My god this is getting ridiculous isn't it?! I have a great reason as the why I have been so absent lately though. In the past month I have packed up house, moved house, got a new job, living out of boxes, been to a family members funeral, scattered my grandfather's ashes and to top it all off trying to write a book and get a spare second to write this blog!
Take a breath!
So today I am doing a very quick 5 minute eye. This I have called The Last Day at Work Look mainly because this is my last day at this job!
I don't have all my pictures with me of the make up I have used so I will do my best to explain.
Here we go!
Step One: Clean Face. As always clean and moisturized face.
Step Two: Base coat. Get yourself a neutral coloured eyeshadow. Take this right up to the brow bone. I have used a matte beige purple colour.
Step Three: The eye socket colour. I have used a reddy brown from my MAC cream eyeshadow palete. Coat the eye socket and make sure to blend the colour in well. Do this by using a good quality eyeshadow brush and simply go over and over the eye socket gently until you are happy with the colour.
Step Four: The crease colour. I have used a purple/red colour from my Maybelline berry compact. Just be carful of the fallout with this as Maybelline eyeshadows tend to fall everywhere.
Apply this colour to be just over the top of the eye socket colour (the dark reddy brown) but not as far up as the eyebrow. Use the same eyeshadow brush to do this and also use the same technique go over it and over it until you are satisfied with the colour and the way it has blended with the dark brown.
Step Five: Line your lower lashes. I'm going to line the eye in eyeshadow rather than a kohl liner. Grab yourself a slanted eyeliner brush. I have used a slightly fluffier one than I usually do because I didn't want the line to be so solid, more smudgey. Line the eye in the same eyeshadow colour you did on your socket. Dont take this all the way to the inner eye, just taper the colour off after you have gone past the half way mark on your eye.
Step Six: Mascara. I have show the picture below to just how much better make up looks with mascara. I have used a dark brown here mainly because this is a day look, its also for work and I didn't want it to be to harsh.
Then you are done! I'm sorry that I don't have any step by step pictures to show you the steps this time! I have tried to take the pics at different angles so you can see the difference and which colours go where.
As always comments and questions welcome! God willing I can get some more time to devote to this blog..please continue to bear with me!
This picture is of the neutral base colour up to the brow bone, eye socket colour of the reddy brown and then the crease colour of the reddy purple you can also make up the lining of the lower lashes. See what I mean about how I didn't want a defined line?
This picture if just of a double view of what I have described above.
Here I am showing you the importance of mascara! See the difference between the eyes? If there is only 2 things you walk out of the house in during the working week mascara should be one of them!
The final both eyes with mascara, lower lases eyeliner and everything done then pop your glasses on and off you go to work!
Yours happily moving on to a new job whilst wearing glasses!
Jenn
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