Create this look using EyeSpice Products:

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!

Create this look using EyeSpice Products:

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.

And Don’t Forget…

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.

Create this look using EyeSpice Products:

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.

Create this look using EyeSpice Products:

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!

One of the best kept secrets to perfect eye shadow, is the use of a brow highlight. Brow highlight can be used:

• To lighten your brow bone making your eyes appear bigger.
• To diffuse and soften the edges of your eye shadow out into your natural skin colour.
• As an eraser or blur tool, to hide mistakes.

Your choice of highlight colour and texture is completely up to you, but here are some simple guidelines:

• When going for a skin-toned colour, choose a colour that matches your natural skin colour, or a bit lighter.
• In the evenings you may want to try pearl or iridescent highlight colours. These are white based, but may have a slight pink, apricot or golden hue. Select a hue that matches your skin tone. If you have yellow undertones, pick a highlight with a golden hue such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Lustre. If you have pink undertones, pick a highlight with a pink hue such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Platonic. If you have warm undertones, pick a highlight with an apricot hue such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Titania. Alternatively you could select a pearl eye shadow with a silver hue such as FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Sea Salt. For a straight white highlight, try FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Snow Cone.
• If you have any texture on your brow area, choose a matte eye shadow with minimal shimmer. The shimmer can sometimes draw the eye to imperfections.

The following products can be used as highlight shades:

• Mineral foundation powder such as Heavenly Naturals Pure Mineral Foundation, in a colour that matches your skin tone or one a shade lighter. These will generally be matte textures.
• A purpose-made highlight eye shadow such as FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Skinny Dipper. This has a very slight shimmer to it, which gives your eyes a natural lift. Alternatively select a pearl eye shadow highlight such as the range of OCC Loose Colour Concentrate highlight shades.
• A white cream eye shadow such as Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White.

When applying highlight, use the following brush types:

• For a powder highlight, apply with a loose, soft brush such as the Sigma SS275 Medium Angled Shading Brush.
• When using a cream eye shadow, apply roughly to the brow area, then blend into your skin and the edges of your eye shadow with a concealer brush such as a Sigma SS194 Concealer Brush

It is difficult to explain the true concept of brow highlighting, and there are not a lot of videos available on this. The best way to see the benefits, is to try it out. And practise until you get it right.

Start with application of your eye shadow primer. Follow your usual makeup routine, applying your base colour and a crease colour to add attractive shadow to your eyes. You may notice the edges are not even, and that there is a distinct line between your eye shadow and your skin:

Using the appropriate brush, apply your highlight colour directly under the eyebrow in a sweeping motion. Make sure you blend this well into the edges of your eye shadow. You will notice immediately that the harsh lines are blended out, creating a clean gradient between you eye shadow and your skin.

The highlight colour can also be pulled down under your eyelid to soften harsh lines on your lower lid, or to clean up any mistakes.

Tips and Tricks:

• Look to extend the highlight application into the inner corner of the eye to open up the eye and give a more youthful and fresh appearance. This is particularly effective with pearl highlight shadows.
• When you first start out applying highlight, play around a bit until you get it just right.
• For more on highlighting and contouring of the whole face, check out our Coastal Scents Contour and Blush Palettes, and this great xSparkage video showing you how to use it!

Create this look using EyeSpice Products:

Eye products you will need:
- Eyeshadow primer – watch out for our new OCC Skin:Primer, hitting the shelves in October
- Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops
- FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Heroic, or Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Emo or Dream Girl
- Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Diva
- Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Bubbles
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar
- 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 SS239 eye shading brush
- Sigma SS224 blending brush
- Sigma SS275 angled shading 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.

Step Two: Mix your black pigment with a drop of Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops. Using your Sigma SS252 Shader Brush apply this carefully to your upper eyelid from the inner corner, right across to your outer lid. Create a point out past your crease, keeping in line with your lower water line. This creates the basic shape of your eye shadow look.

