Smokey Eye #7 Gold

Hello beautiful ppl!

So I think we've come to our last smokey eye in this series... XD I've done taupe/brown, purple, blue, silver, bronze, green, and my last one is gold :D Or what other colors should I work on? lol????? I'm thinking about doing some autumn looks... we'll see :P

Before I get into the tutorial, I want to mention that for any smokey eye or any looks that involve dark shadows or glittery shadows, you should do foundation and powder AFTER you do your eyes, that way the fall-outs are easier to clean. 

Items used:


1. Anastasia brow powder in Medium Ash
2. Too Faced Natural Eye Palette
3. MAC lip pencil in Naked Liner
4. Fiberwig Mascara
5. MAC dazzle glass in "Smile"
6. Stila Smudgepot gel liner in "black"
7. MAC eye shadow in "Honey Lust"
8. Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland Palette
9. MAC mineralize blush in Love Joy
10. Stila Convertible Color in Marigold (for contour)
11. MAC mineralize skin finish

Close-up:

MAC "Honey Lust" which I broke :( this is why I never buy customizing palettes from MAC anymore. I broke two eye shadows in that palette when I dropped it *sobs*

Cocoa Puff (red brown) and Sexspresso (dark chocolate brown) from Too Faced
Of course you can use the gold from this palette... I just liked the MAC one cuz it has less yellow tone than this one. But really any gold would work :)

Now onto the tutorial:

1. I used a wet brush to apply MAC "Honey Lust" all over my lid to minimize fall outs and to intensify the look (yeah it should say "Honey Lust" instead of "Goldmine" my bad :P)


2. Apply Cocoa Puff on the outer corner. I chose a red brown because red brown really complements and goes well with gold in my opinion :) I also used a wet brush to line the lower lash line with the same red brown shadow to make the look more intense


3. Add Sexspresso to the outer corner to intensify the look. I didn't use black because I think black will be a bit too harsh next to gold. And as always, I brought Sexspresso to the outer 1/3 of lower lash line. I also added Honey Lust to the lower inner corner



4. I was going for a very glamorous look, so I went for very strong, defined eyeliner, instead of smoking/smudging it out.


5. Add mascara :D


For my lips:
1. I applied the nude pencil liner all over my lips to mute out my lip color (reason why I didn't use a nude lipstick cuz lip pencil is thinner, so my lips wouldn't feel too heavy after step 3)
2. Apply the peachy lip gloss
3. Using my finger, I dipped it into the rosy gold shadow in the Alice in Wonderland palette, and gently pat it onto my lips. The shadow will adhere and blend in to the gloss. Remember always go in with clean finger!





major color wash-out -___-||||





I really really like the effect of the gold shadow on my lips ^__^ what do you guys think? I think I'm gonna try to use this method more often


That's all, thanks again for stopping by to read my blog :) I appreciate your time ^_~

I need a new project to work on now lol! Any suggestion besides autumn looks? lol!

<3 Frances

Smokey eye #6 Green

Hello hello =)

Thanks for everyone who liked the last smokey eye =) <3 some of you said you like it because it's warm and not intimidating... today... I'm switching to the intimidating side XD you're warned :P

And today I'm using one of my fav eye shadows... also my very very first eye shadow in my life XD Lancome's "Dazzling Steel" :) I remember buying this eye shadow along with some eyeliner pencil and mascara at Lancome with my mom about 5 years ago =) first time ever makeup shopping haha. I remember looking for this kind of shade because I saw Rainie Yang wearing some color of this sort in her drama "Devil Beside You" so that was my very first makeup inspiration :P


Items used:

1. Lancome Color Design "Dazzling Steel" (#502) eye shadow
2. Urban Decay Alice In Wonderland Palette "Absolem" eye shadow
3. Urban Decay NAKED Palette "Gunmetal" and "Creep" eye shadow
4. Fiberwig Mascara
5. MAC Slimshine Lipstick in "funshine"
6. Stila Smudgepot eyeliner in "black"
7. MAC "Light Over Dark" blush (I used the "light" one)
8. Anastasia brow powder in "Medium Ash"

Close-up on eye shadows:

If you decided you like this color and decided you want to get it, I have to warn you this eye shadow falls out like crazy. So I suggest doing foundation/powder AFTER eye makeup, which is what I did :)



This eye shadow is totally optional. I will explain in the tutorial :)

1. Apply "Dazzling Steel" over lid, packing the color intensely under the fold, and bring the shadow a little past the fold. Bring the shadow up in a round shape on the outer corner, so it should be very visible above the fold.
By the way I already applied eyeliner on upper waterline


2. Apply "Gunmetal" on outer corner, and bring it on the lower lash line as well


3. This step is optional. If you don't like it too green, you can leave out this step. I used my ring finger to take a bit of "Absolem" eye shadow, and gently pat it on the center of the lid to bring a pop of green to the eye

You don't need much at all, this is all I have each time I dab my finger into the eye shadow. The key is to build up the green to the intensity you like, and I didn't use much at all (remember to use clean finger before you dip it in!! lol)

4. Apply "Creep" the outer corner to intensify the look. Bring a little down to the outer 1/3 of lower lash line. And you can see the pop of green by adding "Absolem" in the center :) I usually just leave out step 3 though hahaha.


