The Makeup Box

Soft Neutral Smoky Eye For Work or School

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Step 1: Apply a mixture of matte black and brown (88 Warm Palette) to outer half of lids.

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Step 2: Apply a medium bronze brown to inner 2/3 of lids, overlapping with the black-brown on the outer half. I used the ever-lovely MAC Patina.

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Step 3: Apply a soft warm-gold pigment in the inner corners of lids, extending to lower lid slightly. I used the 88 Warm Palette, but you can use MAC Vanilla Pigment if you’ve got that.

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Step 4: Apply natural looking lashes. (I highly recommend Ardell 121s or Miss Eylure Olivias.)

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Step 5: Finish with black gel liner or liquid liner along the lash line to conceal the strip. (I used Maybelline Gel Liner.)

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And there you have it!

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Wearable Brown with Lavender Highlights

This is another fast and furious look which involves 2 main shadow shades and very few steps to create. 

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You will need:

1. A medium bronze-brown (I used The Body Shop #02 Eyeshadow)
2. A fuschia pink with blue-lavender highlights (I used I Nuovi Amethyst dust, but MAC Stars n Rockets is a match as well)
3. A darker matte brown just as contour, but you may not need this (I used the 88 Warm Palette)
4. Long but sparsely-woven lashes (I used Ardell 121s)

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Step 1: Pack the bronze all over the lids, and then apply deeper brown in the outer corners and upwards halfway along the socket line, for contour.

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Step 2: Apply the pink/lavender shade in a light, even wash all over the bronze and brown. This will create a nice duo-chrome effect. 

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Step 3: Apply a metallic prune liner (try Bourjois Metallise in #79 Violet Miroitant or MAC Macroviolet Fluidline), then curl upper lashes and apply false lashes.

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Finished Look: An soft neutral-brown eye with a violet shift

Have fun!