Blended out Brown Smokey Eye

I wanted to do a really blended out eye with simple brown colours which would be wearable for all my readers for that glamourous night out. I used many tones of brown eyeshadows to create this look but thats only because I had them in front of me, you can create this yourself using 3 eyeshadows... A medium brown, a dark brown and a black eyeshadow. To see how I did it, follow my step by step below.

Products

Mac Paintpot: Soft Ochre & Quite Natural

Mac Fluidline: Dipdown

Louise Young Eyeshadow: Ting & Blackbear

Mac Eyeshadow: Swiss Chocolate, Brown Down, Samoa Silk & Saddle

Illamasqua Pigment: Furore

Maybelline Gel Liner: Black

Maybelline Mascara: Falsies Black

Red Cherry Eyelashes: 102

Illamasqua Skinbase: 06 & 12

Mac Lippencil: Beet & Redd

Start

To start off this look, I applied Soft Ochre paintpot all over my eyelid. This is a new paintpot I purchased because sometimes Painterly (which is usually my favourite) is a little too pinky so I wanted one that was more yellow based. I filled in my eyebrows using another paintpot in Quite Natural. I used an angled brush to create the shape I wanted then I defined the shape even more using Dipdown.

I patted on Ting eyeshadow on the inner half of my eyelid using a flat brush. I wanted the inner corner to be a little bit lighter than the rest of the eye but you can skip this step if you want. Using a blending brush, I applied swiss chocolate to the outer half of my eyelid blending out to create a winged shape and blending inwards lightly covering the lighter eyeshadow. For this step if you have limited eyeshadows, you can apply a medium brown all over your eyelid and wing it out.

Next I blended out the brown eyeshadow with Samoa Silk and a slight bit of Saddle right in the socket. I wanted the look to be really blended out and warm toned but if you do have mimnal access to eyeshadows you can skip this step alltogether and just blend out the brown eyeshadow you used previously.

From there I used Brown Down eyeshadow and blended it into the outer corner into a winged shape and under the eye. When blending the shadow outwards, don't worry about creating a neat shape as you can easily correct this at a later step. If you have any dark brown eyeshadow, you can use that instead.

I then blended Blackbear eyeshadow right into the outer socket and under the botton lashline. You can use any black eyeshadow you have available. I love the Louise Young black shadow because it is so pigmented and blends beautifully.

I said before that you didnt need to be neat when it comes to the outer winged eyeshadow because at this stage, using a makeup wipe, I cleaned up the eyeshadow to create a clean straight line.

Using a fine brush, I applied a maybelline gel liner along my upper and lower lash line and in my water line making sure I follow the shape I created with the eyeshadow. My best tip for applying eyeliner is to have a thin enough brush and stretch your eye out so that your eye surface is as flat as you can get it. Almost all eyes have creasing of the skin, it's not due to old age it's just how our eyes naturally fold so it can be really difficult to apply a straight line. Try my tip and let me know if it works.

I applied my mascara to define my lashes and I applied a small amount of furore to the inner corner of my eye. This is a great tip to open up your eyes and make them appear brighter.

To finish the eyes, I applied Red Cherry eyelashes in 102 using Duo Eyelash glue.

Rest of the face

Using my favourite Real Techniques buffing brush, I applied my foundation in 06 all over my face. I then applied skinbase in 12 along my cheekbone, down the sides of my nose and around my forehead. I applied this darker foundation in the areas I wanted to minimise but I went a bit over the top with the contouring so when it comes to this step I would reccomend going a bit more subtle with the product.

To finish the whole look I applied Beet lip liner around the edge of my lips (a lot over the edge to make them look bigger) and filled them in using Redd lip liner. If you prefer sticking to the rule of either dramatic eyes or bold lips then a nude lip would look perfect with this eye look.