You survived Christmas with the family and now it's almost time to put on your party dress for New Years Eve with your friends. Regardless of what you'll be wearing you can always dress it up with the right accessories and of course, makeup. Here are steps to a super smokey eye.
You will need shimmery chocolate brown, bronze, black and grey eye shadows, black pencil eyeliner and black mascara.
1. Apply foundation to your eyelids as a base and then put the chocolate brown shadow on your upper lid and below lower lash line.
2. Outline your eyes with black eyeliner.
3. Mix up the grey and black shadows and apply them lightly onto the top lids and below bottom lashes (don't worry about the mess, we will clean that up). I know it's covering the chocolate brown you just applied but it will "peak" through.
4. Apply the bronze shadow under your brows (full length).
5. Apply mascara and remove the excess shadow crumbs with a Q-tip and concealer to clean it up. You can also apply a little more chocolate brown shadow if you like (to lighten it up).
6. Let's party!
As usual, with such a dramatic eye you want to keep the rest of your face fairly simple and neutral. A light gold gloss would be the perfect final touch if you don't have nude lipstick. When you do a smokey eye you want it to look refined and not as though you woke up with this end-result, so be sure to clean up all messes and restrict the shadows to not "drip" down your cheeks.
I will admit a smokey eye is not maintenance free but it does look hot and is worth the effort. Have a fabulous New Years and may 2011 bring continued joy and happiness.
