Simple Smoky Taupe Tutorial

Good morning!  Hope you're all having a fab Saturday so far! :D  I'm especially gleeful because this is my one Saturday morning off work this month and I got to sleep in...woke up about 15 minutes ago, lol.  Anywho, as you all know, I just wrapped up finals and have been spending the last two evenings celebrating.  Despite being on break, I still have work, however, so I didn't have a lot of time to get ready to go out last night.  Therefore I decided to grab my new ELF Studio Pigment Eyeshadow in Naturally Nude, and created a quick and easy smoky look for the evening:

To start, I applied Naturally Nude to my primed upper and lower eyelids:

As  I had with my previous loose shadows, I tossed the included sifter.

Be warned, Naturally Nude is not really nude.  It looks nothing like the swatch shown on the website, actually.  It's more of a deep, shimmery taupe with an antique-gold cast.

 
I applied it with a medium, flat eyeshadow brush and then blended with my finger to soften the edges.  Next, using black pencil eyeliner, I traced the outer corners of my upper and lower lash lines:

Then I smudged the pencil with my finger to create a smoky effect:

To increase the smoky effect, I layered matte black eyeshadow over the smudged liner:

Using black cream eyeliner, I created a modest wing along my top lash line and traced the outer corner of my bottom lash line:

To wrap it up, I curled my lashes and applied mascara:

I later thought it would be fun to add a little extra glam, so I applied a pair of glittery Daiso false eyelashes:

Makes a difference!  I got a nice compliment about my eyes last night.  That's always a confidence booster!  Hope you all found this tutorial useful and enjoy the rest of your Saturday! :D

Hugs,
Cat