Intense Smokey Eyes ♥

Good Morning Ladies and Gents,

This post is on gorgeous smoked-out eyes. This look is extremely intense and over-the-top much like would be seen in ‘TOWIE’ or ‘Geordie Shore’. I know many girls out there,including myself are obsessed with this type of make-up at the moment and its seen everywhere on social media!

So for this look I began with the eyes first, I applied foundation to the eyes and underneath the eye area, I then applied powder so that when I applied the eye-shadow it wont move or slide.

I then went in with a nude base eye-shadow. For this I used my fuschia palette, taking a matte cream colour. You can use absolutely and cheap shade for this step.

Next I applied a deep-purple shade to the eye,all-over the lid continuing to add more and more depth of colour until it was prominent and made the eyes pop. I then took my undereye brush and applied this same shade under the lash line.I took this colour lower than I usually would for the illusion of bigger eyes and to draw attention to the eye colour.

I blended this shade out -in the shape of the models eye.

Next I took a matte black shade and repeated the previous steps.For this shade I made sure to leave a halo of the purple shade above the black colour. I continued to apply the black shade adding depth of colour and blending the shade into the lash line. I then took my under eye pencil brush with some of the matte black shade and applied it to my lower lash line, this time the black matte shade was closest to my lashes and I also left a Halo of the purple shade to the bottom lash-line. Again this draws attention to the eye colour.

I applied gel eye-liner to the upper lash line and lower lash line.Using my under-eye pencil while this gel was still wet,I blended the gel out to seal the eyes. I then applied this gel eye-liner to the waterline in one quick swoop to prevent discomfort for the model.

Finally I added lashings of mascara to the bottom and top lashes and then I finished the look by applying Ardell Fake Eyelashes.

Above is the finished look 🙂 Hope you enjoyed, don’t forget to like,comment and follow. 

Nicholle-Marie x

Makeup of the day !

Today I had the privilege of doing some of my boyfriends relatives makeup and I was so super excited ! Any excuse to take out the makeup box!

I decided to do big dramatic eyes, emphasising this beautiful lady’s green eyes ! During this makeup look her eyes changed from a light almost translucent green colour to a deep emerald green .

Before :

After:

For this look I used two shades , all from my Inglot palette. I used a burnt orange shade and a cranberry shade that I’ve used in my previous posts ‘burnt orange eye’ and ‘cranberry and brown smoky eye ‘ . For more information on the colours view these posts 🙂

As a technique I used what I always do , my cut crease with transition techniques. I use the burnt orange as an all over lid shade an the cranberry as my cut crease/transition shade.

I applied gel eyeliner to the top lash line and water line and I used ardell ‘Demi wispies’ lashes for extra glamour and volume. I always use duo eyelash glue as it dries super fast and is perfect for this look.

When doing my base I used a heavy contour as my model has amaaazinnnggg bone structure! So obviously I couldn’t wait to emphasise this!

To create the big lip look I slightly exaggeratedly models natural lip line to create those gorgeous looking lips with out all the needles haha . I then applied lipstick and lipgloss in a pinky/purple shade.

And this is the finished look 🙂
Hope you enjoyed an don’t forget to get in touch ! X

Cranberry & Smokey Brown Eye Makeup Look .

Hey Guys!

Over the week I went up to Dublin and bought some new makeup goodies, I had to get into Inglot and was in makeup HEAVEN! Inglot honestly has the most amazing pigments EVER.

So anyway this look is based all around my new BEAUTIFUL shades. Hey thuuuur!

For this look I used shades 341, 450 and 329. 

    (shade 341)

   (shade 450)

    (shade 329)

Swatches of these beautiful shades ! 

I started of this look with shade no.341. I packed this shade onto my lid, starting at my lash line and heading up into my eyebrow. This is a perfect matte base colour and goes so so well with the cranberry colour (shade 450 as its rich in pinky pigments)! I packed this shade on using my sponge tip brush from my Rebel 66 makeup brushes. 

Next I took my Sigma flat shader brush and drew a cut crease with the cranberry-450 shade. I then blended this upwards and out using my Sigma E40 fluffy brush. Making sure to BLEND BLEND BLEND.

I then took my Rebel 66 110 brush and applied the dark smokey brown shade-329 into my crease (my inner inner crease not my new crease created by my 450 shade!) and slightly above it, this created a lovely dark look with tons of depth and highlighted the lovely cranberry shade perfectly as a transition shade. I repeated this step three times as I wanted a lot of depth and warmth to the eye.

