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Warm, Foiled Metal Look

This is a look that can go from day to night with just one single change; your lip color.

Both are pretty dramatic looks; make no mistake about it. The eye shadow is foiled for a very dramatic, metallic finish. But the main shade (a beige gold) is still “neutral” enough that you can wear a dark lip with it without things looking too over the top.

Step 1: Run some dark copper shadow (try something like MAC Antiqued) from the outer corners of your eyes inward, arcing along the hollow of your socket line, and the lower lash line as well.

Pack a bit more shadow into the outer corners and blend.

Step 2: In the center of the lid, I recommend a very high-shine golden-beige shadow. Try applying Urban Decay’s Half-Baked shadow dampened for a high-shine finish. If you have very pink undertones and Half-Baked is a bit yellow on you, try MAC Woodwinked.

Step 3: With a flat angled brush or a small detail brush, apply the first shadow (deep copper-brown) wet as a liner thickly along the lower lash line. If you own MAC’s Richground Fluidline, that would work as well.

Step 4: I cut a strip of lashes into 2 to create half strips, and then applied each to the outer corners of the eye. (If you’re new to false lashes and find them hard to apply, try this method. Just make sure you get lashes that are longest at the center and equally short at both ends.)

Step 5: Finish by applying black liquid liner over the lash strip to hide it completely, and applying a bit of mascara to bind your real lashes into the falsies.

On the Lips and Cheeks:

  • I wanted a really burnished, tawny look, so I swirled MAC’s Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Dark with NYX Cinnamon blush (a bright vermillion coral) and dusted it high along the cheek bones.
  • Natural/Nude lips: Revlon Super Lustrous Lip gloss in Nude Lustre
  • Dramatic lips: MAC Deepest Wish Amplified lipstick
Golden Brown with Violet Crease
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This is a simple way to add a twist of color to warm or neutral shades for day looks. 
Step 1: Use a thin, firm pointed brush to apply a rich violet shade to along the crease of the eye and slightly above it. 

Step 2: Then with your choice of a rich golden brown (I chose MAC Brass Pigment, but if you’re not able to locate this use MAC Woodwinked or Urban Decay Baked), fill in the inner portions of the lid and use a soft blending brush to blend the edges a little so there are no obvious demarcations between the two shades.

Step 3: Pack on the golden brown once more right along the lash lines to intensify the color, as the blending will have taken away some of the intensity and shine. The purple would at this point be just a smoky trace at the edges of the brown.

 Step 4: Apply mascara and pale liner (beige or yellow) along the waterline to finish the look! Easy-peasy.
MAC Brass Pigment on the lids, I Nuovi Ultraviolet Dust in the crease
On the cheeks and lips, I wanted to keep everything fresh and sweet to go with the eyes.
Cheeks: NYX Pinky Blush applied a little more intensely than I usually do, for a flush.
Lips: Etude House Darling Ultra Shine “Strawberry Milk” lipstick (I highly recommend this if you like baby pinks but find MAC Saint Germain or Viva Glam Gaga too blue or white. This is softer, sheerer, and slightly warmer toned.) **This lipstick range has been discontinued. Try the Look At Me lipstick range from Etude House for an alternative in a similar texture!

Golden Brown with Violet Crease

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This is a simple way to add a twist of color to warm or neutral shades for day looks. 

Step 1: Use a thin, firm pointed brush to apply a rich violet shade to along the crease of the eye and slightly above it. 

Step 2: Then with your choice of a rich golden brown (I chose MAC Brass Pigment, but if you’re not able to locate this use MAC Woodwinked or Urban Decay Baked), fill in the inner portions of the lid and use a soft blending brush to blend the edges a little so there are no obvious demarcations between the two shades.

Step 3: Pack on the golden brown once more right along the lash lines to intensify the color, as the blending will have taken away some of the intensity and shine. The purple would at this point be just a smoky trace at the edges of the brown.

 Step 4: Apply mascara and pale liner (beige or yellow) along the waterline to finish the look! Easy-peasy.

MAC Brass Pigment on the lids, I Nuovi Ultraviolet Dust in the crease

On the cheeks and lips, I wanted to keep everything fresh and sweet to go with the eyes.

  • Cheeks: NYX Pinky Blush applied a little more intensely than I usually do, for a flush.
  • Lips: Etude House Darling Ultra Shine “Strawberry Milk” lipstick (I highly recommend this if you like baby pinks but find MAC Saint Germain or Viva Glam Gaga too blue or white. This is softer, sheerer, and slightly warmer toned.) **This lipstick range has been discontinued. Try the Look At Me lipstick range from Etude House for an alternative in a similar texture!
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