I’m having a BLAST pulling out makeup that I haven’t used in a while and
rediscovering its beauty all while making a tutorial for you all.
I appreciate the continued support and I hope you all have been enjoying all
the blog has to offer!
I did this look really quickly so I will go ahead and say upfront, there is
no lipstick in the final look and there are no directions on me applying my
brows. I will be doing a separate blog about how to apply eyebrows! The
lipstick was applied in the parking lot (I wore this look to a meeting) and I
used Oak lipliner from MAC and my Nivea Milk & Honey Lip Balm (all of
which can be found on 'my favorite things' part 2 blog post)
This starts out the same way the Smokey Eye Tutorial did. We are going to
use that for our basic outline and as I said in my last blog, the smokey eye
has changed over the years and has been added to. This is one of those looks I
was referring to. We will start out the same way but we will be using 2 more
shadows for a total of 5. We are going to lighten the inner corner of the lid
and deepen the outer corner. Also we will have 2 sections to our crease this
time. I have a picture to illustrate.
What you will need/What I used
- 1-2 Eyeliners. 1 needs to be black and if you choose to use another one it needs to be a dark color that compliments your lid shadow. I used Tealo from MAC. It is a hunter green. I chose this because I wanted to emphasize the green in my lid shadow.
- 5 shadow colors- 1 for the entire lid, 1 for the entire crease, 1 for the outer corner of the lid and crease, 1 for your brow highlight, and 1 for your upper crease (I’ll explain that later)
- Mascara
- 2 different colors of concealer one lighter than your skin and one darker than your skin- if you want to contour using this method
- Your foundation/powder/bronzer/and blush
- Brushes and a SMILE!
Warning- below you will see me with NO BROWS! You have been warned :)
1. With a clean, primed eye (just use some foundation and powder to prime
your eye) apply your eyeliner. Start with your normal line and continue to thicken
the line until almost your whole lid is covered. Just like in the Smokin EyesTutorial. I didn't use black this time I used a hunter green because I wanted
to pull more green from my eyeshadow.
2. Thin it out all across the lid as your base. Make sure to have a good
shape and it's not blotchy
3. Apply your first shadow. I used a pigment this time which has a huge
color payoff, it's more intense and has a lot of shimmer. (Mine-MAC Steel
Blue) REMEMBER- turn your brush so the bristles point down towards your lashes
too! This really gets the color as close to the lash line as possible.
4. Apply your crease color from inner corner to outer corner in that
"rainbows arch" movement. I used another pigment by MAC called
Copperized but using shadow is just as good too. This is a grey/brown/with gold
shimmer. I don't know why copper is in the name. Anyway.....
5. Next I darkened the outer corner of the lid and the outer crease.
With a crease brush, like the one you used in step 4 do small wiggle motions in
the outer corner of your lid and outer crease and apply a really dark color. I used
Femme Noir by MAC which is a dark dark green. Blend well.
6. Now we need to lighten the inner corner. I used my brow highlight for
this. I think it’s important to make sure when you lighten the inner corner of
the lid to have a similar texture of eyeshadow. The Steel Blue pigment I used was
shimmery so I wanted to make sure I lightened it with another shimmery light
shadow. If you used a really light matte color over that dark shimmery lid
color it might look muddy. I used Vellum by MAC. Which made it go really frosty
white with a blue undertone because Vellum has a blue undertone to it once
applied.
7. Next apply your brow highlight. You can use the same one as in step 6 or
is you don't want that much shimmer, use Vanilla by MAC. It is a really warm
shade. If you have darker or tan skin use Orb by MAC.
8. Next we are going to work with something new. I have basically divided
the crease into 2 horizontal sections. There is the deeper part or "fold" of the crease where the Copperized is, then there is that tiny space that is above the fold but isn't right under your
brow. It’s what you see when your eyes are open. In the last tutorial I just
used one shade over both sections for a quick and simple smokey eye. I did not want Copperized to
meet and blend with my brow highlight. I wanted it to look more polished so I
used one of my favorite colors (for this technique) Arena by MAC. This is going
to soften the flow between Copperized and my brow highlight. I use the tiniest
amount and make sure it blends with the Copperized and the brow highlight. See the last picture in this step below to see what I mean about not having this "blender" color. Also, you will notice below I broke the eye up into horizontal and vertical sections. Section 2 and 3 are what I am referring to with Copperized and Arena.
This is the sections of the eye I am using for this look
Put the 'Arena' in area #3
The black lines are your horizonal sections and the white circles are your vertical sections
This is not the look we are going for-as you can see
there is no blending color here.
9. As always if you need to repeat steps to achieve the look, darkness, or
drama that you would like then now is a good time to do that.
10. Apply your eyeliner. I used MAC's Blacktrack with a #266 brush and I
winged it out and then tight lined. Line the bottom lash line as well. I
lined the water line and then used a pencil brush to smudge it out.
11. Next I used my pencil brush to add a little Copperized and Arena to the bottom
lash line to create a smokey look.
Make sure to clean up around the eye
with a baby wipe or q-tip
12. Time to contour! I use a large short eyeshadow brush from MAC to
highlight and contour my face with my Ben Nye concealer wheel. Notice the areas
I highlighted. Anything I want to stand out I highlighted and I contoured anything I want to recede.
I don't blend it in to the skin I just make striped. The highlighted part uses
a lighter than skin tone color and the contoured areas I used the darker
concealers. Make sure you don't use anything too orange to contour with.
Contour applied (first top picture) I drew all over half of my face so you could see
Contour blended with foundation exactly where I highlight and contoured.
(second top picture) Black-Contour/Red-Highlight
13. Then I take my foundation and apply it with a brush.. The foundation
will blend and buff the highlighted and contoured areas so they don't stand out
so much. Now, I don't look like I’m wearing stage makeup!
14. Apply a loose powder to set everything. I used Makeup Forever HD powder
because it is super fine and makes my skin feel like silk. It doesn't look
powdery and it is translucent so even though its white, it does not go on
white. Its kind of like using clear powder.
At this point I really had to get going or I was going to be late for my
meeting so I drew my brows on and put my mascara on. Took a quick picture of
the end result (with no lips) and left the house. I did my lips in the parking
lot :)
So there ya go. You’re done! It’s just a few of more shadows than the Smokey Eye Tutorial, just to lighten the
inner corner,darken the outer corner, and soften the flow of our crease and brow colors. Play around with it. Choose whatever
colors you would like.
I hope you enjoy this tutorial. Sorry they are so lengthy but I really like
to explain. I’m far more of a visual person so when I go to explain something
it takes me three times as long because I want to a picture in your head
instead. I am always the one that looks at the picture on the box instead of
reading the directions....but I know some people are just the opposite!
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Thanks and have a BEAUTIFUL day!
-A
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