Saturday 4 February 2012

Green/Brown Smokey Eye

Well, today I decided to do a green/brown smokey eye.
I had intended to do a YT vid for this look, however I ran out of day light so thought I would add it on here instead :)

So, firstly I did my base, for this I used the following:

17 Photo Flawless Primer
Rimmel Lasting perfection foundation (3, Biscuit)
Rimmel Lasting perfection Concealer (Looooove this!)


No Make-up...Meh!



I then took an E.L.F eyeshadow brush and covered my lid in Supernova (Sleek Me, Myself & Eye) which is a gorgeous taupe(ish) colour and created a good base to build up the look.

 Me, Myself & Eye Palette <3



I then took another E.L.F brush (crease brush) and took a mid-brown colour from my Warm E.L.F Palette.




I worked this gorgeous coffee brown into the crease to give the look a bit of depth and to start building up the smokey effect. I then used the Supernova from earlier to soften and blend up to the brow bone.


I chose to use the green in my sleek palette, which is called Primal Green, it's a gorgeous olive green with a small amount of sparkle to it - perfect for the look I want to achieve.

I am loving green eyeshadow's at the moment, which is actually a colour I have never thought of wearing before! I personally feel that the warmer greens are a perfect colour for winter, and brown tones really compliment it!



I then added a very thin black liquid liner with a slight wing to it - this look could easily lend to a heavier line and wing and some super lashes, however I chose to keep it a fairly simple style.

I used a GOSH black pencil liner on my tight line as well as on my waterline but kept it more along the lashes and smudged this out to create a softer look. I curled my lashes (which are pathetic excuses for lashes lol) and applied a good coating of Rimmel Scandaleyes mascara in black.

On my cheeks I used the Sleek Contour Kit in Light and applied the highlighter to my higher cheek bones and brow bone, also I used MUA shade 2 blusher.
For my lips I applied a thin coating of my E.L.F Glossy Gloss Berry Blush to complete the look!


So here is the finished look!

TTFN
B x

3 comments:

  1. I have the elf brights palette it was a free gift when they did their 12 days of Christmas I wouldnt of bought it coz I find their stuff pretty hit and miss but was pleasantly surprised with the quality x

    loveallthingspretty.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  2. Ooo I might try that palette then! Luckily I have been pretty impressed with everything I bought from ELF, one item i do want to get is the gel liner as I have heard good things about it :) x

    ReplyDelete
  3. Ooo I might try that palette then! Luckily I have been pretty impressed with everything I bought from ELF, one item i do want to get is the gel liner as I have heard good things about it :) x

    ReplyDelete