before as well as after
Next time you do a smoky eye look, if you’re not doing it already, try smudging a bit shadow along that lower lash line, babe. It’s a revelation! — particularly when you do it with smoky eye looks.
If I were required by a sorcerer stylist/cosmetics conjurer queen to wear just one type of eye look everyday this winter season as well as fall, I select smoky eyes (but winged liner would are available in a close second).
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They’re my preferred eye look of all. You can go untidy as well as grungy, very polished as well as perfect, soft as well as subtle, or considerably diva with them, as well as they variety from easy (a cream shadow with a smudgy kohl) to challenging (with hella shades in the crease as well as on the lid).
They’re extremely flexible as well as pulsate with personality, as well as I believe they’re fun to do.
There’s typically a great deal of stuff going on when it concerns smoky eyes, however a few of the most significant bang comes from the subtlest touches. They’re the bit things that can take your look from “pretty good” to “DAMN, GURL! Did you get your makeup done at the counter today!?”
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One of those high-impact subtle touches: smudging shadow along your lower lash line.
In the before photo at the top, my lower lash line is bare. There is a bit liner on my lower water line, however that’s it, other than concealer, as well as I believe the eye looks somewhat top heavy as well as unbalanced.
Not a great deal though. It’s not a huge deal, as well as I don’t believe anybody is going to stop me on the street to shake the living daylights out of me as well as yell, “Excuse me, miss, however you requirement to repair that top smoky situatie!!”
At least I hope not.
But compared to the after eye on the right, where I’ve smudged shadow under my lower lash line, I believe that eye looks much more balanced. The smoky impact envelopes the eyes, making it look larger, much better balanced as well as much more dramatic.
All I did was apply the shadow on my lower lash line, best up next to the lash roots, with a flat eyeliner clean (also called a “push brush”). then I carefully smudged the shadow out with a pencil clean as well as blended, mixed as well as mixed some more. as well as then some more. as well as a bit more.
No, really, when you do this, you want to hang out in Blend-ville for a while to get that very diffused lower lash line look.
Apply as numerous layers as you like. For this look here, I started with a matte brown down there, then a shimmery brown, as well as then a shimmery gunmetal in the outer corner to mirror what I have on my lids.
How far you draw the shadows down is as much as you, however the even more you go, the much more remarkable the look. I tend draw my shadow quite far down since I like ze drama for yo’ mama, however keeping the shadow close to the lashes works too. You can likewise choose lighter colors as well as utilize fewer layers. completely as much as you. The goal is just to work up until the top as well as bottom of the eye seem balanced.
If you haven’t tried this before as well as aren’t comfortable with the concept of color along your lower lash line, try it very first with a extremely light shade that complements what you’re using on your lids. in some cases it likewise assists to choose a brown or taupe that are about one shade darker than your skin tone.
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Blend well, my friend, as well as have fun.
Make-up gebruikt in deze look
Lids as well as lower lash lines — metropolitan Decay naked combination (Naked as well as buck in the crease as well as lower lash lines, Creep in the outer corner as well as lower lash line, as well as Virgin on the brow bone as well as inner corner) as well as metropolitan Decay metropolitan Spectrum combination (West on the lids)
Lashes — Chanel Le volume de Chanel
Liner — Chanel water resistant liner in 914 Feuilles
Cheeks — Guerlain Ebony Bronzer as well as Dolce & Gabbana Apricot Blush
Highlight — hourglass luminous Light Ambient Powder
Foundation as well as powder — YSL combination Ink in warm Honey as well as MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in medium Tan
Lipstick — Dolce & Gabbana gentle Monica Lipstick
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