Optical illusion shadow

Ok, so not all of us are blessed with huge, wide, beautiful eyes that are so large you could give a cow a run for it's money. However, that is not to say you can't utilise make up in a way that will accentuate your natural features, after all, that is what it's there for, (that and to hide the features you dont want people to see-queue the monthly visit of a red mountain in the centre of my forehead).

In this eye look I tried to incorporate summer trends, so pops of colour (here Ive used cranberry- a fave of mine by MAC) to show how narrower eyes can be made to look larger.

Eyes (all MAC)
-Cosy Grey (transition)
-Cranberry (crease and inner and outer lid)
-Shroom and Angelic presses pigment.
-Bronze shadow OR Undercurrent liner
-Fluidline gel liner in Blacktrack

(Brushes listed all MAC)

1)Start by using a 217 in the crease with cosy grey, be quite generous with coverage

2) Next using a 239 pack cranberry on the inner and outer corners of the lid, and use a 219 to define your crease with it. Blend this out with a 217.

3) Pack shroom on the centre of the lid, then using a 242 and your Fix+ spray pack the Angelic pigment over shroom so the light catches the centre of the eye.

4) I wanted a different colour for underneath the eye so I placed Bronze shadow underneath, something that would be nice if you felt a bit more experimental would be something like undercurrent liner (an amazing deep green with shimmer), a good alternative if looking for Make up for a festival to go with your statutory flower head band.

5) Line the eye with Blacktrack fluidline and a 209 and a 210 for precision for your flick.

Hope this has helped anyone looking to emphasize there eyes as a feature!

Frankie

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Purple Glitter Cat eye

Ok, so the 'no make up' make up is sometimes the option that we should all strive to achieve, especially during the summer months. So let's whack out the CC cream and put away the Studio Fix Fluid, and embrace the 'au naturale' (well natural looking) and step out into the sunshine. Now, whilst I'm all for this-if you're like me and have a strong penchant for something dramatic and exciting- and I don't mean clawing at your best mates face on a drunken Friday night, fighting about who saw the hunk at the bar first (who in reality is not so much of a hunk)-no, I mean bold and dramatic make-up, then something like this, especially if adorning the 80s retro look, is right up your street.

For the eye

Actually it is a lot simplier than first percieved, it only involves a few key toold and make up bits.

Brushes
1) An angled liner brush
2) Charlotte Tilbury eye smudger brush
3) A 217 Blending brush
4) A 239 eye shader brush
5) Some sellotape

Make up
1) Nocturnelle by MAC
2) Strange by Urban Decay
3) Blackout by Urban Decay
4) Reflects gold Glitter MAC
5) Bobbi Brown gel liner in Black Ink
6) Idol eyes MAC
7) Urban Decay Primer potion in Eden

1) So firstly put the tape across the eye, following the direction lower lash line, out at an angle.
2) Prime the lid with Urban decay Eden.
3) Pat Strange onto the lid with your 239.
4) Using your 217 take Nocturnelle across the crease and just above, going right up to the tape.
5) Clean your 239 and place idol eyes ontl the lid, followed by your Reflects Gold Glitter.
6) Now take your Charlotte Tilbury Eye Smudger Brush and take Blackout and put this on your crease to create a shadow, blend this out with a 217.
7) Take your angled brush and place your Bobbi Brown Gel liner on the top of your eye and below, creating a cat eye, creating and flick at the end of the eye by following the line of the tape right up to the where it finishes.
8) Apply mascara or fake lashes and you are done!

Excuse the crazy hair, it was unintentional, though it does seem to match the 80s look.

Frankie xXx