Lancome National Makeup Artist Darais is back to give us a snippet from his Morning Makeup Call Blog.
Darais with an assist from Maria created this great “breakdown” on the smokey eye that works for everyone– not just women with Asian eyes.
SEXY SMOKEY EYES!!! Something that everyone wants to learn. Guess what?
This look doesn’t work just on Asian eyes!!! This is a look for any eye shape that wants to wear a True Smokey eye. Smokey eyes got the name long ago from women burning the bottom of their coffee cup in the morning.
HELLO MORNING MAKEUP CALL. The smoke that would be on the bottom of the cup would make for a great smokey look around the eyes! Let’s Learn together with my Beauty of the Week Tran in Nordstrom Topanga. Love you TRAN and your smokin sexy eyes!!!
Who wouldn’t want to have eyes like Tran? What a hot look! You will find excerpts from Darais’ blog and you will have to go back to get the step by step breakdown but I am going to show you some of it!
Here’s how Tran started out!
First prep your skin by using cleanser, toner, genifique concentrate. Tran uses Secret de Vie Toner and Moisturizer. It’s amazing what it has done for her skin she says and she wont use anything else. I love it too, but use it only cause I got it for free. It’s extremely luxurious and you pay for the results. Your skin felt amazing Tran!
Maria, my pro team artist, prepped the skin (below) with all the favorite skincare Tran is currently using and a few new items she has been wanting to try.
Darais and Maria gave Tran a complete make-over so there’s a lot of information about technique and products to use for a great looking face along with 1/2 face nude, 1/2 face with makeup that shows you the difference of what was done . Wow– lots of pop to this!
Next we want to eliminate any redness around the eye… especially on the water line. Use a Khol pencil (Non Waterproof) for the inside of the eye. Waterproof doesn’t stick here well because its wet inside the eye. I used Black Ebony and used a soft pressure with a finger to roll it away from the eye ball.
Kohl liner doesn’t last that long inside the eye. I have a trick. Kohl is a clay pencil and will set with a little shadow on top of it. Use a dark black eye shadow with a small angle brush and tap the liner inside the eye with the shadow on the brush. I used dual end brush #18 with The New Black Eye Shadow. It has glitter sparkle and looks like diamonds all over the lash line! Then use the same brush and blend your crease color– Snap — under your lower lashes to smudge, smoke and soften the lower lash line. This actually will make your eye look bigger. Sorry, if you thought opposite– it’s usually because your mom told you that so that you wouldn’t wear that much makeup.
Next use the same Khol Black Ebony Pencil and draw it messy all over the lower eye lid. The more you put on the more dramatic your look will be. It doesn’t need to be perfect.
Tran with half her face done and half her face plain.
Next use the other end of brush # 18 and with nothing on it smudge in a patting motion the pencil up into the crease and into the waterproof concealer. Nothing will fall because it’s not a shadow. OH WOW! A smokey eye that actually isn’t messy! Tap up into the crease until the black pencil is blended. Go up as high as you like… but don’t go too high. don’t want you to look crazy!
Think this makeup lesson is over? Nope!! There are a total of 27 photos on Darais’ post about this smokey eye.
Here’s the link to Smokey Sexy Eyes . Check out the ENTIRE post because the entire face is done including lips and there is a lot more to a smokey eye than just the kohl eye pencil. LOTS more to this look and he even has some ideas for lips and gives Tran (and the rest of us) the finishing touches!!
So don’t skip this post!! Go READ it. Print it out!! Darais is a pro for a reason and he works with a slew of celebrities because he makes them look amazing– just like Tran does below.
Yes! You can look that fabulous too. Just make sure you work within a color palette that works for your skintone.
Thank you to Darais for allowing me to share this with you. Don’t forget, it’s Valentine’s Day soon. You need to get your “sexy back” and do it up right. It doesn’t get any better than this!
Stevie Wilson, LA-Story.com
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