Eye products you will need:
- A white cream eye shadow such as Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White
- A shimmery, pink shade such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Clove
- A matte, brown shade such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Chocolate Brown
- A darker brown shade such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Kitten or FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Bitter Bark
- A skin-coloured shade such as your mineral foundation for smoothing away rough edges
- Optional: A pale shimmery, pink highlight such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Platonic
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar
Brushes you will need:
- Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush
- Sigma E30 Pencil Brush and/or Sigma E20 Short Shader
- Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush for applying eye liner
Step One: Apply Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White to your upper eyelid, blending it out with your finger. Make sure you also pull this cream eyeliner down to the inner corner of your eye (for Step Five).
Step Two: On top of the cream eye shadow, use your Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush to apply your shimmery, pink eye shadow across your entire lid. To enhance the vivacity of this colour further, mix with a tiny drop of Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops before applying to your eye lid.
Step Three: Use your Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush to create a darker crease. Apply your matte brown shade to the outer corner of your eye lid in small circles. Blend this colour across the crease of your eyelid using a windscreen wiper like motion.
Step Four: Using your Sigma E30 Pencil Brush or your Sigma E20 Short Shader, apply your darker brown shade to your upper eyelid, very close to the lash line. The Sigma Short Shader is perfect for this. Using the Sigma Pencil Brush draw this dark brown shade down underneath your lower eyelid as well. Still using your Sigma Pencil Brush, pull the dark brown colour out past the very outer corner of your eye and someway along your crease. Blend well. This darker shade right at the corner of your eye will help to define your eyes a little bit more. If there are any harsh edges remaining, erase them away using a clean fluffy brush and your mineral powder foundation.
Step Five (optional): With a clean Sigma E30 Pencil Brush apply a small amount of pale pink highlight (we use OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Platonic) to the inner corner of your eye, on top of the Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White. With a soft fluffy brush such as the Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush, apply this pale pink shade as a brow highlight.
Step Six: Use your Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush to apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar to your upper and lower water lines.
Step Seven: Apply a couple of coats of your favorite mascara to your lashes and you are ready to go!
Eye products you will need:
- An eye shadow primer such as FaceFront Survival Paint or OCC Skin:Primer
- The Coastal Scents 88 Piece Eye Shadow Palette
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar
Brushes you will need:
- Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush
- Sigma E30 Pencil Brush
- Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush for applying eye liner
When using a palette start with your most pale shades across the entire eyelid. Build up to darker colours but only apply darker colours to the outer half of the eyelid. Your darkest shade should only be applied to the very outer corner of your eyelid, and can also be drawn down under your lower eyelid.
Finish the look off with a brow highlight, then lashings of dark eye liner and mascara.
Hint: Use the ‘Shimmer’ palette for evening looks and the ‘matte’ palette for daytime looks.
Eye products you will need:
- An eye shadow primer such as FaceFront Survival Paint or OCC Skin:Primer
- A shimmery, sky blue eye shadow such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Frigid or FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Chromium Sky
- A deep teal green such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Nori or for a darker effect use Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Dream Girl or Furious
- Optional: A highlight shade with hints of purple such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Bubbles
- A skin-coloured shade such as your mineral foundation for smoothing away rough edges
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Deep Plum
- A vivid purple eye shadow such as FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Weekend Warrier or Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Diva
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar
Brushes you will need:
- Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush
- Sigma E30 Pencil Brush
- Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush for applying eye liner
Step One: Apply a thin coat of primer such as our FaceFront Survival Paint or OCC Skin:Primer
Step Two: On top of the primer, use your Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush to apply your shimmery, sky blue eye shadow across your entire lid. To enhance the vivacity of this colour further, mix with a tiny drop of Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops before applying to your eye lid.
Step Three: Using your Sigma E30 Pencil Brush, apply a dark shade to the very outer corner of your eye lid, creating a point that is angled upwards. We have tried this using the following colours which all look fantastic, and are just dependent on the type of look you are trying to achieve: OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Nori or Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Dream Girl or Furious. To blend this colour out, use a clean, dry Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush to blend the edges of the darker shade pulling a small amount of colour across your upper crease.
Step Four (optional): Still using your Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush, dip your brush in a tiny amount of duo-chrome iridescent violet (we use Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Bubbles). Blend this into the upper edge of your eye shadow blending out harsh lines as if you do with a highlight shade. If there are any harsh edges remaining, erase them away using a clean fluffy brush and your mineral powder foundation. Using this duo-chrome iridescent violet shade, apply a small dab to the inner corner of your eyes to make your eyes look brighter.
Step Five: Use your Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush to apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Deep Plum to your lower lash line. Smudge this out a bit so as not to create too harsh a line. Set this on top (using the same brush) with a small amount of vivid purple eye pigment. We use FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Weekend Warrier or Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Diva.
Step Six: Use your Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush to apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar to your upper lash line, close to the lashes. Pull a small amount of this down to your lower lash line, on top of the purple, about a third of the way across your lid. You may also want to apply this gel liner to your lower water line.
Step Seven: Apply a coat of your favorite mascara to your lashes and you are ready to go!
Eye products you will need:
- An eye shadow primer such as OCC Skin:Primer
- A shimmery, dusky beige / pink eye shadow such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Platonic or Clove, or Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Soulmate or Admire
- A matte brown eye shadow such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Chocolate Brown
- A darker brown eye shadow such as FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Bitter Bark or Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Kitten
- A skin-coloured highlight shade such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Posh
- Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White or Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Silk White
- A white eye shadow such as FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Snow Cone
- A glitter eye pigment such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Unicorn Tears, or for something a bit more subtle try FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Sea Salt
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar
Brushes you will need:
- Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush
- Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma E30 Pencil Brush (for application to the lower eye lid a Sigma E20 Short Shader Brush can be used instead)
- Sigma E70 Sigma Medium Angled Shading Brush (optional)
- Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush for applying eye liner
Step One: Apply a thin coat of primer such as our OCC Skin:Primer which can be used on both the face and eyes.
