This is from a while ago when one of the most beautiful people I know agreed to let me practice on her
@shauna.mua is a free lance makeup artist working in WA, i know I’m bias but I can’t recommend her enough. Go follow her Instagram and check out her work.
Here we spent the whole day practicing the ever coveted Smokey Eye
Here are a few tips and tricks we have picked up since then, on clients and in class.
Start with the eyes
Fall out (my old foe) is the pitts, it turns all concealer and foundation that came before it turgid, and it can turn any eye design into an unsightly mess. If you are going for a full on vampy black look start your makeup look with your eyes then any fall out can be easily wiped away, less mess, less stress.
Find a primer that works for you
I am an Urban Decay Primer Potion junkie, but e.l.f has a great eye lid primer at a fraction of the cost, there are lots of others on the market.
If you have oily, dry or normal lids a primer will help this look stay put for longer so you look the bomb for longer
Colour in the whole socket with black eyeliner
This will help the black eyeshadow to stick and intensify the colour. All black eye shadows I have tried are not as pigmented as some of their brown counterparts and they need a little help.
Yes you will have to spend longer taking your makeup off, but eye makeup removers such as BioDerma melt everything away in minutes and a few extra minutes is worth it, to look so much more intense
It will look horrific at the beginning and middle…
…but keep going.
Tap off the brush
Pat the eyeshadow on all over the lid,
blend,
repeat.
Polish off the look
Add a good black mascara and a gel or liquid liner to define the eyes and fill in any spaces between the lashes.
Fill in brows, and don’t be frightened to go darker with them than you normally would as dark eyes looks amazing with strong brows to frame them.
It is not the quickest or simplest look but it is certainly the most dramatic the best known, it is perhaps the only eyeshadow look my boyfriend knows.
Practice, practice, practice
You will not be amazeballs the first second or maybe fifth time you try this out but you will get better, and as with everything, practice makes perfect.
My Top Picks
Shadows
Urban Decay Naked Basics Eye Shadow Palette MECCA
Sleek I-Divine Eye Shadow Palette Sleek
Shany Cosmetics Smokey Eye Palette Shany Cosmetics
Black Liners
BOBBI BROWN Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner BOBBI BROWN
STILA Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye liner MECCA
Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Perversion MECCA
However you wear your smokey eye, you rock that!
All for now,
Have a gorgeous day xxx
Just Gorgeous 