60's Eye Makeup

When I go out in the evening I tend to do similar eye makeup looks, all revolving round brown and black eye shadow shades for maximum impact. But after playing round with some different eye shadows in makeup collection I had a go at this look...

I used the same technique of putting darker shades in my eye socket, but kept my whole eye lid in a light colour, therefore making the contrast between the dark and light shades even more noticable.



I added a dark flick of gel eyeliner, thick black mascara, and to really open up my eyes and give the genuine 60's look I added to some light fake eyelashes.

I think this look will be great in the summer months, when I want to steer clear of heavy dark eye makeup in the evening; and it will complement the more summery outfits in my wardrobe.

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Real Fake Lashes

I love having thick long lashes, and sometimes for special occasions my usual 'day time' mascara doesn't quite give the desired high impact look I'm after, and I don't always want to go to the extra effort of applying fake lashes.

Earlier this year I came across this mascara - YSL Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils 'Shocking'. I hadn't researched this product or read any reviews, but it was purely the name that drew me in. To me, its name did everything that I wanted in a special mascara.

It was a bit of a risk for £23, but I'm very pleased with it! It has a thick consistency, but doesn't clump on your lashes. It coats each lash to become dense and thick in all the right ways. My technique is to apply one thin coat first, let then dry 50%, then apply a second thick coat. This helps my lashes hold their curl and really makes my lashes flutter!

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How To - Smokey Eyes

Smokey eye make up is one of the easiest looks to create, but gives the most impact.

You don't have to be precise with how you apply, in fact the more smudged the better. My most useful tool is a smokey eye brush. These have short round bristles that blend your eyeliner to you eyeshadow.

To create my smokey eye's below I used the following eye shadows from Urban Decays 'Naked' palette, first blogged about here.

• 'Virgin' on the inner corner and brow bone. This is the lightest shade and great for creating highlights to contrast with the dark shades.
• 'Sidecar' applied across the eyelid, giving a mid colour base with some subtle sparkle.
• 'Gunmetal' on the out corner of the eyelid and blended into the socket and up to the brow line. A big soft eye shadow brushes helps blend this dark shade in the socket.
• 'Creep' on the socket crease and blended on the lower lash line with a smokey eye brush. This is the darkest shade in the palette and gives great depth to the eye. I used No 7's. I repeated this after apply a line of thick black eyeliner. The eyeliner gives definition but blending eyeshadow back over the eyeliner blurs creates the smokey tone.

I then applied a line of Bobbi Brown Long Wear Gel Eyeliner in Black, here is my post giving a bit more information on the product. As the gel was drying I used the smokey eye brush again and blended the line into the eye shadow, especially on the out corners. This was to leave some defintion of the eyeliner but blurring where the eyeliner finsihes and the eyeshadow starts.

To finish the look you need some high impact lashes, so I applied a coat of YSL's Luxurious Mascara Shocking Volume.

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