Thursday, January 12, 2012

Drastically Dark Purple



So I did this a few days ago but I have been wayyyyy busy so I am finally sitting down to post it. 
I love drastic eye color and wish there was a way to pull it off for an everyday look. OH WAIT! There is, using dark purples (or any color you chose), you use a trifold color pattern and boom there it is. 
Heres how to!






So my three colors are obviously from Ulta, and I included the names incase you wanted the colors! 


For brushes I used five different kinds (including my eyebrow brush)
From L to R,
angled shadow brush, eye shadow brush, smudge brush, eyebrow brush, and crease brush


For the eye accents I used: 

L to R: 
Covergirl Lash Blast (Fantastic!)
Black Eye Pencil
White Eye Pencil
Almay Liquid Liner

Okay lets get started!
Starting off, make sure you have a clean pallet to work with!


Step One: Put the darkest color on your lid and do not go above your crease with it. Go as far out as you would like, I chose to stay in somewhat close.

Step Two:
Using the crease brush, put the medium color on the crease and start on the inner or outer crease line. As soon as you hit the middle of your eye, start applying the medium shade to the area between the middle and the inner corner by your tear duct. Go as far up as your brow bone, this doesn't mean put the shadow on the brow bone, this means to stop once you get to the brow bone. Once you are done with that, take the slanted brush and gently break up some loose powder from your eyeshadow and use that to gently apply it to the bottom half of your lower lid. This will take practice to master! 



Step Three: Using your lightest shade, accent your arches with the shadow brush. Take powder and put it on the inner corner of the eye until you have the desired amount. 



Step Four: 
BLEND WELL! SO you will be able to see the progression of light to dark but so that the definite lines are not there breaking the sections up.

Step Five: Using your liquid liner, draw a somewhat dramatic line across the top lid as close to your lashes as you can get. Gently relax and close your eye when you apply it and DO NOT open your eye for 10-15 minutes while it is drying or you will have a big black line on your crease which will make you start over at step 1. 

Step Six: Using the black pencil, line the lash line on your lower lid slightly enough to wear you can tell you are wearing it, but it doesn't look like you have a black eye. Only go halfway in with the lining process!



Step Seven: Put on the mascara, try your hardest to go slow and not get any on the eyelid. Fun fact: Don't pump your mascara wand into your tube to try and get more on there. It just causes air to get trapped in there and causes your mascara to clump. 



Step Eight: Using the white pencil, line the inner lid with the white, also line the inner corner of your eye. White eyeliner makes your eyes pop when you are wearing black liner and mascara. 

Step Nine: Time to highlight the brows for the finishing touch! I use a semi light eyeshadow that isn't a powder, LESS IS MORE in this area. Using the eyebrow brush, you gently get some one the end of your brush, and you start in the inner part of your brow and work your way out. This will take a few tries. 





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