I then took my Sigma flat shader brush again and re-applied the cranberry shade to the top of the dark smokey-329 shade. Just enough to blend out from the eye, so as the cranberry wouldn’t loose its intensity.

Next I took my pencil shader brush from Sigma and I applied some of the 329 colour and the 450 shade to my lower lash line, blending these shades out and in towards the inner corner of the eye.

I then applied gel eye-liner,using ‘Fuschi’a-gel liner in ‘chocolate’ to my upper lash line  and finished with some mascara.’ (I find chocolate to be the most flattering shade on all eye colours as its not too much and it blends with any eye shadow beautifully! You also don’t come away looking like a complete Vampire ha).

Finally I took my highlight shade ‘Dust’ from my Naked 3 palette and applied it to the brow bone. This is a gorgeous highlighting shade, so flattering and draws attention directly to the eyes.

And voilà a lovely warm wintry eye look filled with colour, vibrancy and most importantly DEPTH.

Thank you Inglot for coming into my life with these AMAZING shades haha.

     

    

  

Thanks for reading, don’t forget to comment and share your experiences!

Nicholle-Marie.

Make Blue Eyes POP

Hey there, hey there !

It’s nearly Friday waaaahoooo. I can’t wait for this weekend to roll around because im getting to start a Bridal Make-up course this Sunday and i am so so so excited! Ive done other makeup courses in the past but this is a top-up and ‘perfecting’ type course for Make-up artists. I’ll definitely let you all know about it and ill have a review up on new makeup brushes im trying out as well. I’ll let you all know the brand and types very very soon so hold on to your hats!

Anyway this post is based on big sparkly BLUE eyes. I know so many people with blue eyes who never ever use these colours which completely confuses me because hello its the most flattering colour EVER.

As you can see here below this is my gorgeous model 🙂 

Above I have used Gold tones on her eyes and darkened the outer corners using bronze tones. 

This is the easiest way of making blue eyes pop! It’s so simple and can be achieved using only two shades. 

1. Firstly I used a tan coloured/ warm bronze matte shade all over the lid, emphasising the outer crease specifically. I blended this shade all over the lid using a fluffy blender brush.If you can’t find an eyeshadow in this shade bronzer is perfect to use also.
2. Next I applied gold pigmented eyeshadow all over the lid and inner corners with a flat shader brush. I re-applied this shade until I had the depth I wanted, switching between my shader brush and my fluffy blending brush to apply and blend the shade into the warm bronze matte shade.
3. Finally I applied liquid liner to her lid and a kohl pencil to her water line and tight line. All in the shade ‘black’. 
4. I completed this look with lashings of mascara.

(For this look I used products that are all found in a drugstore/pharmacy, these shades are so easy to find. 🙂 )

My next look was a bit different but the colours used still made my models eyes pop beautifully !

The shades I used in this look where a little bit harder to find. I mainly used Urban Decay. However these shades are easy to find in christmas eyeshadow palettes and the likes (Bonus – Christmas season and all that ) ! 

1. Firstly I began with my over lid shade , using Urban Decays -Naked palette 3! I used Nooner for this and followed the same steps as I did in the look above. Blending the shade forwards and back until I was happy with the consistency and depth.
2. Next I went in with Urban Decay again, using the same Naked 3 palette and for this I used ‘Blackout’. This is a rich blackcurrant shade with plenty of pigment and sparkle! (Perfect for Christmas girls). I used my Sigma pencil precision brush for this application. Creating an almond shape as I went along as my models eyes were between droopy and deeply set! As before I blended this shade out with my fluffy blender brush. However as my model had a specific eye shape I had to make sure to blend upwards at all times and slightly inwards to pick the eyes up so to speak.
3. For the lower lash line I applied the gold glittery shade I used in the first look. This was Barry M’s sparkle dust in ‘Gold’.
4. This eyeshadow is extra pigmented and therefore take care with fallout when using this beautiful colour.
5. I then went in with the tan/bronze colour I used in the last look also. I used my ‘Hoola by Benifit’ Bronzer for this. Best of both worlds Heh.
6. I blended these two shades out with my E40 Sigma blender brush.
7. Finally I went in with my NYE liquid liner to the top lash and my MAC ‘Feline’ Kohl pencil on the tight line and waterline.
8. I completed this look with lashings of mascara.

And that’s it guys. A simple and easy way to make Blue Eyes Pop ! 🙂 Hope you enjoyed and don’t forget to comment, follow and like !