Viral reversed smokey eye.

Makeup artist Painted by Spencer has done this look for years according to him, but I have only seen it pop up recently on SoMe. I have semi hooded eyelids due to my age so when I saw his tutorial I wanted to test it.

Pose!

 

Sexy and sultry indeed

 It took me maybe 10 minutes, the whole look is super easy and only takes a few steps and not many products. The main point to note is blend, blend, smudge, smudge. And the focus is all at the bottom of your eyes.

The basic look is made using black, but you can use dark brown, dark blue etc.  

NB: Put on your foundation after you've done this eye look as you will have to clean up underneath your eyes due to fallout etc. Use a concealer that is a tad bit lighter that what you usually wear to make the look really pop. 

As always I do not edit my pictures, this is what I look like the good and the bad :)

 

You need:

Eye primer

A soft pigmented black eyeliner

A brown matte eyeshadow, warm, neutral or cool depending on your skin tone.

Black matte eyeshadow. 

A smudge brush

A blending brush

Mascara. 

Blending and smudge brush.

 

The eyeliner from Sleek is really good and affordable.

I used The warrior II by Juvia's

 

First step is to prime your eyelids, important don't forger to prime under your eyes as well as that's where the drama is happening.

Any primer will do, I use Paintpot in Painterly by Mac

 

 Use a soft blending brush to apply the matte brown eyeshadow start at the point of your eyebrow, and blend it across and swipe and wing it out. This does not have to look perfect, just make sure the shadow is blended and keep most of the shadow at the start of the eyebrow.

This shape is important to get that sultry, sick look.

 

 Line your waterline (just the bottom waterline) with the eyeliner, and also place the eyeliner at root of your bottom lashes.

Pack on that liner!

 

Use the smudge brush and start blending and smudging the eyeliner downwards quite far, make sure everything is coated in black. With a soft hand, drag the eyeliner gently out with your finger to create a subtle flick at the end on your eye. This step really is what makes the look.

Smoke it out!

 

Now pack on black eyeshadow to where you placed the eyeliner to make it even more black and to set it, and then use the blending brush to blend downwards and really smoke that liner and shadow out. The more you do this the better it  looks. I like to also use a very dark brown blended in there to give the eyes some dimension. 

And you're done!

 

A nude lip goes best with a dramatic eye.

Use just a tad of whats left of your smudge brush really close to your top lashline and smudge a little color there as well. 

This is my first attempt.

 

 Once you are happy with the smoked out look, add tons of mascara. You can put on a lash if you want, personally I prefer this look without lashes. The look is all about the bottom half of your eye so lashes just takes away from that in my opinion. That's if folks, give it a go and have fun!

 

XX Revolution.

 

Beautybay selger merket XX Revolution som er søstermerke til Revolution makeup, et kjent drugstore brand til billige priser. XX Revolution er etter min erfaring mere high end, men med  svært god produktdesign og kvalitet. Prisen er veldig bra så dette er noe de fleste kan teste.

 

 Jeg har en highlight, en blush, en foundation og en eyeshadow palette.

Det jeg liker best er designet, de kommer i svært solid metall og oppleves med både en retro feel og samtidig veldig moderne. Jeg får følelsen av å bruke super high end brand pga innpakningen. 

Digger innpakningen.

 

 Selve produktene er superbra, La oss ta Highlight først.

Jeg har Echo (...echo..echo echo...) en blek rose gold, du får mye for pengene 15 gram for 121,-

Jeg bruker min daglig, og den gir en subtil shine som er perfekt for kinnben, neserygg, øyekroken og overleppe. Veldig begeistret for denne.

 

Sjå! 

Påføring med finger gir mere nedtonet effekt, med kost kan du bygge den opp til å bli real glitzy.

XX Revolution har 12 shades så her er en hightlight for alle om du er mørk eller lys.