5. Line your eyes. I like to make my lower liner a lot thicker than I usually do when I wear light, shimmery shadows to balance it. I don't know, to me it's like when wearing clothes, if you wear light top, you should wear deep colors on the bottom to balance the look if you know what I mean? XD


6. Apply mascara and you're done with eyes :D





For the rest of my face, since wearing green eye shadow can really wash you out, I wear a very warm blush on my cheeks (MAC "Light Over Dark") and I decided to wear peachy lips this time instead of nude.



the eye shadow is super shimmery XD









That's all! I really like green shadows I dunno why... but I hope you guys enjoyed it =D

<3 Frances

Smokey Eye #5 Bronze

Hi hi =D

It's been so long... tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo long since I did my smokey eye series!! (see how long that is? ... okay that was a bad joke pardon moi -__-|||)
Yes, I'm persisting on this project XD
I'm very excited about this look, cuz it's the first time I tried out my new MAC bronze eye shadow, and I am IN LOVE with it =)

Also I wanted to thank everyone who found my iQQU review helpful... and to the anonymous reader who requested Hakuhodo brush review, yes I will be working on it =) And special tks to Libby for calling me queen of smokey eye XD and tks Bunny for seconding that XDD  I'm blushing...... -/////////////-

Okay okay now onward to this look :D

Items used:

1. MAC MSF-- for highlight
2. Stila Covertible Color in Marigold-- for both blush and contour
3. Anastasia Brow Powder in Medium Ash
4. MAC "Bronze" eye shadow
5. Urban Decay NAKED Palette (review coming up!)
6. Majolica Majorca Lash Expander Frame Plus Mascara
7. Dior Maximizer (review coming up also!)
8. MAC Eye Khol in Fascinating
9. Urban Decay 24/7 Eye Pencil (comes with the NAKED Palette)

"Bronze" close-up... it looks kind of gold in the pan but when applied on skin it looks a bit darker and is like the perfect bronze that I've been looking for :D  love love love.

I used "Darkhorse" and "Creep" from the NAKED palette

I chose "Victorian" (frost finish) from MAC and "Embrace" lip gloss from Victoria's Secret
Usually I'd wear nude lips with smokey eyes but I felt like having a "loud mouth" today XD

1. Apply "Bronze" in crease area, bringing up past crease by a little

2. Apply "Bronze" all along lower lash line. Apply "Darkhorse" on the outer corner on upper lid, and bring it down to the lower lash line, only applying on the outer 1/3
PS: don't mind my white lashes... I prime my lashes before I do everything now :D

3. Use very little amount of "Creep" to deepen the outer V's

4. Line upper water line

5. I did my eyeliner a bit differently today. In stead of cat-eye, I sort of drew the shape of < / >. And because of the intense black liner, I used the white eyeliner ("Fascinating") to very lightly rim my lower water line to bring in some light. Use a very light hand-- you shouldn't even be able to tell that you applied white eyeliner. 

6. Mascara of course :D















That's it =) Next smokey eye would be green I think? =D

Thanks for stopping by <3 And have a great day =)

<3 Frances

Smokey Eye #4 Silver

Hello everyone ^__^

Hope you guys are not sick of smokey eyes yet. But today's smokey eye is one of my fav ^__^ Used to lovee to wear this so much that I even wore it to school XD imagine a smokey-eye girl standing in front of a cadaver holding her notebook... yep... that was me XD



^__^

Used:

Heaven from Too Faced (matte white)

A silver eye shadow from MAC (might be "Silver Ring"? Sorry I don't know >_<)

A dark dark grey, not black.

And a black eye shadow from lancome :) no different than urban decay one, just grabbed it cuz it was right there XD

1. Apply "Heaven" on inner corner/underneath brow bone. Apply the silver eye shadow all over lid

2. Layer the dark grey over the silver, concentrating more on outer corner


3. Darken up the outer corner with the black eye shadow

4. Add eyeliner (here using MAC blacktrack gel liner) and mascara


Apply the blush/lip color of your choice and you're done =)
I used NARS multiple orgasm and  "rose" lipstick from MAC slimshine line



Excuse my hair flying everywhere was having the fan blowing at me XD







Until the next smokey eye... I'll talk to you guys later :)

<3 Frances