Step Two: On top of the primer, use your Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush to apply your dusky beige / pink colour across your entire lid.
Step Three: Using your Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush, apply your matte brown eye pigment to the very outer corner of your eye lid, and sweep this along your crease.
Step Four: Using your Sigma E30 Pencil Brush, apply your dark brown eye shadow more precisely to your crease, trying not to blend this out too much.
Step Five: Apply brow highlight with your Sigma E70 Sigma Medium Angled Shading Brush. This will also work to soften out the edges of the brown eye shadow. We use Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Posh which is a great highlight shade for many skin tones.
Step Six: Using your Sigma E30 Pencil Brush or your Sigma E20 Short Shader Brush (our preference), apply your matte brown eye shadow on your lower lid close to the lash line. Top this off with your darker brown eye shadow from the centre of your lower lid, to the outer corner. Again make sure this stays very close to your lower lash line.
Step Seven: Apply a white cream eye shadow to your inner tear duct area. Use more product that you normally use in this area to give your eyes a real popping appearance. We prefer to use Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White but if you have Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Silk White this will work just as well. Apply with your finger or a Concealer Brush. Also apply this white cream eye shadow in a small triangle/wing at the outer corner of your eye lid. With a clean brush, apply FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Snow Cone on top of the cream eye shadow on the inner corner of the eye to set it.
Step Eight: Apply a smudge of glitter adhesive, or eye shadow primer to your eye lid on top of the dusky beige / pink colour and on top of the white triangle at the outer corner of your eye lid. Using your finger, dab the glitter on top of the adhesive. Using a brush, apply glitter also on top of the outer corner triangle.
Step Nine: Using your Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush, add a line of Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar to your upper eye lid, very close to the lash line. Create a slight wing at the outer corner above the glitter triangle.
Step Eight: Apply two coats of your favorite mascara to your lashes. For extra fun, add some thick dark false eye lashes.
Eye products you will need:
- An eye shadow primer such as OCC Skin:Primer
- A bright, fushia pink eye shadow such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Cherry Bomb
- A bright orange eye shadow such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Danger
- A bright yellow eye shadow such as FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Bee Incredible
- A white eye shadow such as FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Sea Salt or Snow Cone
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Silk White
Brushes you will need:
- Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush
- Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma E30 Pencil Brush
- Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush for applying eye liner
Step One: In this look an eye shadow primer is important to ensure a really vibrant look. Apply a thin coat of primer such as our OCC Skin:Primer which can be used on both the face and eyes.
Step Two: On top of the primer, use your Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush to pack on your fusia pink eye shadow (we use OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Cherry Bomb). Apply this all over your lid, from the inner corner, to the outer edge creating a wing.
Step Three: Using the same brush, apply a small amount of your bright orange eye shadow to blend out the upper edge of the pink (we use Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Danger).
Step Four: Using your Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush, apply your bright yellow eye pigment to the very edges of the pink and orange as if applying a highlight shade under your eye brows (we use FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Bee Incredible which is an intense and highly pigmented bright yellow).
Step Five: Make sure your Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush is clean before applying the white. Using upward strokes, apply the white eye shadow to the inner corner of your eye and pull this upwards towards your eye brow. This helps to diffuse the edges of the bright pigments. We use FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Sea Salt or Snow Cone as our white pigment. With this same white shade, apply a small amount right under your eye brows, as a highlight to blend into the edge of the yellow.
Step Six: Use a Sigma E30 Pencil Brush on your lower eye lid. Apply your yellow shade to the inner corner from the tear duct, to about half way along your lower eye lid. Apply the fushia pink from half way along, to the outer corner.
Step Seven: Use a Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush to apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar to your upper lash line. Apply this from the inner corner of your eye, close to the lash line and across to create a wing at the outer corner. Apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Silk White to your lower water line.
Step Eight: Apply two coats of your favorite mascara to both your upper and lower lashes. For extra fun, add some thick dark false eye lashes.
Because this is such a bright eye shadow look, it is important to get the rest of your face right as well. Don’t forget these important steps:
- Make sure you fill in your eye brows which will frame your eye shadow creation. A bit of Heavenly Naturals Eye Brow Tint applied with a Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush does wonders! Check out our recent Handy Hint on creating perfect brows!
- Offset your tropical coloured eyes with a pretty pink lip. OCC Lip Tar is highly pigmented and very long lasting. Try Pageant, Anime, Safety Orange or Strumpet to go with this look, or create a mixture of your own.
- Although bright eyes and bright lips calls for only a very subtle blush shade, it is important to add at least a small amount, so you don’t look washed out from the colour around your eyes and lips. Add a dusting of FaceFront CheekUP Blush Powder to give you a very subtle and healthy glow.
Eye products you will need:
- An eye shadow primer such as OCC Skin:Primer
- Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White
- A satin white eye shadow such as FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Sea Salt or Snow Cone
- A fawn or skin coloured shade to smooth out the edges. You could use a shade from the Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette, or your regular mineral foundation
- A pale blue eye shadow such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Frigid or FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Chromium Sky. Alternatively you could use a turquoise colour such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Kingdom
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Silk White
Brushes you will need:
- Sigma F70 Concealer Brush
- Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush
- Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush for applying eye liner
Step One: Apply a thin coat of eye shadow primer such as our OCC Skin:Primer which can be used on both the face and eyes.
Step Two: Using your finger or a Sigma F70 Concealer Brush, apply Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White to your eyelid. Start at the very corner of your inner eye and apply right across your lid. Using the Concealer Brush helps you to get right into the corners and close to the lash line. Apply this cream shadow to your inner eye underneath the tear duct area. Take this across your lower eye lid, close to the lash line and blend out well. Use the brush sideways to get in close to the lashes.