 

Foundation, her har de også en rekke toner... over 50, og ulike typer for ulik hud. Glassflaske gir igjen denne high end-følelses av å bruke noe dyrt. Praktisk pumpe som pumper ut nok med en til to pumps. Jeg har Glow skin fauxxdation foundation i fx 0.2, den er faktisk litt for lys for meg, og oppleves noe tørr noe som er litt  rart:

"illuminating pearl particles to give skin a perfect glowing finish. The lightweight foundation is infused with hyaluronic acid to keep skin hydrated, while added collagen and peptides to help keep the skin looking firm and plump."

Oksiderer noe når den tørker men ikke mye.

 

Jeg bruker den en god del, men min hud liker best foundations for veldig tørr hud. Bruker alltid en fet krem under samt en glow creme. Kan tenke meg denne er bedre for meg om sommeren når huden min ikke er like tørr som et mumifisert kadaver. Koster 152,-  for 27 ml.

 

Next up, Eyeshadow quad. Jeg har "Xxtortion" i stunning grønne toner, jeg har lite grønt i kolleksjonen så det var et lett valg. Disse kommer i 16 ulike farger, 4 pans som passer godt sammen til en eyelook. I XXtortion er det også ulike teksturer, fra shimmer, foil, matte og satin. Det liker jeg meget godt. 

 

Herrefred.

 

Ingenting negativt å si om disse, anbefales! Koster 101,- for 4 pan quad.

I blush har jeg "Cynic" (because hello, me)

Elsker denne, i en blodrød tone med veldig kult mønster, denne gir vinterrøde kinn og du kan bygge den opp eller ha subtil rød flush. Digger den og bruker denne daglig nå som det er vinter. Og det ser ut som du har på deg the blood of your enemies. Passer perfekt til lys hud, blush kommer i 16 farger og ulike teksturer så her er noe for alle. Anbefales veldig. 3.2 gram for 81,-

More red in RL

Jeg kommer til å kjøpe flere produkter i denne serien, mye jeg har lyst å teste så plutselig kommer det mere på min Instagram eller her på bloggen. Følg meg på Insta, som de unge sier. (Eller sier de det? Jeg er så out of the loop, man)

 

XXrevolution er vegan and cruelty free.

Terra Moon Cosmetics - Light year eyeshadow.

When I got this eyeshadow I swatched it and immediately tried to find an eyeshadow in my collection that's similar. No can do. I tried shadows I own that kinda look the same, I tried to layer shadows to see if I could make a dupe. Nope. Not even remotely close. 

This is truly unique and well worth the wait. I found out about Latina owned Terra Moon Cosmetics via Instagram, I saw the eyeshadow "Light year" and knew I had to own it. 

 

I had to pre-order and wait I'd say a good month or so before it arrived today. This is what I would call a multi chrome shadow, shifting from green, gold, pink to blue. Their web site lists it as: 

"Iridescent chameleons are color shifting shadows that change their appearance depending on the lighting. They appear white in the pan however they have many different colors to them." 

I just wish my camera would pick up the crazy shift this shadow has, it's truly amazing. I guess I just have to refer you to the site to see their swatches there. 

Below are my attempts at swatches and an eyelook I made using the Light year eyeshadow. I do see my self using this as a topper more than an eyeshadow on its own as I can see that getting a regular look to the next level. 

I did test the eyeshadow with both the glitz glue and the mixing medium from Sample beauty (I wrote about them here) and the liquid made it the most foil like. 

 "Light year" costs $17, shipping was $14 so this is not a cheap shadow at all, but something I really do think everyone should have at least one of in their collection because of its versatility. I can't wait to test this over a dark purple shadow or a black.

 The only downside to these single pan shadows are that they have to go in a palette or they will get ruined.

Highly recommended!

Ellis Faas - Lights

Ellis Faas is a high end band, the first time I saw this product online I went on a crazed manhunt to get my hans on "LightE306" . So....is it as kool as I thought it would be? Read on, read on!


