my birthday look

I turned 25 on January 7th, yay me!

SO sorry for the crappy picture quality, i took these on a different camera that SUCKS.

products used:

• eyes
  • MAC select sheer cover up nw15 as a base
  • Urban Decay Shadow - Gunmetal (lid)
  • MAC nylon (highlight)
  • MAC charcoal brown (crease)
  • MAC black tied (crease)
  • MAC fluidline blacktrack
  • eyebrows: MAC fluidline dipdown set with MAC shadow take wing
  • Fake lashes
• skin
  • Smashbox face primer
  • mac studio fix fluid nc25
  • mac glimmershimmer sweet and shy for highlight
  • MAC blush taupe for contour
  • MAC blush tenderling
• lips
  • MAC cremestick liner in gingerroot
  • MAC lipstick Daslu

fotd72 - smokey purple

products used:

• eyes
  • mac select cover up concealer nw20 as a base
  • mac shadows:
    • parfait amour - lid and under eye
    • thunder - outer lid, outer under eye
    • carbon - crease
  • mac fluidline - blacktrack
• skin
  • mac studio sculpt foundation nc25
  • mac mineralize skinfinish medium
  • mac blush emote to contour
  • mac blush eversun
• lips
  • mac cremestick liner gingerroot
  • mac lipglass easy lounger

fotd65

just a simple smokey look I did a couple months ago and forgot to post...

products used:

• eyes:
  • MAC select cover up concealer nw15 as a base
  • MAC fluidline blacktract as a base on lid and under eye and to line eyes
  • MAC shadows:
    • blacktied (lid)
    • banshee (crease) sub paradisco
    • nylon + ricepaper (highlight)
    • wedge (brows)
  • MAC zoomlash mascara in black
• skin:
  • MAC moisturegleam cream under foundation
  • MAC studio stick foundation nc30
  • MAC beauty powder blush eversun
  • MAC blush taupe to contour
  • MAC moisturegleam to hightlight
• lips:
  • mac lip pencil subculter
  • MAC lipglass underage

a little smokey eye education

It's becoming apparent that many people are confusing a "smokey" look with something it really isnt. It seems as though everyone has their own perception of what a true smokey eye really is. 

A true smokey eye has any colored lid (usually dark), that extends into the crease, as well as under the eye. It is darkest along the lashline and fades up and out. A smokey eye is NOT a lighter lid, with a deeper crease. That is simply a basic standard way to place shadows.

"smokey" is a technique, and not just the fact that you're using darker shades.

Some pics to help:

all the pictures on the right hand side are pictures that the girls who created the look mislabeled as "smokey"

*please note* i am NOT claiming these pictures as my own work. I am simply using them as references, examples, and for education. All the images are from other bloggers, and are all beautifully done.*

...smokey...                                                      ...pretty, but not smokey....

credit: the lovely Temptaliacredit: smokeyeyetutorial.net

...smokey...                                               ...totally stunning, but not smokey...

       credit: April J0 (her flickr name)    

 credit: MissCaseyB.com.       

...smokey (and AWESOME!)                         ...gorgeous, but not smokey...

credit: sunnishinee (her Youtube name) credit: promakeupbrushes.co.uk

and some of my own pics...

...smokey...                                               ...not smokey...

as I mentioned earlier, putting a darker color in the crease is just standard shadow placement! Please don't get it confused with smokey

Hope this helped!

blog53 (wow i'm up to 53 already?)

products used:

• eyes
  • MAC studio finish concealer nw20 as a base
  • MAC cream colour base in magenta on lid only
  • MAC shadows:
    • dazzlelight (highlight)
    • beautiful iris (center of lid)
    • satellite dreams (outer and inner of lid, under eye)
    • brown down (crease)
    • sensualize (crease, under eye, inner andouter lid)
  • MAC fluidline blacktrack
  • MAC zoomlash
  • for brows: MAC blush "emote"
• skin
  • MAC studio mist founsation "light"
  • MAC mineralized skin finish natural "medium"
  • MAC blush "tenderling"
  • MAC blush "emote" for contour
  • MAC shadow "dazzlelight" for cheek highlight
• lips
  • MAC lipglass "zazoom"

fotd30

i really love this...

products used:

• eyes:
  • MAC select cover up concealer nw20 as a base (all over and above eyebrow)
  • MAC cream color base in magenta as a base (inner lid and under eye)
  • MAC paint "blueboy" as a base (outer lid)
  • MAC Shadows: blanc type (highlight), wedge (crease color and brows), violet trance (inner lid and under eye), atlantic blue (outer lid)
  • MAC zoomlash in black
  • MAC fluidline black track in waterline
• skin
  • MAC studio fix fluidin nc25
  • MAC mineralized skin finish medium
  • MAC mineralized skin finish light for highlight
  • MAC mineralized skin finish dark for contour
  • MAC blush "full fuschia"
• lips
  • MAC lipstick "pink plaid"

 

 

 

 

 

fotd 26

sexyyy

products used:

• eyes:
  • MAC nw15 select cover up concealer as a base
  • MAC paint pot "blackground" as a base and also waterline liner
  • MAC shadows: pleasure purr, overgrown, thunder
  • MAC plushlash in black
  • for brows: MAC shadow "texture"
• skin:
  • MAC studio sculpt foundation nc25
  • MAC hyper real powder medium
  • MAC blush "shy angel" for highlight
  • MAC blush "emote" for contour
  • MAC beauty powder blush "eversun"
• lips:
  • MAC lipstick "fleshpot"