A traditional autumn combo: brown lids/brown lips
Luckily, I was using this chocolatey reddish brown smoky eye yesterday since I spent the majority of my shift at the bakery prepping dry chocolate cake mix from scratch…which may or may not have left me covered in a fine layer of cocoa powder.
(By the way, you haven’t lived up until you’ve nearly tipped an industrial-sized vat of cocoa powder on top of yourself. Yes…my life is a excitement a minute, I know. Side note: holy crap, there’s SO much SUGAR in chocolate cake mix!)
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About the look
Apparently, the world desired me to be covered in chocolate in both the makeup as well as culinary sense, as well as these chocolate smoky eyes were incredibly basic to make with a quick smudgy eye base from an opalescent bronze pencil eyeliner, which I topped with a matte reddish brown eyeshadow.
Matchy-matchy?
When I very first started using eye makeup about one billion years ago, I believed that if you used any type of matte finishes, then whatever — your liner, your eyeshadow as well as your base — likewise had to be in a matching matte, however that’s so not the case. You can absolutely mix as well as match your finishes, which is what I did right here with the pearly base as well as the matte eyeshadow to produce a satin finish.
Feel complimentary to play as well as layer different completes if you don’t already, since you never understand what you’ll cook up!
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Playing with blending
Also, explore your blending. I’m usually inclined to “blow out” my eyeshadow, a.k.a. “blend out the edges so they fade out smoothly,” however I went for a lot more meaning at the edges in this look by selecting to not buff out the edges as much as usual… I kinda like it!
The a lot more evident edges of the eyeshadow are framed by a bolder brow, which I whipped up by mixing brow pencil with an eyeshadow.
Fall, ya’ll
Makeup used in this look
Eyes: MAC Teddy liner as well as MAC Embark eyeshadow (lids), It Cosmetics Superhero Mascara (lashes), MAC whisper of Gilt highlighter (inner corner), MAC Concrete as well as metropolitan Decay Brow Beater in Neutral brown (brows)
Cheeks: Charlotte Tilbury blush in Ecstasy (this pairs truly well with brown eyeshadows, I’ve found)
Base: comprise For ever Ultra HD Concealer in Y41 (worn as a foundation), MAC Mineralize Skinfinish natural in medium Golden
Lips: NARS Balboa
So now, of course, I requirement to understand what’s your preferred type of chocolate. What is it? I’m a semi-sweet kinda woman when it pertains to baked goods, however for candy, it’s MILK chocolate ALL THE WAY.
I would take off my hoop earrings as well as throw down for a piece of See’s Milk chocolate Buttercream, no joke!
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Your friendly community appeal addict,
Karen
P.S. TGI-EFFFFFFF!
