Tutorial – Smokey Purple, Dramatic, Sultry Eye
Posted On: 09/15/07
Posted in: Eyes
This tutorial is designed to go step by step through a very dark, sultry purple smoky eye, which is best suited for clubbing and special occasions – but great for fall.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Eyes: Smoke Signal pigment (burgundy), Cumulus eyeshadow (grayish blue), Thunder eyeshadow (dark purple-gray), Sketch eyeshadow (brown burgundy), Feline kohl power (black eye liner), and black mascara.
Face: If you’d like to compliment the eyes, use Other Worldly blush (warm dirty brown) on apples of cheeks with Taupe blush to contour.
Lips: For matching lips, try Sparks Can Fly lipstick with Lull lipglass.
Tools: MAC 249 firm shadow brush, 239 shadow brush, 219 detailed crease brush
Here are the products that you will be using.
Start with a bare eye.
Using the a flat shadow brush, put a drop of water-based mixing medium and pick up some Smoke Signal pigment and apply to your lid.
Cover your entire lid and just above your crease with the pigment.
It should be smooth and fairly even, but it does not need to be perfect.
Thinking it should be darker, add another layer of the pigment by utilizing the same technique as before (you may not need more mixnig medium).
This is how it appears.
Pick up a generous amount of Cumulus eyeshadow with the 239 and apply to the inner third of the lid.
Bring the brush downwards as pictured to cover the entire inner portion of the lid.
With the 239, pick up some Thunder eyeshadow and apply it to the middle of your lid, starting just above the crease.
Pull the brush down as you did previously to cover the entire middle portion of your lid.
Apply Sketch eyeshadow on the outer lid using the 239 brush.
Angle your 239 brush so that you can deposit some of the Sketch eyeshadow residue into your crease.
This is how it should look.
With the 239, pick up a generous amount of Cumulus eyeshadow and apply above the crease, partially over the harsh line of colors from the lid, and partially on skin with no color on it yet.
Sweep your brush outwards towards your outer lid.
The effect of this is smoothing out the harsh line from the colors and assists in blending the colors upwards.
Using the 239, apply Grain eyeshadow underneath the brow bone.
Following your natural brow bone, move the brush outwards.
Apply more Grain eyeshadow with the 239 on the very inner portion of your browbone.
Sweep the brush upwards to blend the highlight seamlessly.
This is how it should look at this point.
With the 219, pick up Cumulus eyeshadow and apply on the lower lash line.
This is what you should find yourself seeing.
Again, with the 219, pick up some Thunder eyeshadow and apply to the very outer edge of the lash line.
This is what you should see.
Apply your choice of black liner to the lower lash line (and water line).
Your fnished product will be a dark, sultry purple smoky eye, perfect for fall special occasions.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
beautiful!!!!
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Thanks so much, Joy!
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Wow, that looks amazing with Smoke Signal as the base, I never would have thought of doing something like that.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Thanks, Diana! Smoke Signal makes a surprisingly versatile base – if you went with just one lighter coat of it (basically if you skipped the step where I went darker), you could get a much different look!
Sunday, September 16, 2007
I have to say this is one of my favorites… It is not your normal black,grey, or blue smokey eye….
Purple is the new black this fall and this will work perfectly…
Kudos to you
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Thanks Allison! It’s so dark, but I like it.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
I love purple, this is really cool. I would never have thought to use a base that wasn’t either my skintone or the same colors as the eyeshadows, but I really like how this looks, I think I’m gonna try it!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Thanks Sophie! I know, who knew Smoke Signal would be a good base?!
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Thanks for the tutorial! Will definitely try this out :)
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
No prob, Janis! Let me know how it works out!
Monday, September 17, 2007
wow wow wow!!!! amazing! I totally envy your skill with makeup!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Aww, thank you!
Monday, September 17, 2007
Nice work, well done.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Thanks, love!
Monday, September 17, 2007
This is so awesome.
What lip products did you use?
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Sparks Can Fly l/s with Lull l/g.
Thanks!
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Wow! It looks totally different from start to finish…Like magic :) I LOVE this look. And it looks great on you! Thanks for the tutorial; the photos with the brush “in action” are super helpful.