Step Three (optional): Using the other side of the same brush, apply Heavenly Naturals Eye Pigment in Emo on top of the base black. This is a matte colour which is what we need in this look. Take care when using this dark colour to avoid black 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 your Sigma SS266 small angle brush or your Sigma SS209 eye liner brush, apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black  or Stellar right across your lower 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 black pigment.

Step Five: Take your Sigma SS239 eye shading brush and blend Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Diva to the edges of the black, taking this colour higher up on your lid and past the outer corner of your eye. Bring this colour down under the eye by blending it into the black on the lower lid. Use a clean, dry Sigma SS224 blending brush to really diffuse the colour out.

Step Six: Diffuse the bright violet into your skin by using a highlight colour with your Sigma SS275 angled shading brush. Apply both under the brow, and underneath the eye. Use the highlight colour to sharpen the lower line of the point at the outer corner of your eye.

Step Seven: Using your Sigma SS219 pencil brush, apply Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Bubbles to the inner corner of your eye, blending up and down from the point. This shimmery white pigment, with purple highlights gives your eyes a more youthful appearance, and will make your eyes pop!

Step Eight: Using your Sigma SS266 small angle brush or your Sigma SS209 eye liner brush, apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar to your lower water line.

Step Nine: Apply your favourite false lashes and mascara, and you’re ready to go!

Don’t forget to apply a nude lip colour so you don’t detract from your eyes. We recommend Coastal Scents Smacks Lip Gloss. Check out our Handy Hint blog entry on the Perfect Lip.

Here at EyeSpice we’re normally all about the eyes. But we can’t forget the lovely lips every now and then.  Lips can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion. We have a few simple rules that we like to adhere to. And we are happy to share our secrets with you!

We figure there are 3 main situations where lip colour should be considered:

1) When you dazzle up your eyes with a vibrant and eye catching look, you don’t want to draw the attention away from this. A nice nude lip compliments bright eye makeup perfectly. We recommend any of the Coastal Scents Smacks Lip Gloss shades. These just give you a tint of nice glossy colour, and can be applied easily with the included brush.

2) When you want to show off your lucious lips, but keep it simple around the eyes. This is when you really get to have fun with your lips! Obsessive Compulsive Lip Tar is perfect for dramatic lip looks. This can be applied directly from the tube, but if you are making a statement of your lips, do it properly and use a Sigma SS209 brush (these can also be used for eye liner). Line your lips first with the brush, and then fill them with colour. OCC Lip Tar is a relatively matte lip pigment, and very long lasting. A way to really vamp it up is to apply a coat of Coastal Scents Smacks Lip Gloss in Pucker on top of your matte shade. Pucker is completely clear, so it just adds high shine to your lips. You shouldn’t need to reapply your Lip Tar very often, but keep your Smacks Lip Gloss in your bag for reapplying as needed.

3) If you are just mooching around the house, or out to lunch with your friends, lip gloss is the perfect companion even if you don’t dress up your eyes. It takes seconds to apply, so keep it in your bag so your lips never have to go naked. Coastal Scents Smacks Lip Gloss gives you the perfect amount of shine, with a tint of colour. Obsessive Compulsive Lip Gloss gives a very faint tint of colour, which is so natural looking.

For those of you that are looking for something just a bit different, try this:

After applying OCC Lip Tar to your lips using a Sigma SS209 brush, take one of your powder eye pigments. Choose any colour as long as it has a lot of shimmer. Using your finger, dab a very small amount of shimmery pigment to the center of your upper and lower lip. To top the look off, add a coat of Coastal Scents Smacks Lip Gloss in Pucker on top. This seals the look and creates a really eye-catching, alternative lip. Bright red lips look great with a tinge of shimmery gold! Try out OCC Lip Tar in NSFW with Heavenly Naturals Eye Pigment in coutour.

Let us know what other combinations of colour you use. Email us on info@eyespice.co.nz