Eliis Faas products come in sleek packinging, in chrome sylinders and you can fit them in a chrome tube and store them there. Products cover lips eyes and face and the idea is that everything has the same sylinder shape and makes for a system to be easily stored.  It's all very sci-fi and modern looking. And we digg that. Make sure to check out the website as its pretty badass.

Kool looking, huh?

The creamy eyes Lights E306  is a liquid eyeshadow that sets on your eyes, and the color I have is Holographic Bordeaux.These can be addes as a highlight to your eyes or used on their own. They do not feel sticky or drying. It's a twist/click product and make sure you pay close attention, because I over-clicked it and made a slight mess as pic below show. Mine had some bent hairs, didnt expect that.

The product applies evenly across the lid, dabb it with fingetip to get that metallic shine. I have great results blending this out with a blendig brush too.

Here is the green/teal shift in color.

The color i have is a duochrome red/green, think MAC Club or any of the billion dupes of that eyeshadow. The combo is great for my green eyes, as the red gived you that "living dead" look and the green adds life.

Here you see the red/brown color

I really do adore this, the downside is that its not watherproof. And it does not stay on until bedtime. Its not one of those "this product will stay put even through nuclear war"- kinda product. But its stunning, very expencive looking, and the quality is very good. I reach for this often, its quick and easy and ones applied, it looks as if you've used 3-4 different shades/products. But noooo.


It's an expencive thing to have in your makeup bag, it's $43

No scent. No taste. No animal testing.

Depotting - It ain't no thang.

Praktisk blogg for de av dere som ikke allerede vet hvordan men depotter øyenskygger.

Innpakningen øyenskygger kommer i tar ofte mye plass, og det er langt mere praktisk å ha de i et palett. Da har du de du trenger lett tilgjengelig, og mindre rot i systemet. Det hele er svært enkelt. Jeg har tatt helt utrolig tekniske bilder for å vise den helt utrolig tekniske prosessen. Host.

Du trenger:

Rettetang
Øyenskygger du vil depotte
Tørkepapir
Pinsett
Litt vold

For å depotte øyenskygger, må du fjerne innpakningen først. Jeg viser hvordan du gjør dette med Mac-øyenskygger.
Du presser ned med pinsetten der plasten deler seg slik som du ser på bildet. Her må du være litt forsiktig så du ikke glipper taket og a: skraper opp hele øyenskyggen, blir pissforbannet og påkaller alle verdens onde demoner, eller b: glipper taket, øyenskyggen flakser gjennom rommet,  knuser i tusen knas i møte med vegg/gulv - noe som også fører også til påkalling av tidligere nevnte onde demoner.

Når du har fått skilt plasten, er det bare å vippe ut øyenskyggen. Øyenskyggen sitter da fast i metall-pan (denne er ofte magnetisk), denne er limt fast til plastdelen som vist på bildet. Her trengs det ikke påkalling av demoner.

Videre har du vært lur og skudd rettetangen på før du begynte prosessen, slik at denne er god og varm. Du legger et ark tørkepapir på rettetangens flatside og plasserer øyenskyggen på tørkepapiret.
Poenget med dette er at varmen fra rettetangen smelter limet som holder plasten og metall-pan sammen. Du kan påkalle onde demoner om du så ønsker. Det påvirker ikke prosessen fra eller til.

 Du må sjekke et par ganger for å sjekke om plasten er varm nok. Plasten er klar når du ser at undersiden har begynt å endre form. Du holder da plastdelen med en hånd og presser fra undersiden med pinsetten der plasten har endret fasong med den andre. Om plasten er varm nok, smelter limet og løsner metall-pan lett fra plasten. Metallet er dritvarmt og du brenner deg noe inni svartehelvete om du ikke er forsiktig. Påkalling av demoner på sin plass. Plasser metall-pan på tørkepapir og la den kjøle seg helt ned.

Når du har depottet alle du ønsker, er det bare å plassere de i et palett. Mac er magnetisk, men det er det ikke alle som er. Er ikke din metall.pan magnetisk kjøper du magnet til palett billig på Evilbay.

Kjør på!