One question: You work with a lot of very pigmented colors, so I’d like to know how often wash your brushes? After every application, once a week?
Monday, September 24, 2007
Thanks, Tammy! Smoke Signal is definitely a versatile pigment color!
I wash my brushes once a week or so. I use a few different brushes. I have two brushes for using wet pigments – one for darker colors, one for lighter colors. For dry shadows, I use one brush mostly, unless I use a really, really dark color (blacks usually), I use a cheapy brush to apply that.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Do you use brush 249 for pigments or brush 239? Like for this look, what brush did you use to apply Smoke Signal pigment? :)
Saturday, October 6, 2007
I use a craftstore brush, actually! It’s similar in shame to the 239, just a cheaper brush.
Friday, October 5, 2007
you are just so awesome! i love reading the steps and seeing the beautiful results. thanks so much for sharing your wisdom! you rock!
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Thanks, Veronica! I’m happy to share whatever I can to help others :)
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
This is absolutely gorgeous!!! I am definitely going to try copying this look!
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Thanks Jayme! :D
Thursday, November 1, 2007
i love this look,and i need some help with the first step. i don’t understand this : “put a drop of water based mixing medium,…”. what exactly do You mix with the pigment? Foundation? Whatever that thing is,i’ll buy it tomorrow :-D it makes the pigment somehow fluid,or something like that.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
i just did a little research,and i found,that this water-based mixing medium is your favourite eyeshadow-base product. in the tutorials,i found out how to use it (put a tiny bit on the brush,don’t wet it,wipe the excess of on the top of your hands etc.)
now my question is,where can i buy it? do they only keep it in MAC pro stores or in regular MAC counters as well? here in Hungary we only have 1 MAC shop :-DDDDDD i want to live in the US :-DDDD
Saturday, November 3, 2007
You can buy it at MAC PRO stores. You can make your own homemade version with one part glycerin, three parts water, though!
Friday, November 2, 2007
what is the dark purple smoke signal pigment for? I am just wondering since the main color is blue why is the base color purple?
Saturday, November 3, 2007
It helps transform and add dimension to all the other colors!
Friday, November 2, 2007
I must use this look some time! I have 2 questions for you…My grandmother wants a smoky eye for a dance competition, what kind of look would be appropriate for someone older?
Also…have you ever thought of doing video tutorials or podcasts? Your photo tut’s are incredibly helpful, but I think videos would be a hit!
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Hey Audrey! Try a matte eye for older skin – it will bring less attention to any imperfections!
I have, but until I have the right equipment (I don’t want to do anything mediocre), it’s not a priority at the moment!
Sunday, November 4, 2007
amazing transformation! i never thought of using the pigment would turn something like that.i was surprised with the Smoke Signal pigment effect, i though i was in a different tutorial- lol. it works effectively. i can use and play with my light shaded eyeshadow if i have that pigment thing to give it a new life.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Hey Bev! Yep — you never know what kind of look you might get with different bases. I was surprised myself! :)
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Does the water based mixing medium make the eyeshadow really last? or is the paints a better eye base to make eyeshadow last?
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
I tend to use a pigment as my base, so when that is mixed with the mixing medium, then it lasts forever. Even through a sobbing breakdown!
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Hi Christine, I know its been a while since this tute was posted but I have a query- any alternative to Smoke Signals pigement in a shadestick/paint/paint pot? Thanks!
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Wow! I guess Flammable paint would be the closest. You could try Royal Hue (is that it, the purple shadestick!) shadestick, too… obviously that’s really purple, but it shouldn’t be too bad of a substitute. Sketch eyeshadow is close to Smoke Signal pigment in color.
Monday, January 7, 2008
I absolutely love your website and follow it regularly since I stumbled on it from Bellasugar! I love your tutorials and your detailed descriptions, they make it so much easier for a newbie, like me, at eye shadows and face make-up. I was wondering though, are powder colours easier and better to use or cream? I have many powder palettes, with so many colours, but I find they don’t all suit my skin tone. I’m asian, with yellow/brown undertones. Any tips?
Monday, January 7, 2008
Thanks so much! I’m glad you’re liking the site :) Powder colors are definitely easier to use, because sometimes creams will crease or just not go on as easily. Do you have any neutrals? Those are a great place to start, as they are universal colors. You should also try greens!
