Maria Gabriel. As the creative director and general manager of Make Up Store Australia, Maria heads up the company's training and recruitment, as well as tending to her regular celebrity clients and planning beauty looks for runway shows. I was headed out to a friend's birthday drinks that night, so we decided to go with a soft, metallic eye and bold red-orange lips — a beauty look I've always wanted to try. Click through to see a step-by-step account of my time in the makeup chair, along with a bevy of tips Maria dropped along the way.