Sparkly silver eyes without the party look
Lots of women wear metallic silver shadow to evening events, and recently I wondered if I could use it for a day look without looking odd. Of course, art and beauty are subjective, what looks bad to one person looks beautiful to another. When I read other site's tutorials for "bright" eyeshadow, I'm usually left wondering where the bright color is. Obviously I'm not a very conservative person when it comes to style or color. So, my idea of conservative eyeshadow may or may not be someone else's, but I came up with something that I liked. And it's pretty simple and fast, too.
I started with eye primer, as usual. Then for my silver I used MAC's Electra as my lid color.
For my crease color, I used MAC's Meet the Fleet, a dark blueish gray.
Even though it looked dark in it's container, when I put it on it was much lighter than I expected, so I applied a few layers to build it to the darkness that I wanted.
The last shadow was my highlighter under the arch of the brow, which I don't have a picture of. I used a shimmery white shadow like I normally do (Stila's Moonlight). Then I lined the upper lid with a dark grey.
Even with pencil liner, I still like to draw a line up and out from the edge of my eyes to give my eyes a visual lift. This next photo is a little darker than the others, but that's just the overall photo itself.
When I use pencil for lining my eyes, I often like to smudge it with either a Q tip or a smudge brush
And last is mascara for top and bottom lashes. Be sure to get the tiny little lashes in the corners and your bottom lashes.
I was pleased with this look - a nice metallic silver sparkle without looking like I was going to a New Year's Eve party. The key was using the dark blueish gray in the crease to balance the sparkle. I finished it off with a bright fuschia matte lipstick, Rebel from MAC, one of my all time favorites. If I wanted to tone down the look more, however, I'd use a nice pinky-beige or a light berry lipstick instead of fuschia.
I forgot to get some pictures of just the finished eye, so I'll add those a little later. For now, here's the look I got:
I started with eye primer, as usual. Then for my silver I used MAC's Electra as my lid color.
For my crease color, I used MAC's Meet the Fleet, a dark blueish gray.
Even though it looked dark in it's container, when I put it on it was much lighter than I expected, so I applied a few layers to build it to the darkness that I wanted.
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| MAC's Meet the Fleet powder |
Even with pencil liner, I still like to draw a line up and out from the edge of my eyes to give my eyes a visual lift. This next photo is a little darker than the others, but that's just the overall photo itself.
When I use pencil for lining my eyes, I often like to smudge it with either a Q tip or a smudge brush
And last is mascara for top and bottom lashes. Be sure to get the tiny little lashes in the corners and your bottom lashes.
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| L'Oreal Telescopic mascara for tiny lashes |
I was pleased with this look - a nice metallic silver sparkle without looking like I was going to a New Year's Eve party. The key was using the dark blueish gray in the crease to balance the sparkle. I finished it off with a bright fuschia matte lipstick, Rebel from MAC, one of my all time favorites. If I wanted to tone down the look more, however, I'd use a nice pinky-beige or a light berry lipstick instead of fuschia.
I forgot to get some pictures of just the finished eye, so I'll add those a little later. For now, here's the look I got:
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