Holla Friends!
This weeks post is a tutorial on how to achieve a sexy dark brown smokey eye shadow look!
It's super easy to recreate at home!
The palette I used to create this look was the NYX 'Love In Paris' 9 color palette in 'Parisian Chic'.
It has 4 matte colors and 5 sparkly ones.
They're all so wearable so none go to waste!
I highly recommend buying this palette if you're on a budget and are looking for a beautiful combination of colors that are all usable on a daily basis.
Lets get to it!
Before applying any eyeshadow, put an eyeshadow/face primer all over your lids.
This is ensure that all of your eyeshadow will stay all on all day long!
If your eyeshadow tends to crease throught the day, applying an eyeshadow base will help it to not crease.
A neat trick when doing a darker eyeshadow look is to get a strip of sticky tape,
get most of the stickiness off the tape by pressing it onto the back of your hand,
and stick it in line with the bottom of your eyelid and the tail of your eyebrow.
It makes applying the shadow easier and creates a sharp edge when taken off.
Apply a gold sparkly shadow to the center of the lids.
Before applying any eyeshadow, put an eyeshadow/face primer all over your lids.
This is ensure that all of your eyeshadow will stay all on all day long!
If your eyeshadow tends to crease throught the day, applying an eyeshadow base will help it to not crease.
Apply a light brown shadow all over your lids and into the crease of your eyelids.
Make sure its blended out so its nice and soft looking.
get most of the stickiness off the tape by pressing it onto the back of your hand,
and stick it in line with the bottom of your eyelid and the tail of your eyebrow.
It makes applying the shadow easier and creates a sharp edge when taken off.
Apply a gold sparkly shadow to the center of the lids.
Apply a darker brown to the crease and outer 'V' of the eyelids.
Make sure that this is blended out super good so there's no harsh lines.
Because this is a brown smokey eye, I used a dark brown gel eyeliner, but it would also look good with a black eyeliner.
Slowly peel away the tape and add some more foundation/powder to the area where it was.
Apply a generous coat of mascara to the top and bottom lashes.
And we're done!
To compliment this look, i went with a nude lip balm that has little light reflecting specks in it.
So when it hits the light it sparkles.
A strong contour would look stunning with this look also!
I love this look so much!
It would look amazing with a simple black dress or a black top, jeans and black booties!
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It really means alot to me and inspires me create more posts for you all to read!
Until next time!
Love Shan! x
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