Step Three: Pack on your satin white eye shadow on top of the cream base. Use a Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush to apply from the inner corner of your eye and across the crease area. Make sure you also pat this colour on top of the cream shadow that is below your tear duct and lower lash line.
Step Four: Using your Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush, apply your fawn/skin colour shade to the very edges of the white eye shadow (along your brow bone) so that the edges are blended out well. If you have a choice in the shade you apply here, try to choose a matte shade which is slightly darker than your natural skin colour.
Step Five: Again using a Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush, apply small amounts of your chosen pale blue or turquoise shade. Apply this to the lower half of your upper eye lid and make sure it blends out nicely into the white. Also apply it to the outer half of your lower lid, close to the lash line.
Step Six: It is your preference whether you use a Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush when applying eye liner. Each has their own benefits. Use your favourite brush to apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Silk White to your lower water line.
Step Seven: Apply a coat of your favorite mascara. If you are feeling bold, opt for some individual false eye lashes to give you a wide-eyed appearance. If you don’t like to do this yourself, we recommend Lush Lashes who are very professional and apply good quality, long lasting lashes.
Eye products you will need:
- OCC Skin: Primer
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Envious
- Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops
- A silver eye shadow such as OCC Loose Colour Concnetrates in Ironic or FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Heroic or Heavenly Naturals Pure Mineral Eye Shadow in Tinsel
- OCC Loose Colour Concnetrates in Chlorophyll
- Heavenly Naturals Pure Mineral Eye Shadow in Dream Girl
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Platinum (optional)
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar
Brushes you will need:
- Sigma SS266/E65 Small Angle Brush
- Sigma SS219/E30 Pencil Brush
- Sigma SS194/F70 Concealer Brush (or another flat paddle brush)
- Sigma SS239/E55 Eye Shading Brush
- Sigma SS275/E70 Medium Angled Shading Brush (optional)
- Sigma SS209/E05 Eye Liner Brush (optional)
Step One: Apply an eye shadow primer such as OCC Skin: Primer to your eyelids.
Step Two: Apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Envious using a Sigma SS266/E65 Small Angle Brush, or a Sigma SS219/E30 Pencil Brush, or simply a cotton bud. Apply from the outer corner of the upper eye lid, along the crease to about two thirds of the way along. Blend upwards with a cotton bud or your finger.
Step Three: Mix a drop of Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops with your selected silver eye shadow. Apply this to the bottom half of your upper lid using a small flat eye shadow brush such as the Sigma SS194/F70 Concealer Brush.
Step Four: Using the Sigma SS219/E30 Pencil Brush, apply OCC Loose Colour Concnetrates in Chlorophyll to your crease on top of the green gel liner. Try not to blend this colour into the silver. Be careful to keep a nice wing shape at the outer edge of your upper lid. Do this be applying tape (refer to our recent MissChievous tutorial), or alternatively use eye makeup remover and a cotton bud to create the sharp line.
Step Five: Apply Heavenly Naturals Pure Mineral Eye Shadow in Dream Girl to the upper edge of the green using a Sigma SS239/E55 Eye Shading Brush. Take this from the outer corner (emphasising the wing), in towards the bridge of the nose about three quarters of the way.
Step Six: Take a highlight shade, or your mineral foundation, or an appropriate shade out of the Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette. Use any fluffy brush with this skin toned colour to blend out the edges of your eye shadow. We like using the Sigma SS275/E70 Medium Angled Shading Brush because of the angle of the bristles makes it perfect for blending beneath your eye brow. Alternatively, just use the brush dry (without any product on) to blend out the edges of your eye shadow.
Step Seven (optional): Again using your Sigma SS266/E65 Small Angle Brush, apply a line of Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Platinum to the outer corner of your eyelid, to create a wing carrying on the line created by your lower water line. Also apply a small amount to the inner corner of your eye and blend out with your finger. Set this with a touch of your silver eye shadow using your Sigma SS194/F70 Concealer Brush again.
Step Eight: Using your Sigma SS266/E65 Small Angle Brush or Sigma SS209/E05 Eye Liner Brush apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black to your upper lash line, close to the lashes. Also apply to the lower waterline and lash line. Go over this on the lower lid only with a Sigma SS219/E30 Pencil Brush and a small amount of OCC Loose Colour Concnetrates in Chlorophyll.
Finally: Apply a coat of your favorite mascara, and you’re ready to go!
Eye products you will need:
- OCC Skin: Primer
- Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White
- OCC Loose Colour Concnetrates in Nori
- OCC Loose Colour Concnetrates in Wasabi
- Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette OR a combination of browns and charcoals such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Chocolate Brown and Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Dream Girl
- A shimmery highlight shade for the inner corner of your eye, such as OCC Loose Colour Concnetrates in Lustre or FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Sea Salt
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black
Brushes you will need:
- Sigma SS239 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma SS252 Shader Brush
- Sigma SS224 Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma SS219 Pencil Brush
- Sigma SS275 Angled Shading Brush
- Sigma SS209 Eye Liner Brush
Step One: Apply an eye shadow primer such as OCC Skin: Primer to your eyelids.
Step Two (optional): Apply a cream eye shadow to your eye lid. We use Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White. You could use an alternative eye liner or cream eye shadow in a blue or green tone. This should be applied half way up to your crease.
Step Three: Using your Sigma SS239 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma SS252 Shader Brush apply OCC Loose Colour Concnetrates in Nori to your eyelid on top of the primer or cream base. This can be blended right across your eyelid, above the crease line. Start to create a wing shape in the outer edge of your eyelid.
Step Four: Using the other side of the same brush, apply OCC Loose Colour Concnetrates in Wasabi to the very centre of your eyelid, creating a triangle shape and blending this out on either side.
