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.

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!

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar is arguably the most versatile lip stick you can get. The standard off the shelf colours are bright and vibrant, but you can also make almost any colour you want, by mixing them. This is great if you want to match the colour of an item of clothing! With just 2 Lip Tars, you can wear them on their own, or mix them in varying quantities to create a multitude of colours. We have shown you some of our favourites below.

When mixing your Lip Tars together, we recommend getting a small jar to hold your chosen mix. Lip Tars take a long time to dry out when they are outside of the tube, so you will be able to use your mix over and over again. Add a few drops of each colour (or more of less depending on the colour you are trying to achieve). Mix the selected colours with your lip brush, or any other implement you have handy for mixing with.

OCC Lip Tars are extremely pigmented. This is great because a little goes a very long way. But they can also be unforgiving if you make a mistake in your application. We recommend preparing your lips beforehand, to make sure your application looks picture perfect. While washing your face, gently exfoliate your lips with your standard face exfoliation product. This gets rid of all the dead skin cells which would otherwise give your lips an uneven appearance. Moisturize your lips liberally with a lip conditioner product. After applying your liquid and powder foundation, apply your Lip Tar with a lip brush, starting with the edge, and working your way in. We use the Sigma SS209 extra fine tipped brush.

Your brush will need a good clean after applying your Lip Tar. Use a good quality shampoo in the palm of your hand. Hold the brush tip down so the water does not get up into the metal rim. After cleaning, leave somewhere flat to dry.

When the time comes to remove your Lip Tar, wipe excess product off with a tissue first. For any left overs, use a good quality makeup remover, baby oil, petroleum jelly or cold cream. Apply to your lips then wipe gently with a soft wash cloth or a tissue.

Most of all, have fun with your Lip Tar, and get creative. Here are some of our favourite colour combinations:

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