Thursday, July 24, 2008
{ 4:50 PM }
The smoky cat eye. Dramatic yet wearable in essence, the look is something that every girl should practice trying on.
It took me a while to be brave enough to put some black shadow on my eye. Black is the hardest color to put on because you have to really pay attention to blending and the color isn't very forgiving when it comes to making mistakes. I find this look to be more wearable than the traditional smoky eye, as the black is focused more on the eye's "outer v" corner and less on the entire lid. Adding a lighter shimmery color to the inner half of the lid will create the illusion of a
larger crease and bigger eyes. With a little help from my Ardell false lashes, the look is instant sultry glam.
Here are the products used accompanied by a step-by-step instruction:
- 1. Apply Urban decay primer potion as a base
- 2. Highlight the brow bone with a shimmery white color (Urban Decay- Polyester Bride)
- 3. Shade in the area right below the brow bone with a matte dark brown color (Napoleon- Dark Brown).
- 4. Apply a matte black shadow to the outer v (NYX- Black)
- 5. Apply a shimmery shade of light purple to the inner half of the lid, lightly carrying over the black (Bare Escentuals- Nude Beach shimmer)
- 6. Finally, put one some false eyelashes (Ardell)
This look was done with one brush-- the wet/dry shadow brush from Bare Escentuals, and with a little help from my fingers to blend the shadows together.