Step Five: Using your Sigma SS224 Tapered Blending Brush, apply a matte brown shade, darker than your skin colour to the edge of the Nori eye shadow, along the crease. You could use Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Chocolate Brown or an appropriate shade out of the Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette. Apply with a sweeping motion along the crease. It is very important to use a fluffy brush which applies diffused colour rather than solid colour. Use darker brown or charcoal shades from the Coastal Scents palette in the very outer corner of the eyelid and crease, or use Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Dream Girl as your charcoal shade.
Step Six: Use your Sigma SS219 Pencil Brush to pull a small tint of Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Dream Girl or a darker shade from your Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette down under the outer half of your lower lid.
Step Seven: Use your Sigma SS275 Angled Shading Brush to apply a highlight shade to your brow bone, and blend the edges of your eye shadow out on the upper and lower eye lids. Again, use a highlight shade from your Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette.
Step Eight: Apply Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White to the inner corner of your eye and a small amount under the eye brow. Blend each out with your finger. Add a shimmery highlight shade to the inner corner of your eye on top of the cream base. Try using OCC Loose Colour Concnetrates in Lustre or FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Sea Salt.
Step Nine: Use your Sigma SS209 Eye Liner Brush to apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black to your upper eye lid, close to your lash line, and to your lower water line.
Finally: Apply a coat of your favorite mascara, and you’re ready to go!
Well, it’s October and that means only one thing to me… Halloween parties are on their way! Gone are the days of drab halloween costumes like ghosts, witches and skeletons. How about putting most of your effort into your face, and the costume can then be played down somewhat. Create beautiful fairies and scenery, or less beautiful ghoulish creations.
Some creations are a mix of makeup and water-based coloured makeup paints. To purchase the Tropical palette or Paradise palette that MissChievous uses in a few of her looks, these can be purchased through Mehron, however international orders must be phoned through. Alternatively you could use face paint.
Most of these creations can be made using the Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette as your eye shadow. Consider investing in this, rather than individual shadows recommended below. Pale skin can be accomplished through use of the Coastal Scents Contour and Blush Palette, which contains a white powder for highlighting.
Jewells can be purchased from Spotlight, craft stores or beading shops.
Below are some of our favorite creations, with suggestions on the type of products you can use.
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We can also recommend videos by Petrilude for more costume inspired makeup.
We looooove this eye shadow look. And it can be created with so many different metallic base colours (try pale blues, greens or pinks). Our suggestions are below.
Eye products you will need:
- A silver eye shadow such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Tinsel. FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Xenon Zephyr, or OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Ironic
Note: We really love this look using other pale metallic colours instead of silver. Try OCC Loose Colour Concnetrates in Frigid (a beautiful pale blue), Rime (pale green), Clove (a dusky pink) or Glisten (a metallic apricot colour)
- Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops (optional)
- A matte brown such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Chocolate Brown (we only use one brown colour whereas xSparkage uses two)
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Indigo Blue (if you change your base colour, you might want to consider changing your gel liner colour too)
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Truffle (optional)
Brushes you will need:
- Sigma SS239 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma SS252 Shader Brush
- Sigma SS224 Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma SS219 Pencil Brush
- Sigma SS275 Angled Shading Brush (optional)
- Sigma SS209 Eye Liner Brush
Step One: Using your Sigma SS239 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma SS252 Shader Brush apply the metallic base shade to your eye lid, from the inner corner, to the outer corner and up above the crease line. To create even more metallic shimmer, mix your base colour with a small amount of Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops. If you add mixing medium, dust a small amount of dry powder in the same shade over top. This provides a good base for blending.
Step Two: Using your Sigma SS224 Tapered Blending Brush, start applying Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Chocolate Brown in small circles in the very outer corner of your eye lid. Slowly start sweeping the colour from your outer corner, across your crease towards the inner corner of your eye. It is very important to use a fluffy brush which applies diffused colour rather than solid colour. Use your Sigma SS219 Pencil Brush to pull a small tint of the Chocolate Brown colour down under the outer half of your lower lid.
Step Three: Using your Sigma SS209 Eye Liner Brush, apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Indigo Blue to your upper eye lid, close to your lash line. Create a small wing at the outer corner of your eye.
Step Four: Using the same (cleaned) Sigma SS209 Eye Liner Brush, apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Truffle to your lower lash line, close to the lashes. Take this in towards the inner corner of your eye about two thirds of the way along. Optionally, create a small wing underneath the upper lash line wing in Indigo Blue. If you don’t want to use a second gel liner, apply Indigo Blue instead of Truffle to the lower lash line.
Step Five: Apply a coat of your favorite mascara, and you’re ready to go!
This tutorial shows you how you can enhance your green eyes. To make your green eyes pop, you dress them with colours that contrast with green. These are always colours that lie on the opposite side if the colour wheel from green. Have a read of our recent tutorial introducing the colour wheel. This tutorial will give you a bit of background on colour theory, and how this can be applied to your make up application.
Although the colours in this tutorial work especially well with green eyes, they can in fact be used with any eye colour. The theory is around choosing colours which compliment other colours. You may be wearing green clothing, and want an eye shadow to contrast with this colour. Either way, colour theory works the same. Below are some suggestions of colours to contrast with your green eyes (or your green clothing). Enjoy!
Try these shades (hover over the image to identify brand and shade. Click on the image to visit the product page):
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Note: This tutorial would look great with Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Envious along the water line. Envious will be hitting shelves during September. Keep an eye out for when it arrives. We will let you know immediately on Facebook!
This tutorial shows you how you can enhance your brown eyes. To make your brown eyes pop, you dress them with colours that contrast with brown. These are always colours that lie on the opposite side if the colour wheel from brown. Have a read of our recent tutorial introducing the colour wheel. This tutorial will give you a bit of background on colour theory, and how this can be applied to your make up application.
