The Kim K Smokey Eye Look for Hooded Eyelids!!!!

Two weeks ago, I shared a video with you of Kim Kardashian's makeup  artist doing a smokey eye look on her.  The look consisted of a paler lid with dark corners and creases, highlighting a significant contrast between the two colours.  Now, as I mentioned in that blog, this look is a lot easier to accomplish if you have deep set eyes as you have a natural receding crease to follow and your eyelid space is thick enough for the lighter colour to be seen.

I promised to do the hooded eyelid or monolid version so here it is!!!


For girls with hooded eyelids or monolids, we need to apply the darker colour slightly above our natural crease if we want the lighter colour and contrast to be noticeable.

The line has to be drawn precisely and then blended out.  A pencil brush is the best way to do this.  After applying a lighter shadow all over the lids (stopping just above your crease), apply the darker colour on your corners and above your natural crease as well, creating an illusion of a deeper crease when your eyes are open.  Blend to soften the harsh edges.

Kim's makeup artist only applied eyeliner on her lower lash line.  I feel naked without eyeliner on my upper lash line but for the purpose of emphasizing the colour contrast, I suggest you skip it too.  Because our eyelids are narrow, applying eyeliner on the upper lash line will cover too  much eyelid space.  Complete the look with a pair of natural false lashes and you're done.

This is not an easy look to accomplish but keep on practicing and you'll get better.  Play around with different tools as well.  You may find using something other than a pencil brush easier. I like to keep things natural but feel free to make your darker colour even darker than what I've done. 

On my eyes:

• MAC eyeshadow in All That Glitters and Contrast
• Kryolan eyeshadow in white
• MAC Prep and Prime in Medium
• Diorshow waterproof eyeliner in black
• Rimmel Max Volume Flash mascara in black

Easy, Lazy Smokey Eyes!!!

It's Friday and I'm suppose to do my alter ego look for you but unfortunately for the blog (but fortunately for me) I finally landed a job after 3 months of countless job applications.  However, I promise to work on an alter ego look this weekend for next Friday's posting.

So, today I will be showing you what I call my easy, lazy smokey eyes.  The smokey eye look is my favourite.  I find that a darker, more intense smokey eye look works well for the night but a less intense look can be achieved for work or a day out as well.  When I have no time to fuss over my face but want this look, I ditch the whole middle base, inner and outer corner technique (http://jazzo-princessjasminem.blogspot.com/2011/12/basic-eyeshadow-application.html). 

The technique I'm about to show you is fool proof.  To do this, you need to create a sort of gradation with the darkest colour closest to the lash line and the lightest closest to the brow bone.   Here's a step by step guide.

Step 1:

You need a black eyeshadow, a highlighter and 2 other eyeshadow colours.  The 2 colours should be in the same family with one being dark and the other in a medium tone.

highlighter         medium colour        darker colour          black

Step 2:

Apply the medium colour first.  Apply the eyeshadow to the part of your eyes you would put your middle base colour.  Blend out the harsh edges.

Step 3:

Apply the darker of the 2 colours in the same area, but not as high. 

Blend the harsh edges to make the darker colour look as if it has faded into the first one. 

Step 4:

Apply your black shadow from the lash line up but not as high as either of the other colours.  

Blend to soften the harsh edges.  It should now look as if the black is fading gradually as it moves away from your lash line.

Step 5: 

Apply a highlighter to your brow bone, blend and you're done!!!

This is a much easier technique.  For people who are not as "art savvy", it  may be hard to do a smokey eye the way it was done in my first blog (http://jazzo-princessjasminem.blogspot.com/2011/12/smokey-eyes-for-night-out.html).  Knowing how or where exactly to place the darkest colour on the outer corners is difficult if you can't understand the contours of your eyes. In the current method, because you have chosen colours that are similar to each other, even if your blending skills are not in tip top shape it won't be as noticeable. 

Try it out and let me know how it goes!!! 

Have a great weekend everyone!!!  This is a great time to try out some new looks!!!!

Happy New Year!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!!!!!   I hope everyone had an amazing night celebrating the beginning of the new year!!!  I've just finished getting ready for a quiet night out for dinner and fireworks and I wanted to share my NYE look with you.  I went with a green smokey eye look and some dramatic Illamasqua false lashes!!!  I'm feeling festive and ready to ring in the new year!!!

Matching Eyeshadow Colours: Day 3

Smokey eyes can be achieved with a whole array of colours too.  Traditionally, a shimmery grey or silver is used as the all over base colour, with a black eyeshadow on the outer corners.  However, you can create a smokey eye look with purples, blues, greens, browns etc. 

Today, I chose to go with a traditional grey as I had used a purple in my previous blog on smokey eyes. 

FOR A LOOK AT A PURPLE SMOKEY EYE, CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW:
http://jazzo-princessjasminem.blogspot.com/2011/12/smokey-eyes-for-night-out.html

What I used:

OUTER CORNER: MAC eyeshadow in Black Ted
ALL OVER BASE: MAC eyeshadow in Electra
LIGHTEST: Krayolan eyeshadow in white

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO APPLY THESE COLOURS, PLEASE SEE PREVIOUS BLOG:
Basic Eyeshadow Application
http://jazzo-princessjasminem.blogspot.com/2011/12/basic-eyeshadow-application.html

Here are a few more colour combinations for smokey eyes!!

MAC Black Ted            MAC Blue Edge            Krayolan white

MAC Black Ted          MAC Pompous Blue          Krayolan white

MAC Black Ted          MAC Beauty Marked          Krayolan white

MAC Black Ted              MAC Mulch              Krayolan white

FOR A CLOSER LOOK AT THE EYESHADOW COLOURS GO TO:
http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/product/shaded/154/363/Eyes/Shadow/Eye-Shadow/index.tmpl

Important tip:  In order to make the smokey eye even darker, apply a black cream shadow first.  I like to use MAC Paintpot in Blackboard.

Smokey Eyes for a Night Out!!

One of my favourite ways to look dressed up for the night is to do a medium intensity smokey eye.   This one is done using purples and black.

Important tips: Use the lightest colours in the inner corners of the eyes and the darkest on the outer corners of the eyes and blend, blend, blend!!!

Here is a closer look at the eye makeup!

What I used:

FACE: Missha Perfect M BB Cream in 31, MAC Studio Fix liquid foundation in 45, Benefit Watt's Up (to highlight cheekbones, nose and forehead), MAC contour powder in Shadester (to shade my nose and cheeks)

EYES: MAC prep and prime for eyes in medium, MAC paintpot in Blackboard, MAC eyeshadows in Satellite Dream, Beauty Marked, Black Ted and Nylon, MAC fluidliner in blacktrack, Dior Show eyeliner in black, 17 eyebrow pencil in natural brown, Rimmel Max Volume Flash mascara in black, criss cross eyelashes, Duo eyelash adhesive

CHEEKS: MAC blush in Peachtwist

LIPS: MAC lipstick in Angel and Lustre, Cover girl stick concealer in 710