Smoky Eye Sunday!

[SierraWren]

Originally Posted by lilla Here is mine finally!!! I did it on Friday but now I got the pictures ready to post here.

I also have pictures of the products I used at the end. Before mu, I put Urban Decay eyeshadow primer potion as always.

Picture 1:

Put lots of Mac Tilt e/s with Stila brush #15

Picture 2:

Put (half way of Tilt) Mac Deep Truth e/s with Stila brush#7

Picture 3:

Put lower lash line Mac Deep Truth e/s with Nars Smudger brush #15

Picture 4:

Put upper lash line Mac Black Tied e/s with Stila brush #4

Picture 5:

Put brow bone Mac Vellum e/s with Stila brush #23 (from 6-pan pallette)

Picture 6:

Blend everything with Stila brush #9

Picture 7, 8, 9:

Finished after mascara

Picture 10:

Products I used

Hi Lilla--Beautiful job. I don't know how you get all those ifferent products to blend so seamlesly together--amazing. I also love how the globe-blue of your lid somehow highlights your brown eyes, so they look lit up from within. You intimidate me--someone who can move a few brushes around in a few dabs of color and create this way...Lovely job. (I'm hoping you've been doing makeup since you were,like, five months old--or do it for a living now. Seriously though, if you don't, you SHOULD. You'd be a great makeup artist.)Otherwise I'm totally frustrated!

i tried a smokey eye myself last night after being inspired by so many great examples like yours, and guess what happened: my husband told me to wash my face; otherwise, it would look like he'd beaten me up(2 big bruises where eyes had been) and he refused to be seen in public with me--my face reflecting back on him--and, appallingly, he was absolutely right!!! Two hours of my weekend spent making myself look beaten to a pulp.

Well, your smokey eye looks totally professional and inspires me as much as it frustrates me, or I guess more. It's just hard not to get a little insecure, when all of you girls re soo good!

 

[lilla]

Sierra, you're so nice, thank you for your compliments:icon_love I am not a mu artist but I love playing with mu. You should definitely check out the tutorials (Trisha's, Liz's, ....) They are much better than me and I am learning a lot from them.

Originally Posted by SierraWren Hi Lilla--Beautiful job. I don't know how you get all those ifferent products to blend so seamlesly together--amazing. I also love how the globe-blue of your lid somehow highlights your brown eyes, so they look lit up from within. You intimidate me--someone who can move a few brushes around in a few dabs of color and create this way...Lovely job. (I'm hoping you've been doing makeup since you were,like, five months old--or do it for a living now. Seriously though, if you don't, you SHOULD. You'd be a great makeup artist.)Otherwise I'm totally frustrated!

i tried a smokey eye myself last night after being inspired by so many great examples like yours, and guess what happened: my husband told me to wash my face; otherwise, it would look like he'd beaten me up(2 big bruises where eyes had been) and he refused to be seen in public with me--my face reflecting back on him--and, appallingly, he was absolutely right!!! Two hours of my weekend spent making myself look beaten to a pulp.

Well, your smokey eye looks totally professional and inspires me as much as it frustrates me, or I guess more. It's just hard not to get a little insecure, when all of you girls re soo good!

 

[MACGoddess]

Ok I am late in posting... Hopefully the smokey eye will make up for it! Tell me what you guys think and be brutally honest!!

 

[Lori_TG]

Ooo! I LOVE it! I think it's hot! Great job!

Originally Posted by MACGoddess Ok I am late in posting... Hopefully the smokey eye will make up for it! Tell me what you guys think and be brutally honest!!

 

[MACGoddess]

Thanks sweetie!

 

[Lori_TG]

Awww you're very welcome!

Originally Posted by MACGoddess Thanks sweetie!

 

[iloveparis]

Originally Posted by MACGoddess Ok I am late in posting... Hopefully the smokey eye will make up for it! Tell me what you guys think and be brutally honest!! It looks wonderful

The colours that u used really brings out ur eyes.

 

[anne7]

Originally Posted by MACGoddess Ok I am late in posting... Hopefully the smokey eye will make up for it! Tell me what you guys think and be brutally honest!! WOW! You are really pretty! I love your eye shape, too, and your eyebrows are perfect! I like how you winged your liner out a bit, I have tried that but I always end up taking it off, I can't get it to look 'right', and the left and right end up looking really different.

 

[Zoey]

I did only one eye smokey for the first time,but it reall looks horrible,like someone hit me really badly,will post photo,but please tell me what i did wrong

I don't have a black EL,so i used really dark brown one and also I don't wear any foundation or anything,just one eye really dark,lol

Forgot to mention that I did this step by step with Trisha's tutorial...love the tutorial,but I definitely need lots of practice

 

[lilla]

Leila and Zoey, looking very nice :icon_love

 

[KittyM]

I am spechless!!!!