Although the colours in this tutorial work especially well with brown eyes, they can in fact be used with any eye colour. The theory is around choosing colours which compliment other colours. You may be wearing brown, red or orange clothing, and want an eye shadow to contrast with these colours. Either way, colour theory works the same. Below are some suggestions of colours to contrast with your brown eyes (or brown/red/orange clothing). Enjoy!
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This tutorial shows you how you can enhance your blue eyes. To make your blue eyes pop, you dress them with colours that contrast with blue. These are always colours that lie on the opposite side if the colour wheel from blue. Have a read of our recent tutorial introducing the colour wheel. This tutorial will give you a bit of background on colour theory, and how this can be applied to your make up application.
Although the colours in this tutorial work especially well with blue eyes, they can in fact be used with any eye colour. The theory is around choosing colours which compliment other colours. You may wearing blue or violet clothing, and want an eye shadow to contrast with these colours. Either way, colour theory works the same. Below are some suggestions of colours to contrast with your blue eyes (or blue/violet clothing). Enjoy!
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Throughout July and August, we asked you to send in an image of an eye shadow look that you would like to learn how to create. The person with the winning entry would have their chosen look made into a tutorial, and they would win all of the products used to create it!
Nicki from Christchurch sent us this image, and we LOVE it! Congratulations Nicki, all the products listed on this page are on their way to you.
Create this look using EyeSpice Products
Face products you will need:
- Heavenly Naturals Pure Mineral Foundation in a shade suitable to your skin colour
- FaceFront CheekUP Blush Powder in Afundadoodle or a shade suitable to your skin colour
- OCC Lip Tar in Hush or Conquest
Eye products you will need:
- The base colour is FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Julie’s Revenge
- For the crease colour, use either FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Death By Rubies (for a darker crease), or OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Cherry Bomb (for the pink colour shown in the photo – but be very light-handed with this colour as it can be very intense)
- Also use OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Glisten
- For the inner corner highlight use OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Platonic
- We recommend using Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops with the inner corner highlight colour, but this is optional
- As an eye liner, use Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black
Brushes you will need:
- Sigma SS150 Large Powder Brush, or Sigma SS182 Buffer Brush
- Sigma SS239 Eye Shading Brush
- Sigma SS224 Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma SS219 Pencil Brush
- Sigma SS266 Small Angle Brush or Sigma SS209 Eye Liner Brush
- Sigma SS187 Duo-Fibre Brush (optional)
Step One (Base): Apply Heavenly Naturals Pure Mineral Foundation with a Sigma SS150 Large Powder Brush, or Sigma SS182 Buffer Brush. As this look has a large amount of colour around the eyes, you want to make sure your skin is buffed to a very smooth finish to ensure any imperfections are well camouflaged. Buff in an egg beater like motion. Don’t be afraid of intense motion. The more you buff, the more luminous your face will appear, as buffing creates more even coverage.
Step Two (Eyes): As an optional step, apply your eye shadow base. We use FaceFront Survival Paint. Because the products used in this tutorial are so vibrant and long lasting, it is not imperitive that you use a base prior to applying.
Step Three (Eyes): Using your Sigma SS239 Eye Shading Brush, apply FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Julie’s Revenge to the lid, from the crease down.
Step Four (Eyes): If you want a darker crease colour to give your eyes more depth, use FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Death By Rubies for your crease colour. If you want to create the look exactly as it is in this image, use OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Cherry Bomb. Apply your crease colour with a Sigma SS224 Tapered Blending Brush. Apply a very small amount at a time, and build up to the required depth. Apply in small circles at the outer corner of your eye then sweep the brush in a windscreen wiper like motion across your crease. Use a Sigma SS219 Pencil Brush to bring this crease colour from the outer corner, down under your eye too.
Step Five (Eyes): To diffuse the edges of the eye pigment, apply a small amount of OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Glisten. Blend this out well around the edges of your upper and lower lid with your Sigma SS224 Tapered Blending Brush.
Step Six (Eyes): Using your Sigma SS219 Pencil Brush, apply a dab of OCC Loose Colour Concentrates inPlatonic to the inner corner of your eye. Pull this colour up to blend into the upper lid, and pull it down across the inner half of the bottom lid. To create more depth here, dip your brush in a drop of Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops, and then into your inner corner highlight colour. Apply this directly underneath the inner corner of your eye to create a very bright-eyed appearance.
Step Seven (Eyes): Using your Sigma SS266 Small Angle Brush or Sigma SS209 Eye Liner Brush, apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black to both your upper and lower water line.
Step Eight (Eyes): Apply two coats of your favorite mascara, and your eyes are done!
Step Nine (Cheeks): Using either your powder foundation brush, or a Sigma SS187 Duo-Fibre Brush, apply FaceFront CheekUP Blush Powder in Afundadoodle to the apples of your cheeks, and then pull the colour up towards your temples.
Step Ten (Lips): Using your Sigma SS209 Eye or Lip Liner Brush, apply OCC Lip Tar in Hush or Conquest to your lips.
This tutorial is for a full face of makeup. The products used in this tutorial represent a good set of products to have in your makeup bag for any occasion. For something more wearable for the day time, try swapping the strong colours used in this tutorial, out for greys, silvers, browns or golds. The techniques used in application remain the same, just the colours differ. To help you in determining what colours you should use, have a look at our upcoming blogs related to eye colour, and the best shades to mix together in one look.
There is not a lot we would change with this particular chosen look. One thing that could be done to top the look off perfectly, would be to create a slightly darker and nicely shaped eye brow. For more information on this, have a read of our recent blog showing how to create perfect brows. Isn’t it funny that you didn’t notice the eye brows when you first looked at the image, but now that we have pointed it out to you, it’s hard NOT to notice. It’s one of those things. Once you start to perfect your own eye brows, you will notice those of others immediately!
