Smokey Eye with the Lorac Mego Pro

I've always loved the smokey eye look on other people, but never on myself.  For one, I never go out anywhere fancy enough for a smokey eye.  For two, I feel like with my dark features, it looks a little over-dramatic.  BUT I figured I had nothing else to do on a Friday night when my hubster was working late.  So I tried it out just for fun.  :) 

Lorac Mego pro-for reference to the shades I used

I started out with just a little primer on my eyes.  I used the Lorac eye primer that came in my original Lorac Pro palette. It does a great job of helping your shadow applying smoothly, keeping your eye makeup in place and prevents creasing. I also filled my  brows in with Anastasia Dip Brow Pomade in shade medium brown.

I started out with the shade Fawn all over my lid up and into my crease.

I blended a mixture of Camel and Sepia and blended that into my crease.

I added Espresso into the outer V of my eye and then deepened it with Caviar.

I took a blending brush with no product on it and blended for what seemed like eternity.  You can never blend enough...the last thing you want I harsh lines and look like you were socked in the eye.

Now, I rarely use eye liner so I'm not the best at it...but I tried my best to add some winged liner.  I used an angeled eye liner brush with black Elf cream liner (seriously good stuff for only $3!) and then sharpened it up with my Stila Stay All Day Liquid Liner.  Not pictured because I'm a makeup tutorial ameatur: I added a combo of Sepia and a tiny bit of Espresso onto my lower lash line. 

I added Cream under my brow bone with a little Opal added on the outer brow bone and a touch of Opal in the inner corner of my eye for a highlight.  Then added some mascara (a combo of Makeup Forever and Loreal Butterfly) to both my top and bottom lashes. I then tapped a tiny bit of the shade Champagne onto the center of my lids with my finger.

I finished off my face with foundation, concealer, some cream contouring, blush and setting powder and setting spray.

AND the end result with some awkward posing.

All ready for a night out somewhere fancy.  But I instead washed it all off and went to bed. :)

The smokey look is definitely not something I will use often, if ever, but it was fun to try out!