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. :)
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| Lorac Mego pro-for reference to the shades I used |
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| 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. |
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| I started out with the shade Fawn all over my lid up and into my crease. |
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| I blended a mixture of Camel and Sepia and blended that into my crease. |
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| I added Espresso into the outer V of my eye and then deepened it with Caviar. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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| AND the end result with some awkward posing. |
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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!
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