Have fun creating this look, and thanks again Nicki for an original, vibrant competition entry.
We love MissChievous’ s eyes! Learn how she gets them looking this great!
What you will need:
- An eye brow pencil or eye liner pencil in a colour slightly darker than your natural eye brow colour
- Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Brow Tint in a colour similar to your natural eye brow colour
- Apply your eye brow tint with a Sigma SS266 Small Angle Brush
Products you will need:
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Indigo Blue
- Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Mystery or Genius
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black, or your favorite black eye liner pencil
- Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Emo
- HeavenlyNaturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Vanilla Crush or a highlight shade from your Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette
- Eyebrows: FaceFront Survival Paint and Heavenly Naturals Eyebrow Tint in Jet Black or Brunette
- Lips: OCC Lip Tar in Conquest or Complex
Brushes you will need:
- Sigma SS275 Angled Shading Brush
- Sigma SS224 Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma SS219 Pencil Brush
- Sigma SS266 Small Angle Brush
- Sigma SS239 Eye Shading Brush
- Sigma SS209 Lip and Eye Liner Brush (for lips)
Step One: Apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Indigo Blue to your upper lid using a fluffy brush such as a Sigma SS275 Angled Shading Brush, but really any fluffy brush will do. Note, we normally apply gel liners using fine tipped brushes, but for this look, we are applying it right across the lid, rather than in a defined line. Blend this out well so it is not too thick. Create the basic shape high on the lid, tapering out to a rough point at the outer corner and pulling the colour down under the outer lower lid.
Step Two: Using your Sigma SS224 Tapered Blending Brush, start applying Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Mystery or Genius in your crease. This can be blended across from the outer corner, to the inner corner right to the bridge of the nose. Blend this upwards to just under the eye brow. Bring the colour down across the lower lid, close to the lash line.
Step Three: Take a black eye liner pencil, or your Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black. Apply right around the eye using the pencil or your Sigma SS266 Small Angle Brush. Thick on the upper lid, bring down along the lower lash line and across to the inner corner of the eye. Blend this out somewhat using your finger.
Step Four: Use your Sigma SS219 Pencil Brush to apply Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Emo. Apply directly on top of the black eye liner on your lid, and then across the lash line of your lower lid. Blend this out using the same Sigma SS224 Tapered Blending Brush. Blend, blend, blend. Clean up rouge pigment from your face by rolling a cotton bud firmly across the pigment.
Step Five: Select an appropriate highlight shade. A matte colours such as HeavenlyNaturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Vanilla Crush, or any of the highlight shades in the Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette work best. Use your Sigma SS239 Eye Shading Brush to apply small amounts of highlight shade right around your eye, to blur the edges of your eye shadow. If you remove too much of the black, add it back on with your Sigma SS219 Pencil Brush.
Step Six: Ensure you have well defined eye brows for this look. Apply FaceFront Survival Paint Eye and Brow Primer to your eye brow. Using your Sigma SS266 Small Angle Brush, apply Heavenly Naturals Eyebrow Tint in Jet Black or Brunette to fill in your eyebrows. If your eye brows naturally finish short, use your brush to pull the eyebrow pigment out to a point, to extend the line of your eyebrow.
Step Seven: Apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black to your water line, then apply two coats of mascara.
Step Eight: To effectively erase your lips, either apply your pale liquid concealer or foundation, or apply a very pale OCC Lip Tar such as Conquest or Complex. Apply using your Sigma SS209 Lip and Eye Liner Brush.
To learn how to contour, link to our contouring tutorial now.
Eye products you will need:
- Eyeshadow primer such as FaceFront Survival Paint
- Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette
- FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Skinny Dipper (Optional)
- Coastal Scents Gel Eye Liner in Truffle
- Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White
- Coastal Scents Gel Eye Liner in True Black
- FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Butter Me Up (Optional)
- Heavenly Naturals Glitter Eye Liner in Disco Ball
Brushes you will need:
- Sigma SS252 Shader Brush
- Sigma SS224 Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma SS219 Pencil Brush
- Sigma SS209 Eye Liner Brush
- Sigma SS266 Small Angle Brush
Step One: Apply a small amount of eye shadow primer to your lid. We use FaceFront Survival Paint.
Step Two: The various earthy tones that are used to create this look are made up from shades in the Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette. First select a skin-coloured shadow, a few shades darker than your skin tone. Using your Sigma SS224 Tapered Blending Brush, apply this shade to the outer corner of your eyelid and across the crease.
Step Three: From your Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette, select a shade slightly darker than the first. Using your Sigma SS219 Pencil Brush take up a little bit of pigment on your brush. This will be used to re-shape the crease, to give your eyes the appearance of being bigger. Use the brush back and forwards to create a faint shadow from your real crease in the middle of your upper lid, towards the bridge of your nose. This false crease shadow will be above your real inner crease. If you need to, use your SSigma SS224 Tapered Blending Brush to fade the shadow out.
Step Four: Again from your Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette, select a chocolate brown shade. Apply this to the outer corner of your eye using your Sigma SS252 Shader Brush. With the flat part of the brush, apply this shade as if to coat your upper lashes, which will result in application to the very lower edge of your upper eye lid. Then concentrate the colour in the very outer corner of your eye and crease.
Step Five: Using your Sigma SS224 Tapered Blending Brush, apply FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Skinny Dipper to your inner, upper lid in a small patting motion. Although this effectively blends into the other colours to create a softer appearance, try not to blend it too much. If you don’t have FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Skinny Dipper, you could use a lighter shade from your Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette, select one lighter than your skin colour to give you a highlight effect.
