Silver

I went to the dentist today and it turns out I have to extract all four wisdom teeth eeek! To get my mind on something else I decided to do a tutorial of a dark, sexy smokey eye with one of my favorite eyeshadows of all time and it´s not even from Mac ;)

1. Start with a black cream eyeshadow/shadestick on your eyelid and blend out the edges with a clean blending brush. I´ve used Mac Blackground paint pot and blended it out with a Mac 217 brush which is my absolute favorite for blending out outer edges :) If you crease easily underneath your eye you should put a nude cream shadow/ primer there as well.

2. Wash on some matte grey eyeshadow around the black shadow so that you get a smokey finish. I used Mac Print closest to the black and then Mac Scene outside Print, but it´s really fine with only one grey eyeshadow, I just couldn´t make my mind up. ;) Put it underneath the eye as well.

3. No dark smokey eye without eyeliner! Grab a black soft eyeliner and line along both the upper and the lower lashline and on the waterline. Blend it out and between the lashes with a small brush. I used Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner in Zero and smudged it out with a Sigma E-30 (small round brush).

4. Now that we´ve smoked out the eyeliner it´s easier to go in with the black eyeshadow so that we make sure we don´t get too much black and end up with panda eyes. Put the black in the outer corner and inner corner to get some depth, and leave the middle part as it is. I used a Sigma E-45 to apply both Carbon (black) and Typographic (dark tarmac-greyish coloured that blends wonderfully).

5. Now to the magic of the look. This eyeshadow has been one of my favorites for years because it´s a mix of silver, green and grey – depending on how light hits it – with beautiful shimmer and glitter. It really is the perfect party smokey eye colour for brown eyes, but works well for all the other eye colours as well. The eyeshadow is from Lancôme and is called G40 Erica F. Get some shadow on the brush and tap the brush to get rid of glitter that is in danger of falling down on your cheeks. Dab the brush carefully on the centre of your eye lid, do not stroke it as with other eyeshadows. This techique is great with all glitter eyeshadows that has a tendency to cause fall outs.

6. Use the same technique to dab on some of the same eyeshadow underneath the eye as well leaving the outer part dark. Brush on a light slightly shimmery eyeshadow on the brow bone to lift the eyebrows. I used a Mac 224 to apply Mac Mylar.

7. Slap on a couple of coats of a volume mascara and you´re done :) Keep lips neutral to dark eyes like this. I´ve used my favorite nude lipstick, Mac Hue.

If you are looking for a bit more dramatic look you can put on some falsies and a slightly winged eyeliner…. :wub:

Yes, I know I should have used some UDPP/paint pot underneath my eye as well but since I wasn´t going anywhere I couldn´t be bothered to waste product! I had a couple of hours on the phone to my mum in the process to help her book a ticket. So here you go miss sceptic out there.. it´s lines like these that appear if you don´t use a primer!

Tips for eyeshapes that might benefit of some changes (click here if you want to read more about eyeshapes):

Close set eyes: Instead of putting the dark colour in the inner corner you should place a light coloured shadow instead to widen the eyes. It can also be a good idea to smoke out the outer corner some more to extend the eyes further out. Don´t use a dark eyeliner in the inner corner either.

Hooded eyes: Use a matte silver eyeshadow instead of the glittery one to avoid attention to the fold. If you are young you can try to put some shimmery/glitter colour underneath the eye and in the inner corner if you want to sparkle. ;)

Down turned eyes: Blend the dark shadow up and outwards in the outer corner in a cat eye shape to lift the eyes. You can also try to put some falsies on only the outer part of your upper lashline to life that particular area.

Small eyes: Use a white/nude eyeliner on the waterline instead of a black eyeliner.

First of all, wow! Have you seen the number of the tracker on the bottom of the page?? I´ve had over a 1000 readers.. I´m so flattered!! :D Yesterday I woke up really early by the sun shining in my face whch is a very long time ago. The weather was absolutely amazing so I couldn´t resist and went straight out to have a coffe with a friend of mine -in a t-shirt and a thin blazer!! :D I love the sun!! I was so happy that I decided to buy some pretty  flowers to celebrate both the sun and 1000 readers :) Then the flowers inspired me…

1. Because we´re going to use a lot of dark eyeshadows I advice you to start your look with a clean face so that you can wipe away fall outs if needed without messing up your makeup. First step is as always to dab on some primer to prevent the creasing. I used Mac Paint pot in painterly on my eyelid. If you don´t have this, you can use a primer like UDPP. Then look through your makeup to find a well pigmented forest green, I used Humid.

2. To get a really smokey look you need something more than a brown eyeshadow, but a black would be too harsh so try to find a dark grey preferably with shimmer. I went for a dark silvery grey from Inglot which will make a nice contrast to the more golden green. I brushed it on just around the green and almost up to the crease and blended it all in together bringing the grey up to the crease.

3. Now is the right time to smoke it up with that black. Find the blackest matte black you have. I chose to use a black from Ingot because it´s a lot more pigmented than Mac Carbon and I couldn´t find my Typographic from Mac which also would´ve been perfect for this. Anyway, I put the black in the crease in a backwards C kind of shape in the outer corner of my eye and blended the black into the silver. Just ignore that stupid hair that is completely in the way there:

4. Use the same grey in the middle of your undereye area and the black in the outer corner and blend them into each other. Make sure you blend the outer edges as well.

5. Now is the time to remove any fall out that may have fallen outside of where we wanted it. I use a cotton ball and just a tiny bit makeup remover on one side. I use the makeup remover side to remove the makeup and then I dry the area with the other side. A dry cotton ball is also great for blending out harsh lines if you don´t really have a blendng brush. When the cleaning up is done you can add some concealer to your undereye (we absolutely don´t want dark circles to smokey eyes) and brush on some highlighter on the brow bone. I used Mac shroom.

5. Get your favorite eyeliner and line up a thin line along the upper lash line. I do this before I put on the eyelashes to fill in the space between the lashes as well since this makes the eyes even more intense. I used Bobbi Brown Black Ink. Put the eyeliner on your waterline as well.

6. Now it´s time for the falsies. Today I used individual lashes from eyelure. The package contains 3 sizes of individual lash clusters which makes it more natural than having the same length all the way. Wait for the eyelash glue to dry before you brush on your mascara. While you wait you can perfect your eyeliner. I prefer not to have a winged eyeliner with a smokey eye, but this is completely up to you. :) After this you apply the mascara and fill in your brows and your done! :)

For the face I used Tikei Mineral Foundation in W1, Guerlain Terracotta 4 seasons in brunettes, Mac Dollymix blush, Nyx Blush in Taupe and Makeup Store Cover All Mix.

I´m wearing my favorite Chanel lipgloss no 215 on my lips (that stupid Chanel don´t produce anymore!)

How is the weather where you are?