One of my occupation’s busy seasons is currently upon me, so you will notice I have been posting less lately. BUT i had a revelation yesterday I needed to share!
Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending a charity fashion show and, seeing as how I would be among the fashionable, thought it might be a good idea to step it up from my daily work look (air dried hair, no makeup). For inspiration, I began to do something my friends have been doing lately: figure out who would play me in a movie of my life. In the process of deciding that I would be played by Carey Mulligan, i also came across a picture of Michelle Williams at the Oscars (for her role in Blue Valentine).
While I don’t look anything at all like this beauty, I do have similar eyes to her. I have what I call “chubby eyes.” Not the deepest crease and kind of a heavy lid, and a large undereye area. The good news is I couldn’t get over her beautiful eye makeup! It is actually a smokey eye and while I always felt I could NEVER wear a smokey eye, I have determined I’ve just been wearing it the wrong way for my eye shape.
I did some research about this makeup look and all of it is chanel (which my small city doesn’t even sell), but I managed to have similar shades in my very full makeup drawer and started to play. These shades will likely be more cost efficient, too.
So chubby eyed ladies here are my tips for pulling off a beautiful smokey eye:
1) moisturize and use primer. moisturize lips.
2) I used a quad from lancome that i got free with purchase. I brushed “style selection” from lid to brow. Then using a flat stiff bristled brush, patted “grey sparkle” only on the lid, not up any higher into the crease. this way, when your eyes are open you are still seeing a very light color except near your lash line. Next take an angle brush and swipe it in “grey sprarkle” and “the new black” and line your upper lid. You may want to line one more time over top mostly with “the new black” for a slightly darker line. Next swipe your angle brush in ONLY “grey sparkle” and line your lower lashline. You want the brush to start where you want the most concentration of color. Start at the outside of your eye and work inwards towards and around the tear duct. USE A TISSUE TO WIPE AWAY ALL SHADOW DUST FROM YOUR UNDEREYES AND CHEEKS.
3) apply foundation and concealer.
4) use Cargo blush in “catalina”
5) apply a hint of your foundation to your lips and blend well. top with mac lipstick in “scanty.” Blend well.
6) curl lashes and coat with black mascara. coat your bottom lashes too!
7) fill your brows (I like the anastasia stuff from sephora)
I can’t tell you how many compliments i got last night! If you don’t have chubby eyes like Michelle and I, find your doppelganger and look at how they rock the smokey eye. It might open up a whole new makeup world!