Step Six: Using your Sigma SS266 Small Angle Brush or your Sigma SS209 Eye Liner Brush, apply Coastal Scents Gel Eye Liner in Truffle to your upper lid, in a line close to the lash line. Allow this line to become thicker as it approaches the outside of your eye, and create a wing out from the very outer corner of your eye. Before the liner dries, smudge the end of the wing out with your finger to soften the point.
Step Seven: With your clean Sigma SS219 Pencil Brush, apply a small amount of Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White right underneath the brown wing you have created. This creates a more defined shape to your eye shadow look. Ensure the white cream shadow is blended in well with your brush.
Step Eight: Using your Sigma SS266 Small Angle Brush or your Sigma SS209 Eye Liner Brush, apply Coastal Scents Gel Eye Liner in True Black to your water line. Smudge the edge out with your finger, to bring some of the colour down onto your lower lid, close to the lash line. Using your Sigma SS219 Pencil Brush apply your lightest shadow shade to your lower lid. Then graduate to your darker shade which can be applied to the outer corner of your lower lid, again close to the lash line.
Step Nine: To add a bit more shimmer to the lash line, you can add a line of FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Butter Me Up Up using your Sigma SS209 Eye Liner Brush. This is optional.
Step Ten: Apply Heavenly Naturals Glitter Eye Liner in Disco Ball very close to the upper lash line, and on top of the wing.
Step Eleven: Apply your favourite mascara, and you’re ready to go!
Because this look utilises earthy tones, it is appropriate to wear a bright red colour on your lips. We recommend Obsessive Compulsive Lip Tar in NSFW. Alternatively, a nude lip would go nicely with this look. We recommend Coastal Scents Smacks Lip Gloss (try out Star Dustin). Check out our Handy Hint blog entry on the Perfect Lip.
Create this look using EyeSpice Products:
Eye products you will need:
- Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops
- Dark Corner: Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Inked
- Turquoise: FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Early Spring
- Charcoal: Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Dream Girl or FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Heroic
- Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Deep Plum
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black (optional)
- Violet: FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Weekend Warrior or the Coastal Scents 88 Shade Palette (optional)
- Glitter (the key ingredient): Heavenly Naturals Glitter Eye Pigment in Mermaid Scales
Brushes you will need:
- Sigma SS194 concealer brush
- Sigma SS224 tapered blending brush
- Sigma SS219 pencil brush
- Sigma SS266 small angle brush
Step One: Use a flat topped brush such as a Sigma SS194 Concealer Brush to create the outer point to your eye. Dip the end of your brush in Mixing Medium, and then in your dark corner shade (we use Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Inked). Tap away the excess and apply to the very outer corner of your eye, creating a line sweeping upwards about 1cm. This will create the shape of your eye shadow look. Blend this line very slightly inwards towards your crease to create the shadow with which to develop your blending on.
Step Two: Using your Sigma SS224 blending brush, apply your turquoise colour to the outer corner of your eyelid and blend this using wind screen wiper motions, into your crease and upper half of your eyelid.We use FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Early Spring. At this stage, the lower half of your upper eyelid remains bare of any pigment.
Step Three: Using a black cream eye liner, apply this to the lower half of your upper lid, from the inner corner (where it is applied at its thinest), to the outer corner. Blend the turquoise and black eye liner together using your Sigma SS194 Concealer brush. The black cream eye liner creates a base. If you don’t have a black cream eye liner, apply your charcoal eye pigment in step four with mixing medium instead.
Step Four: Continuing to use your Sigma SS194 Concealer brush, pack your charcoal colour on top of the black cream eye liner (we use Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Dream Girl or FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Heroic – both have a nice amount of shimmer to them). Ensure a bold colour is achieved. Hint: Make sure you tap excess powder off your brush before applying. If you do end up with a dusting of charcoal pigment on your cheeks, brush this away with a large powder brush (rather than your fingers which will make it smudge)!
Step Five: Using your Sigma SS224 Tapered Blending Brush dry (without any pigment), blend the turquoise and charcoal colours together to create a gradient transition between the two, rather than a sharp line. Add a small amount of the darker corner shade (Heavenly Naturals Eye Pigment in Inked) to your blending brush, and add this to the very outer corner and a small way along your crease. This will help with the transition between turquoise and charcoal.
Step Six: Apply Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in white to just underneath your brow bone and to the inner corner of your eye. Blend this into your brow bone lightly using your Sigma SS194 Concealer Brush. This is your highlight shade, so ensure it remains light without taking on too much of the surrounding colour. Smudge with your finger into the inner eye. To create a more defined line at the outer corner of your eye, you can apply some white cream eye shadow under this line, and also blend in with your Sigma SS194 Concealer brush. To add more definition and shimmer, you can apply a shimmer highlight shade on top of the cream eye shadow under your brow bone and to the inner corner of your eye. Use your Sigma SS219 Pencil Brush to reach the small area in your inner eye. We recommend any of the OCC highlight shades for this.
Step Seven: Using your Sigma SS266 Small Angle Brush, apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Deep Plum to your lower lash line. Pull this line lightly out past the outer corner of your eye (don’t apply too thickly). If you feel that this line needs setting, apply a small amount of violet pigment on top, and blend out to create softer edges. We recommend FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Weekend Warrior, or any of the violet shades within the Coastal Scents 88 Shade Palette. If you want to apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black to your lower lash line, do this now with the same Sigma SS266 Small Angle Brush.
Step Eight: If you have false eyelash glue, dab a small amount right across your eyelid (from the lash line, up to just below the crease). Dip your finger in Heavenly Naturals Glitter Eye Pigment in Mermaid Scales, and dab on top of the glue to get an even coverage of glitter. If you don’t have glue, you could apply mixing medium or glycerine to your lid instead.
Step Nine: If you are going for false lashes, apply them now, otherwise add a couple of coats of your favourite mascara!
