Valentines day look: Silver Smokey eye

Valentines day is just around the corner, and its a perfect time to whip out a dramatic, sultry look!

1. Start with applying eye primer. This will keep the eyeshadows from creasing and the colors vibrant.

2. Apply a light gray shadow all over the lid and blend it thoroughly.  

3. Add a dark gray shadow into the crease and blend. I know, it looks like a hot mess, but just keep going, it gets better!

4. Add a black shadow into the crease, but keep it concentrated just in the outer "V". Use a matte skin toned shadow to blend the edges of the crease.

  5. Pack on a bright silver shadow on the inner corner of the eye, and blend it softly on the lid- avoiding the crease area. Then add black winged liner!

 6. Use the dark gray shadow under the lower lashes, and the bright silver on the inner 1/3 of the lower lash line. 

 

 7. Apply a black liner into the lower waterline.

8. Apply several coats of mascara on the top and bottom lashes!

9. Finish off the face with a light contour on the hollows of the cheeks, a soft blush, and a natural glossy mouth!

The final look!

 

 

Products used:

Face- Covergirl Outlast Stay Fabulous 3-1 Foundation in "Ivory"

Revlon Photoready Concealer in "Light"

Maybelline Mineral Power Concealer in "Fair"

Essence 'All About Matte" poweder

Revlon Matte Blush in "Perfectly Peach"

NYX Blush in "Taupe"

Brows-

Avon Glimmerstick Brow definer in "Blonde"

NYX Wonder pencil in "Light" 

Eyes-

Maybelline 24hr Tattoo cream shadow in "Nude Pink"

NYX Smokey Eyes palette

Wet'n'Wild Color Icon 8 Pan palette in "Blue had me at Hello"

Urban Decay Naked 3 palette- Strange

Avon Supershock gel liner in Black
Jordana "Best Lash Extreme" mascara in Black

Lips-

NYX lip pencil in "Nude Beige"

NYX Butter lipgloss in "Eclair" 

  

The beauty of makeup is that it can be used in a number of ways to play up your features, create illusions and add extra oomph where needed.  In the pictures above, I've done a few key things that make my eye appear either smaller or larger- simply with the placement, color and location of  my makeup. All eye shapes are beautiful and whether small or larger, your eyes are the windows to your soul. If you want to play up your eyes and make them bigger and brighter, take a look at these do's and donts!

Do:

• Use light colors all over the lid. 
• Create a soft crease with diffused colors.
• Line your water line with a flesh toned or white pencil.
• Highlight your brow bone and tear duct area.
• Curl your eyelashes.
• Line your upper lashes 2/3's of the way in.
• Softly define the lower lash line.
• Fill in your eyebrows as arched (but natural) as possible.

Don't:

• Pack on dark shadows
• Keep the color all on your lid.
• Use a dark pencil in your water line.
• Line your upper lashline all the way to your tear duct. 
• Use harsh and dark shadow or pencil on the lower lash line.
• Fill in your eyebrows straight across.
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Just remember that the darker the eye makeup, the more likely it is to shrink your eyes. If your goal is to have the doe eye'd look, keep things light and lifted!

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Heres a step by step of what I did to create the bigger, brighter eye look!


 1. Prime your eye with your primer of choice.

2. Highlight your brow bone and tear duct with a shadow 2-3 shades lighter then your skin tone.

 3. Apply a shimmery, light shadow all over the lid.

 4. Define the crease by applying medium toned shadow, and blend thoroughly.

5. Use a dark shadow to create a soft, winged eyeliner. Only apply the liner to the outer 2/3's of your eye.

 6.  Use a skin toned eyeliner pencil in your waterline. Apply the same mid toned shadow that was used in the crease on the lower lash line.

7.  Curl your lashes and apply plenty of mascara!

To add extra drama to this look, you can apply the dark shadow used for eyeliner in your crease. Smoke it out by blending it in the outer 'V' of your eye.

 

Products used:

Eyes-
Maybelline 24hr Tattoo cream eyeshadow in "Nude Pink"
Urban Decay Naked 3 palette
NYX Wonder Pencil in "Light"
Jordana Best Lash Extreme Mascara in Black

Brows-
Avon Glimmerstick Brow definer in "Blonde"
NYX Eyebrow Cake Powder in "Blonde"

Face- 

Covergirl Outlast Stay Fabulous 3-1 Foundation in "Ivory"

Revlon Photoready Concealer in "Light"

Maybelline Mineral Power Concealer in "Fair"

Elf High Definition Powder

NYX Blush in " Taupe"

NYX Cream Rouge in "Natural"

Revlon Matte Blush in "Perfectly Peach"

Physicians Formula Pearl Highlighter

Lips-

NYX Round lipstick in B56

EOTD: Playing with Sugarpill

I had a few spare minutes while Emery was napping, so I thought it would be fun to pull out my Sugarpill 'Burning Heart' and 'Sweetheart' palettes and play for a bit. I haven't done a colorful look in a long time, so it felt good to let my creativity flow and see what happened!

Products used:

Eyes-
Sugarpill "Burning Heart" Palette- Poison Plum and Buttercupcake (buy here)
Sugarpill "Sweetheart" Palette- Dollipop, Afterparty, Midori and Tako (buy here)
Urban Decay "Naked" palette- Buck and Naked
Urban Decay "Naked 3" palette- Strange
Wet'n'wild trio "I Dream of Greenie"
NYX single shadow in Chick
Avon Supershock gel liner in Black
Jordana "Best Lash Extreme" mascara in Black

Brows-
Avon Glimmerstick Brow definer in "Blonde"
NYX Eyebrow Cake Powder in "Blonde" 
NYX Wonder Pencil in "Light" 

Makeup inspiration: A blast from the past

I have a ton of old makeup looks that I thought might give some inspiration to anyone looking for something new to try. Most of the pictures are from my phone, so I'm sorry if they arent good quality. If you see anything you'd like me to recreate, let me know in the comments!

Purple and blue

Tropical

Dark teal

Kelly green

20's flapper

 Day to night #1

Bright turquoise and purple

Bright purple

Romantic day time makeup

Burgundy and plum smokey eye

Gold with red lips

Soft office makeup

Copper #1

Soft deep purple

Royal blue

Turquoise and brown

Bright pink

Copper #2

Silver and white

Multi Color

Bright red

Turquoise with glitter lashes

Brown smokey eye

Checkers

Deep blue

Day to night #2

Cut crease

Glitter cut crease

Yellow and burgundy

Baby blue

Red lips and lashes

Deep purple

Multi color #2

Multi color #2