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A tutorial I came across on Pinterest using MAC eyeshadows. I’m always looking for ways to use my Mac shadows!
Raquel Welch and Suger Plum Fairies! And, no, I’m not kidding! LOL!
Makeup challenges on separate days, not sure which one happened first. But I did RW’s sultry, smokey eye, chiseled cheeks and nude lip that she was seriously rocking LONG before anywho from a *certain* famous family.
The other had a crazy red-plum smoked eye using mostly ABH Modern Ren, with CP Cheap Trick on the lips, the entire thing had a weirdly otherworldly look. Hence, Sugar Plum Fairies!
Those sound awesome! ?
Thank you, Pearl! These were fun looks to do, too! ?
Tom Ford Last Dance quad or MAC Smoky x9 palette!
Ooh, I saw a tutorial on the Pixiwoo channel using Last Dance on one eye and drugstore on the other. I fell in love with Last Dance and lusted after it for a month or two. I finally got it and absolutely love it!!
I saw the saw the same tutotrial, ha! I love that quoad, isn’t it great? I’m glad they picked that quad to use because I didn’t know what lipstick or blush to use with it.?
I’ve been doing a lot of cool toned looks lately, mostly as an antidote to the number of warm toned releases there have been lately. So maybe that? If that doesn’t count, then I guess watching The Golden Girls. The other day I was watching an episode and kind of got caught up in Blanche’s eye makeup. Since then I’ve been doing that smoky contoured eye with a light lid color a lot. I’ve found that bringing a darker shade all the way to the inner third of my crease and smoking it out and then down, really creating that angled shape from the inner third to the outer corner (I’m explaining this so terribly, but I’m sure you all know what I mean), somehow looks terrific on me. I never would have expected that. I always thought my eyes were too close together to pull something like that off.
I saw some beautiful pictures of geishas with red eye shadow, and have been wanting to try ed shadow for a long time, but so hard to find a really red shadow, as most are reddish browns or reddish purples. But thanks to my makeup buddy/fellow enabler, Michele, I now have Estee Lauder Edit Scarlet Eclipse in my greedy little hands and will be trying it out tomorrow, along with the loose gold glitter that comes with it. They swatched nicely on my hands, hope they hold up on my oily lids. If not, I will have red shadow running and smudging, and gold glitter all over my face, so I can do a “scary geisha” look for Halloween 😉
An eye primer (I use Too Faced) has kept my oily eye lids from creasing. That and UD All Nighter setting spray before any creams and after all makeup applied. Good luck with your look.
Thanks for the tips Bonita! I tried the red eye shadow look today, and it’s really beautiful, much more wearable than I thought it would be, nice for fall/winter. The EL cream shadow and gold glitter are holding up beautifully, no “scary geisha” look (whew!)
Great tips! Interested in trying out the All Nighter before cream products.
I recently ran to many stores for a reddish eyeliner to be used on my waterline. The closest I could get was a Covergirl eyeliner. I started thinking about the lack of red tones for eyes and thought that maybe there is a health reason for it. In the early eighties I used a Black Opal blush for my eyes without any trouble. I rocked it.
Elaine, if you have $33 to spare, Chanel came out with an eyeliner in a true red called Eros. It is of course LE this fall, and I looked around everywhere for a dupe, and even asked Temptalia readers for help in finding one. No luck. The closest I could find were reddish purple or reddish brown, but no really red ones. One reader told me she uses Duraline to mix with a red shadows (like KVD Raw Power or UD Gash) to come up with red eye liner, but I don’t have the patience or time to do that. So I’m out $33, but the eyeliner is gorgeous, and it is bulletproof. I have super oily lids, and with primer, it doesn’t run, smudge, smear, or fade. A couple of Temptalia readers also bought it, and they love it too. It’s too bad there are so few red eyeliners. Which CoverGirl one did you use?
I’ve been looking for a burgundy liner, have any of you seen one?
LLR, a reader told me about Stila Smudge Stick in Deep Burgundy, it’s a deep purple red. I’ve only swatched in store, but it looks very pretty. If you have $33 to spare, Chanel came out with an eyeliner in a true red called Eros. It is of course LE this fall, and I looked around everywhere for a dupe, and even asked Temptalia readers for help in finding one. No luck. The closest I could find were reddish purple or reddish brown, but no really red ones. One reader told me she uses Duraline to mix with a red shadows (like KVD Raw Power or UD Gash) to come up with red eye liner, but I don’t have the patience or time to do that. So I’m out $33, but the Chanel eyeliner is gorgeous, and it is bulletproof. I have super oily lids, and with primer, it doesn’t run, smudge, smear, or fade. A couple of Temptalia readers also bought it, and they love it too. It’s too bad there are so few red eyeliners out there! And any that come out are usually LE
Zoeva has two reds to choose from! Graphic Eyes + is the liner and it costs $11.00!