You are all sooo beautiful!!!!!

...and talented!!!!!!!!!

 

[Cirean]

Originally Posted by MACGoddess Ok I am late in posting... Hopefully the smokey eye will make up for it! Tell me what you guys think and be brutally honest!! I really like it! With the purple and blue mixed in, I think this is a smokey eye for clubbing. Nice twist

 

[Cirean]

Originally Posted by Zoey I did only one eye smokey for the first time,but it reall looks horrible,like someone hit me really badly,will post photo,but please tell me what i did wrong

I don't have a black EL,so i used really dark brown one and also I don't wear any foundation or anything,just one eye really dark,lol

Forgot to mention that I did this step by step with Trisha's tutorial...love the tutorial,but I definitely need lots of practice

I think your lid work is good for a first try

The bottom e/l is a little too smudgy but I'll bet you get it perfect on the 2nd or 3rd try. Bravo for being brave enough to post something you're not that happy with.

 

[Cirean]

Originally Posted by SierraWren Hi Cirean--First off, utterly amazing! When I think "smokey eye", I tend to think of something way too heavy to wear by day, but this is both subtle and striking--how did you know those specific e/s colors would come out to the shade that they did? I'm just in awe of your command and insight of/ into colors...Your eye color, by the way, is gorgeous! So piercing, and yet I can't decide if they are blue or green...You have a definite head start, making up your face, with those eyes!By the way, what is your "usual" mascara primer and mascara? I really thought you were wearing some kind of subtle false eyelshes--those are real??? I want to know the name of that mascara--though nothing can work miracles, which is what I'd need to get stand-out eyelashes.(Oh well....) What are Fluidlines--like wet eyeliner? I love the way everything is so blended, you can't look at the eye and go, there's the upper liner, there's e/s #1, and #2, the lower liner...

Well you have the smokey eye down to an art form (I DO look at makeup as an art form/outlet; though people I know disagree with me, I don't care.) Thanks for sharing both the concept and your photos!

Thanks very much SW, you're very kind

I use Smashbox Layer Lash Primer and Avon Washable Waterproof mascara. The mascara is cheap and runny so it's easier, IMO, to control the amount that goes on. Fluidlines is a gel liner made by Mac, it's great for my oily skin since it doesn't run like a pencil does. If I try to use pencils I look "heroin chic" after about an hour

My skin chemistry turns most makeup pink, I'm really limited to the colors I can use. No peaches, no browns.

 

[MACGoddess]

Thanks guys and LOL at Trisha's "full face pic" comment! I am slowly getting over my terror at the goofiness of my face in pictures...

I don't know what it is, but in pictures I look about a thousand times worse than in real life... I could NEVER be a model.

I am also trying out different looks to maybe do a tutorial when I get decent with my technique, what do you guys think?

 

[Lori_TG]

Yep I know what you mean about looking bad in pics. I'm the same way! I hate my pics! That would be great to do a tutorial! Go for it!

Originally Posted by MACGoddess Thanks guys and LOL at Trisha's "full face pic" comment! I am slowly getting over my terror at the goofiness of my face in pictures...
I don't know what it is, but in pictures I look about a thousand times worse than in real life... I could NEVER be a model.

I am also trying out different looks to maybe do a tutorial when I get decent with my technique, what do you guys think?

 

[Mambz098]

Originally Posted by MACGoddess Ok I am late in posting... Hopefully the smokey eye will make up for it! Tell me what you guys think and be brutally honest!!
I love it what products did you use?!

 

[iloveparis]

Originally Posted by MACGoddess I don't know what it is, but in pictures I look about a thousand times worse than in real life... I could NEVER be a model.

I am also trying out different looks to maybe do a tutorial when I get decent with my technique, what do you guys think?

LOL....I feel the same way, but I'm too thick-skinned now so even if I look bad, I still post anyway

And do post more tutorials...we are always willing to learn here

 

[MACGoddess]

Originally Posted by Mambz098 I love it what products did you use?! Surprisingly I used mainly drugstore e/s...
EYES:

MAC Bare Canvas Paint

Milani Atlantis e/s

Milani Storm e/s

Prestige C-159 Blossom e/s

MAC Vanilla Pigment

Maybelline Full N' Soft Mascara

Stila Fiber Optics Mascara

FACE:

MAC Hyper Real NC300

MAC MSF Stereo Rose

MAC MSF New Vegas

NYC Browser kit in Brunette

LIPS:

MAC VGV l/s

I'll try to work on a tutorial in the next couple of days...

 

[Zoey]

Thank you all for your comments,next time will be better