Tutorial - Dramatic Fuchsia & Purple Eye for the Holidays
Posted On: 11/22/08
This is a tutorial I did last November that I finally wrote up (I know, I know!), so you may or may not remember this look!

EYES
- Gold Stroke pigment (Coppery brown)
- Trophy Pink eyeshadow (bright medium pink)
- Queen’s Jewel eyeshadow (dark blue-purple)
- Silverwear eyeshadow (silvery)
- Modern Heir eyeshadow (dark purple)
- Ricepaper eyeshadow (neutral highlighter)
- Feline kohl power (black liner)
CHEEKS
- Don’t Be Shy blush (cool light pink)
- Micro Pink beauty powder (neutral pink highlighter)
LIPS
- Snob Appeal lipstick (frosty dark pink)
- Contessa lipglass (shimmery pastel pink-mauve)
DUPES
- Gold Stroke = Copper (metal)
- Trophy Pink = Da Bling
- Queen’s Jewel = Parfait Amour
- Modern Heir = Contrast
- Silverwear = Electra
- Feline = Graphblack
- Don’t Be Shy = Well Dressed
- Snob Appeal = Bombshell
- Contessa = Nico

We are using the Cool Eyes Palette from Holiday ‘07.
See the step-by-step process!

1. Start with a clean, bare eye. (This has a little makeup on it, because I had done a look previously–but you get the idea!)

2. Apply one or two drops of water-based mixing medium onto a medium-sized eyeshadow brush (like the 239), then pick up Gold Stroke pigment. You want to begin applying it to the middle of your eye lid.

3. Spread the color outwards from the middle to cover the entire lid.

4. This is what you should have.

5. Apply Trophy Pink eyeshadow to the inner third of the lid using the 239. Pack it on to intensify the color.

6. This is how the color looks overlayed with the base.

7. Apply Queen’s Jewel eyeshadow to the middle of the lid using the same 239 brush.

8. Pull the brush downwards to evenly distribute the color.

9. This is what it looks like now.

10. Apply Modern Heir eyeshadow to the outer lid using the 239.

11. This is what it looks like.

12. Apply Silverwear eyeshadow over the middle area of the lid to lighten.

13. Pull it downwards to distribute color.

14. This is what you should have.

15. Apply Silverwear eyeshadow above the crease to diffuse the colors.

16. Pull outwards towards the outer portion of the eye.

17. Highlight brow with Ricepaper eyeshadow, starting underneath the inside area of the brow.

18. Pull outwards towards the tail of the brow.

19. This is what you should have now.

20. Add black liner to the lower lash line and coat lashes with mascara to finish.
Finished look…























Livia
Saturday, November 22, 2008
this look is really pretty :) better late than never! ;)
Christine
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thanks, Livia :D
Angel
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Agreed with Livia. Great tut and gorgeous results!
Christine
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thank you, Angel!
vampyvarnish
Saturday, November 22, 2008
It’s so helpful to see the step by step pics of how you create you looks. I am loving it!
Christine
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thanks so much, hun! :D
Eniana
Saturday, November 22, 2008
You look gorgeous. Thanks for the step by step.
Christine
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Aww, thanks Eniana!
Eva
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Gorgeous!
You make me regret not buying that palette last year even more!! *sigh*
Christine
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thanks, Eva!
Aww, I don’t think I’ve used it SINCE this look, LOL.
Dee
Saturday, November 22, 2008
What a difference a year makes for eyebrows. Do you remember why you decided to try a brown base?
Christine
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
HAHA, yes, I know.
I think I just grabbed whatever was laying around the bathroom at the time, LOL.
Anitacska
Saturday, November 22, 2008
This is gorgeous. Can you do a similar look for the 2008 cool palette (I just bought that)?
Christine
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thanks Anitacska!
I didn’t buy the 2008 one, unfortunately :(
Morgan
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Ow..:( Queen’s Jewels must have been limited, right? Damn & blast. That looks like the perfect bluish purple I’ve been looking for.
Christine
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Yes, limited :(
Lauren
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Wow.;)
Christine
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thanks, Lauren!
Tiera
Saturday, November 22, 2008
So pretty! I can’t believe I skipped out on that palette last year :(
Christine
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thanks, Tiera! :D
danielle
Sunday, November 23, 2008
so pretty! i love that palette! i’m using the makeup that i hardly ever use just to use them and i always go back to this palette. =)
you look gorgeous!
Christine
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thanks, Danielle! :) I should dig out this palette!
Anitacska
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Can I just ask why you’re using a brown base? I would have never thought of doing that (I don’t know much about applying make up incidentally).
Christine
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
I just used what was in the bathroom at the time, to be honest!
Kristie
Monday, November 24, 2008
I hated my cool eyes pallete from 07 so much that I swapped it away. The colors were all hard! Pretty look though!
Christine
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Aww! I liked it, thought it was pretty, but I’ve only used it once or twice.
chichi
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
is that you on youtube video about tutorial makeup? the title was how to make smokey eye makeup?
i like that video so much..
Christine
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
I do have a few tutorials on youtube, my youtube name is temptalia.
Kat
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
I really like this look!
Do you know of any mascara that works for someone with short and thin eyelashes? I can’t seem to find one that works well enough.
Thanks!
and keep these coming :)
-K
Christine
Friday, December 19, 2008
Which ones have come close, Kat? Maybe I can help you once I know which ones you’ve tried!
chichi
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Kat,
I have short and thin eyelashes too.. I just recently bought kiss me heroine mascara
it works well for me.. only 15$usd but i’m very satisfied.
it’s a japanese product that i bought online from an online beauty store in multiply..
Renata
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Hi, Christine.
I’m new to your site, but I love what I’ve been seing! You do such good job in here!
I noticed you don’t use a eyeshadow primer — you do use wet pigment as a base. But you apply it just in the lid… Since my problems occur mostly in crease area, I wonder: does your eyeshadow last for a long time with this technique? I’ve watched a video of yours and you say that it does, but in my case, I do have to use a primer all over the eye, from the lashes to brow…
May you have a gorgeous 2009, plenty of love, health and prosperity.
Christine
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Hey Renata! :)
Thanks so much! I do use primers, actually! Basically, when I use the pigment wet, I use it with mixing medium, which is glycerin-based–glycerin is tacky/sticky, which is why it works so well. I also often use Soft Ochre paint pot as a base :)
Using pigments as a base NEVER creases on me whatsoever!