Monday, February 18, 2008
How do you keep black liner from gathering in the corner of your eye when you line your bottom lashes?
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Hey Robin! You can use a powder shadow, which might help to set it – I don’t usually have that problem though, sorry I can’t be more helpful!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
I have had this page on my favorites for a while, but now that I’m ready to try it, Cumulus and Thunder are not available :( Would you recommend any other two colors that would go well with the smoke signal base, since I already have that?
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
For Cumulus, Alum is close, even though it is LE (it’s still on the website), as far as permanent colors, you could try Scene. For Thunder, try Contrast or Graphology :)
I love purples and pinks over the Smoke Signal base!
Saturday, June 7, 2008
I tried to get the same result, but since I didn’t have the same purples as you, it turned out a bit different. However, I owe the technique to you and the AWESOME idea to use Smoke Signal as a base. Thank you so much for this look, I loved it!!
Here’s two pics to see how it turned out on me:
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f321/lina1911/P6070060.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f321/lina1911/P6070042.jpg
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Hey Lina! Thank you for showing me! It turned out quite well, you made it your own :)
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
May i ask what made you think to put that color paint pot under that color eyshadow… the effect is lovely, wondering if its trial and error, or a formulated thing…
Stunning!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Hey Calico! I just usually pick a random base and just go from there. No real method to the madness, lol!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
May i ask what made you think to put that color paint pot under that color eyeshadow… the effect is lovely, wondering if its trial and error, or a formulated thing…
Stunning!
Friday, July 25, 2008
Hello Christine!
I’m new to your site and let me tell you that I love it!!!..You are amazing and your looks are to die for, seriously I’m your biggest fan!
Keep the tutorials Coming :)
Friday, July 25, 2008
Thanks so much, Ingrid! I hope you continue to enjoy the site!
Monday, August 11, 2008
CAN I USE ARTIFACT PAINT POT INSTEAD OF THE PIGMENT? PIGMENT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE :(
I’M DYING TO TRY THIS LOOK!! YOUR TUTORIALS ARE MAKING ME SHOP(LOL)!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Sure, Nikki! That would work!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
So..I did some shopping, online MAC, and I ended up buying the sketch,scene, and contrast. Will those work for this look? I also purchased:
-violet pigment
-teal pigment
-jardin aires pigment
-stars n rockets
-freshwater
-deep truth
*along with the three I mentioned above. I know major shopping spree ;) But it’s been awhile since I last visited MAC. Anyway, I also own “Mythology” and “Creme de Violet”. My point to all this rambling is, I was wondering if you could maybe give me hand on what to use with what? I know it may be too much to ask, but please consider because you were my inspiration :)
Thanks so much!! I dying to play with all this!!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Hey Nikki,
I definitely think those would work in this look! Are you just looking for substitutes for this particular tutorial, or looks in general?
If it’s the former: use a base, then layer Sketch eyeshadow all over the lid, and then put Creme de Violet/Stars N Rockets on the inner lid, Violet pigment on middle of lid, Sketch on the outer crease. You could try Contrast on the inner lid, too, if it isn’t dark enough.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
I’M LOOKING FOR THE PARTICULAR LOOK FROM THE TUTORIAL(WHICH YOU GAVE ME…THANKS SO MUCH!) AND ALSO MAYBE SOME OTHER IDEAS FOR ALL THE COLORS MENTIONED.
ARE YOU A NOVICE AT THE WHOLE MAKEUP ARTIST THING, OR DID YOU TAKE CLASSES? IF YOUR A BEGINNER, DO YOU JUST TRY LOOKS UNTIL YOU GET IT RIGHT? YOU HAVE REAL TALENT AND I HOPE I CAN EMULATE YOUR LOOKS WITH MY MAKEUP :)
THANKS AGAIN!!
Thursday, August 14, 2008
I just practiced lots to get where I am :)
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
i like how you do your makeup!!
just dislike the lip pictures ALOT.
other than that, its alight.
i can to better =]
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Thanks? I’m not sure what you mean, what you say is very contradictory!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
I love this look. Is there a dupe for cumulus and thunder eyeshadows?
Monday, June 29, 2009
Thanks, Kay! Try Vex and Contrast.