Thanks for the tip Elaine! I googled it, and wow, those look like true reds! Those could be dupes for Chanel Eros. I’m going to have start a running wishlist of Zoeva products, so I can order enough to make the shipping to USA worthwhile. And I’m always hoping they come to the USA
I’m wanting red too! I’ve never worn red shadow but for some reason when I saw the UD Gash I started lusting for it. I don’t have it yet, but I keep rummaging around for red toned browns until I get it. I’m 50 so I don’t know how that’s going to work out. Could be scary looking since I’m showing some aging now. But I’m still going to do it!
I’m turning 47 soon, and Gash looks great on me! I used a light metallic gold brown in inner 1/3 lid, Gash in middle, then Estee Lauder Scarlet Eclipse (red cream shadow with a little bit of loose gold glitter) on outer lid and crease. It’s beautiful, much more wearable than you think, great for fall/holidays. You never know until you try. And that LE Chanel quad Candeur Et Experience ( 1 red brown with 3 browns) is completely sold out at all of my local stores, so people are loving and rocking the red/brown look. Even the testers are all gone. And if it doesn’t work out, I just reach for that big bottle of makeup remover 🙂
After reading about you rocking EL Scarlet Eclipse, I must go to an EL conter and swatch it. Sounds so gorgeous.
Since you wear a lot of purple, as do I, I think I can really trust you on this.
Helen, I think the Estee Edit line is exclusive to Sephora, because I couldn’t find it online or in-store at Macy’s, but Scarlet Eclipse is gorgeous. Reader Michele has swatches on her instagram account binxcat4ever, and the 3 of us have similar coloring – lighter skin with dark hair. If you can rock Gash, you can rock Scarlet Eclipse!
You can also get it at Esteelauder.com.
You can totally rock Gash. It’s a very nice, wearable reddish colour. I’m wearing it today, with, don’t faint, pink and gold. 🙂
I’m not a youngster, so if I can, you most certainly can use red eyeshadow. I bet you’ll look gorgeous!
The “Muted Muse” palette from Mally Beauty. That thing is so gorgeous, I even got brave enough to try a look with a touch of orange! That may be old news for many here, but for me it was HUGE! LOL
Dominque Sasche’s YouTube video on a clean, corporate look. Actually, it didn’t inspire the “look,” which is basic really, as much as it taught me me how to do it properly– and NOT use mascara on the lower lashes in order to bring the look UP. That’s a game changer. It also inspired me to get the KVD Shade & Light eye palette, which remains and A+ acquisition for me.
Lisa Eldridge skips mascara on the lower lashes occasionally, but places black (or brown) dots between the natural lashes, which makes them look fuller. I tried it, and like it.
Dominique (a unknown-to-me TX newscaster who is actually pretty good with makeup and clear in how she does it) recommends a med to dark-ish brown eyeshadow in that area applied really close to the lash line. Like you, I find that it works, brings things UP, and I really like it. I have seen that Lisa E vid, and I’ll go find it again. That may be tomorrow’s experimenter. 🙂 Thanks for the reminder.
I checked out Dominique’s video’s, thanks for sharing. Although it’s not completely my style, she is very very clear in explaining how to do things and she certainly made me want to try this matte cut-crease look anytime soon.
Christine’s MAC Star Trek look: I used Colourpop’s Disco Ball all over lid, Anastasia’s Fudge to darken outer crease, and MAC’s Coco loose pigment on inner 1/2 of lid.
An eye palette I don’t own – the Ciate Olivia Palmero Smoky Suedes Eye Palette.
It looks basic enough, but I’ve been forgetting about my green shadows a lot and this inspired me to incorporate green into my neutral eye look that day.
