We all know how easy it is to get into a makeup rut, and the new year is an excellent time to try something fresh & new!
Here are some of my favorite eye looks lately - hope you find them inspirational
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Find Lash Booster Mascara in Blackest Black at: http://www.pixibeauty.com/eyes/lash-booster-mascara
How to create this eye:
- Use eye primer from lashes to brow, dotting on with fingertip.
- Use a palette of taupe shades and apply from lash line to crease in a gradation: darkest at lashes, lighter on lid, then deeper again in crease, blending up & out.
- Smudge a chubby deep grey liner all around the eye & blend.
- Curl lashes and apply several coats of black-blue or grey-blue mascara.
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Find Lid&Line in Smoky Blue at: http://www.pixibeauty.com/eyes/lid-line
Find Lash Line Ink at: http://www.pixibeauty.com/eyes/lash-line-ink
How to create this eye:
- Line eyes with a black liquid liner – do the line quite thick, following your eye shape.
- Take a deep blue eye pencil and trace just above the black liner & underneath eye.
- Apply a powder shadow in deep shimmery blue on top of the pencil liner, blending all over lid, up to crease and out into a cat eye shape.
- Frame & lift the eye by filling in your brows; use short light strokes to create a nice arch, then set by combing through with a brow gel.
Find Shade Quartette in Shades of Nude at: http://www.pixibeauty.com/eyes/shade-quartette
Find Lid Last Shadow Pen in Brun Beam at: http://www.pixibeauty.com/eyes/lid-last-shadow-pen
Find Large Lash Mascara in Best Brown at: http://www.pixibeauty.com/eyes/large-lash-mascara
- Apply a vanilla coloured eye shadow from lashes to brow.
- Use a nude shadow all over lid and blend under eye.
- Take a brown eye liner and smudge all around the eye, focusing on outer corner.
- Curl lashes and apply several coats of dark brown mascara to both upper and lower lashes.
Fairy Light Solo in French Lace at: http://www.pixibeauty.com/eyes/fairy-light-solo
Find Lash Line Ink at: http://www.pixibeauty.com/eyes/lash-line-ink
Succulent Lip Twin in Opal Orchid at: http://www.pixibeauty.com/lips/succulent-lip-twin
How to create this eye:
- Use a concealer kit to even out skintone all around the eye, brighten inner and outer corners of eye, and apply a shimmery cream on brow bones and cheeks.
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Apply a flesh-toned eye shadow to eyelid – try to match your skintone or a shade lighter; shimmer always looks good.
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Curl lashes before applying liquid liner, and apply several coats of black lengthening mascara. -
Now line upper lash line by making dots following your eye shape, and then simply connect the dots!
Did you try one of the above? Be brave, grab your makeup bag and let us know how you get on!