Step Ten: This look is as much about the lips as it is about the eyes. For a dramatic look, apply OCC Lip Tar in Anime, Pagent or Demure to your lips. These shades look great on their own, or mixed with other shades!
Eye products you will need:
- Eyeshadow primer such as FaceFront Survival Paint
- Silver: Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Tinsel or FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Xenon Zephyr
- Charcoal: Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Dream Girl or FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Heroic
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Platinum (optional)
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black (optional)
- Heavenly Naturals Glitter Eye Liner in Disco Ball (optional)
Brushes you will need:
- Sigma SS239 eye shading brush
- Sigma SS224 tapered blending brush
- Sigma SS219 pencil brush
- Sigma SS209 eye liner brush or Sigma SS266 small angle brush
Step One: Apply a small amount of eye shadow primer to your lid. We use FaceFront Survival Paint.
***Handy hint: To ensure a sharp line where your makeup finishes at the outer corner of your eye, take a strip of opaque sellotape and stick it to your skin in the right position at the corner of your eye. Make sure it slopes from the very outer corner of your eye, up towards the outer edge of your eye brow. This will create the sharp line that can be seen in the photo.
Step Two: Using your Sigma SS239 eye shading brush apply silver eye shadow to the upper eyelid from the inner corner to the outer corner (if you are using tape, don’t be afraid to brush up on top of the tape). Apply the silver high up on your eyelid, but not as far as your eye brow, we will come back to this later. With your Sigma SS219 pencil brush, apply a small amount of silver to the inner corner of your eye. Also apply close to the lash line, underneath your eye, so you end up with silver right around your eye.
Step Three: Using your Sigma SS224 blending brush, apply charcoal to the outer corner of your eyelid and blend this in slowly to the sliver shadow. Eventually you will be sweeping the blending brush right across the lid, but be careful not the spread the colour out too much. You want a nice transition from silver in the inner corner, to charcoal in the outer corner. You may need to apply more charcoal to the outer corner as you build the dark colour up on the outer eyelid. With your Sigma SS219 pencil brush apply your charcoal shade on the outer corner of the lower lid, close to the lash line.
Step Four (optional): Using your Sigma SS266 small angle brush or your Sigma SS209 eye liner brush, apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Platinum to your lower water line.
Step Five (optional): Using your Sigma SS266 small angle brush or your Sigma SS209 eye liner brush, apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black to your upper lid, in a line close to the lash line. Start the line very thin in the inner eye, and allow it to get thicker as it makes its way towards the outer eye. Apply True Black lightly to the water line right in the inner corner of the eye.
Step Six: To soften the upper edges of the charcoal, take the Sigma SS239 you were using with your silver colour. Dip your brush in the silver shadow and tap away the excess. Apply sparingly under your eye brow, and blend this into the charcoal edges to diffuse the colour out.
Step Seven (optional): For the evenings, add a bit of glam to you look by applying Heavenly Naturals Glitter Eye Liner in Disco Ball (sliver) to you upper eye lid, close to the lash line. This will go over top of the black gel eye liner if you have applied this.
Step Eight: If you used tape to create a straight edge, remove this very gently and you should see a nice crisp line where you make up is applied perfectly.
Step Nine: Apply 2 lashings of your favourite mascara, and you’re ready to go!
Eye products you will need:
- Eyeshadow primer such as FaceFront Survival Paint
- Optional - Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops
- Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Soulful or for a more burnt gold FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Butter Me Up
- FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Bitter Bark
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Truffle
- A highlight colour such as a skin-toned colour within your Coastal Scents Contour & Blush Palette, FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Skinny Dipper or your mineral foundation
Brushes you will need:
- Sigma SS252 shader brush
- Sigma SS275 angled shading brush
- Sigma SS209 eye liner brush or Sigma SS266 small angle brush
Step One: Apply a small amount of eye shadow primer to your lid. We use FaceFront Survival Paint.
Step Two: Put a drop of Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops in the lid of your FaceFront Paint Me Perfect Eye Pigment in Butter Me Up. Using your Sigma SS252 Shader Brush apply this to your upper eyelid from the inner corner to the outer corner. Note, this look can also be created without the use of Mix Drops, creating a slightly less vibrant gold.
Step Three: Using the other side of your Sigma SS252 brush, apply FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Bitter Bark to the outer one third of your eyelid. With the tip of your brush, create a point, out past your crease, keeping in line with your lower water line. Ensure Bitter Bark is well blended out to this point and across the crease. Take care when using this dark colour to avoid fall out on your cheeks. Make sure you tap excess pigment off the brush before applying. Check out our other hints for fall out in our blog.
Step Four: Using either side of your Sigma SS252 brush, lightly blend the two colours together where they meet, so there are no harsh lines.
Step Five: Using your Sigma SS266 small angle brush or your Sigma SS209 eye liner brush, apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Truffle to your upper lid, in a line close to the lash line. Before the liner dries, smudge it out with the same brush dipped in a small amount of Bitter Bark pigment. With your Sigma SS266 brush, apply a small amount of Bitter Bark to your lower lash line, from about one third of the way along your eye, to the outer corner of your eye. Use your finger, or a clean Sigma SS275 blending brush to diffuse the colour under your eye.
Step Six: To soften the edges, and bring the colour down if you need to, apply a highlight colour. Using your Sigma SS275 angled shading brush, apply the highlight shade under the brow, and blend into the edges of your eye shadow.
Step Seven: Apply your favourite mascara, and you’re ready to go!
Because this look utilises earthy tones, it is appropriate to wear a bright red colour on your lips. We recommend Obsessive Compulsive Lip Tar in NSFW. Alternatively, a nude lip would go nicely with this look. We recommend Coastal Scents Smacks Lip Gloss (try out Star Dustin). Check out our Handy Hint blog entry on the Perfect Lip.
