Gold Maroon Tutorial

As promised, here is a step-by-step photo tutorial on how to achieve the Gold Maroon look that I posted yesterday!

These are the shadow colors I used to get this look:

ELF Studio Pigment Eyeshadow in Golden Goddess

Shimmery shades of maroon and charcoal from my ELF Endless Eyes palette

I start with a primed eye.  I'm using Candy Eyed Eyeshadow Helper by Lime Crime.  I find that the texture of this primer enhances loose pigments better than other primers.

Next, I'm going to apply Golden Goddess to the inner 3/4 of my upper and lower eyelids:

Then, I'm going to apply a shimmery maroon shade from my palette to the outer corners of my upper and lower eyelids:

Using a blending brush, I'm going to blend the area where the two colors meet so that the color transition looks smooth.  I'm also going to use the blending brush to soften the edges of the color and fade it towards my brow bone to create a soft, gradient glow.  

For the next step, I'm going to apply a bit of black pencil liner along the outer corners of my top and bottom lash lines:

Using my little finger (you can use a smudge tool if you'd like) I'm going to smudge and blend the pencil eyeliner:

Then I'm going to use shimmery charcoal eyeshadow from my palette to layer and smoke over the smudged pencil eyeliner:

To complete the look, I'm going to draw a winged line along my top lash line with my LA Splash Glitter Liquid Eyeliner in Onyx as well as the outer corner of my bottom lash line.  I'm also going to curl my lashes and apply mascara.

All set!  I didn't apply false lashes today as I had done in yesterday's post because I felt like my eyes needed a little break from the glue, but if you want to check out how that looks, just click here.

Hope you guys found this useful and happy practicing for those who want to try it out! :D

Hugs,

Cat

EOTD: Gold Maroon

Today I had lunch with a very dear friend whom I haven't seen since my wedding day.  It was really nice catching up with her and she keeps up with StyleByCat so I wanted to do something a little different with my eye makeup.  Do you know that I've never tried wearing burgundy or maroon colored shadow?  I guess there's a first time for everything!  I've been seeing a lot of beauty bloggers pairing gold and maroon so I thought I'd give it a go.  Here is my take on the combo:

I didn't do a step-by-step tutorial because it was my first time trying this look and there was the possibility it would go very wrong.  Now that I'm sure I've achieved a somewhat passable version of what I had in mind, I can go ahead and do a tutorial. Maybe for tomorrow?

Anywho, these are the products that I used to get this look:

ELF's Studio Pigment Eyeshadow in Golden Goddess is now one of my all-time favorite shadows.  I wasn't a big fan of gold until I got my paws on this stuff.

I also used a shade of maroon and gunmetal from my Endless Eyes palette for outer corner shading.  Alternately, you can purchase the Beauty School Eyeshadow Pigment Collection to get the same look for only $2.25.

I used my new favorite liquid liner, LA Splash Glitter Eyeliner in Onyx and applied some glittery Daiso false eyelashes to complete the look.

:: Face ::

CG Smoothers Aqua Tinted Moisturizer in Light/Medium

ELF Mineral Booster in Tinted

:: Cheeks ::

ELF Studio Bronzer Palette in Cool

:: Lips ::

ELF Essential Hypershine Gloss in Berry Cherry