Matte eyeshadows that are easy to build and blend, do not emphasize fine lines and have great color payoff (nothing worse than a patchy matte — ugh). And, I’ve invested in some quality, natural hair brushes that makes them perform even better. I got to the point when contouring and highlighting with satins were not flattering on me anymore. (It’s called aging — lol!) But, thankfully, a few companies have come out with terrific matte formulas that have been game changers for me. But, I still feel like I have to hunt them down like a mad, crazy dog who is searching for his favorite bone and can’t find it. If I find the formula, I don’t find the color. If I find the color, I don’t find the formula. All you matte lovers know the game. (And, this is the major reason I’ve given up on palettes.)
Hmmm, I think it was a look you did with those LE Tarte single shadows. I didn’t have anything quite so metallic though.
I don’t know what I was thinking but I watched a YT video from a “guru” and tried to reproduce her look. It was Kathleenlights and she did a look using all Bite Multipstiks. This went wrong so many ways I cannot even tell you. I am 62 and she is like maybe 24, she has young eyelids and no creping. She is warm toned and I am cool. She has beautiful skin tone and I am basically like a white wall. On her it was soooo beautiful.
That is hilarious! Have so done that too!!! 🙂
Love this!!!!! Me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!UGH!!!!lol
I can so relate. I’ve tried so many looks that have never have seen the light of day.
That is the wonderful thing with makeup. You just wash away the mistakes, and no one needs to know. I know, having done it not just once. 🙂
A coral dress i wore to a wedding in mid August. I did a relatively monochromatic look coral on the eyes cheeks and lips, but the eyes were a little special doing a Smokey Halo coral eye!
Sounds like an awesome look!
I just wanted to use my neglected Looxi Beauty Aurora Shadows, plus I was craving a darker, more dramatic fall look. I ended up pairing an intense gold and ethereal icy blue with matte teal and blue from the UD Alice TTLG palette. I did a cut crease and winged black liner. It ended up looking kind of ancient Egyptian and really brought out the colors in my eyes.
It was you, Christine, I loved the look you posted with plums and corals and peach. I wear t it all the time now.
Funny – just the day before yesterday, I suddenly wanted to use MAC Twinks, a shadow I’ve not used for ages. I dug it out (almost literally, it was at the bottom of a pile of shadows in the drawer where I move stuff to make room for things I use more often) and I’ve used it yesterday and today and I’ll probably use it all week long, I like it so much. Today, I have Twinks all over my lid and just up into the crease with UD Naked to blend it away softly into Shroom on my browbone.
Mally eye sticks for spring and summer. Urban Decay Naked 2 for fall and winter. Dior Blackout mascara.
I saw Christine’s fall UD look too and that is seriously gorgeous! Might have to try to do a version of that.
OMG, too funny that this is the question of the day. I wore a cat eye out for dinner. My hubby and I was watching the 50th anniversary of Star Trek and all of the women had cat eye liner…and he DID notice, lol.
probably just trying to use the product I have! I bought a NYX jumbo eye pencil in black bean a month or so ago and have yet to use it…. until today!! used it as a black base for a purple smokey eye using UD ransom as the star purple color over NYX black bean all over the lid. it turned out beautiful!!! love how having a black or white base can really change up your look
I got a sample of UD Eyeshadow in Fireball from my ipsy bag. I use it on my inner 2/3 of the lid. It color shifts from pink to peach. So I use it when I’m either using Greens or purples. Gives nice pop of color.
Lady Gaga singing the national anthem at the SuperBowl last year. She wore this really red glitter eyeshadow and it just inspired all kinds of ideas in my head!
Reflecting on a survey question about what eyeshadow colors we wear now that we didn’t wear when we first wore makeup, I grabbed an old beloved Aveda customizable palette. I chuckled when I saw so many micro-variations of browns, along with bright and soft shades like copper, maroon, violet, and pink.
It inspired an impromptu basic eye with a wash of brilliant copper on the mobile lid. I have 2 shimmery/metallic shades from Bobbi Brown that don’t hold a candle to this shade. In love, and I only had to shop my stash!
I was watching “27 Dresses” and noticed the eye look that the star, Katherine Heigl, had on in the scene that takes place at her sister’s rehearsal dinner. It is a kind of shimmering graphite/black/blue lid that I have been trying to recreate with varying degrees of success. I even tried to research the cosmetics used but the only information I could find dealt with the look in the first part of the movie when she was “meek”. It has been fun trying to figure it out though.
Maybe it’s not the last, but early in the year, I got a Pantone Universe shadow palette from Sephora. So many beautiful colors in that which inspired looks in purple, green, and orange. Sadly, the colors didn’t wear terribly well.