Purple Smokey Eye

 

 

A smokey eye is a popular look especially on those romantic date nights.

Traditionally browns and blacks are used to create such a look, but today I'm going for a more sultry look using rich purples.

  

If  your on a budget (like I always am) than this palette from E.L.F is ideal.

It gives you a variety of purples to use as well as other colors for you to create almost any look you'd like.

This exact palette is $20 but is on sale right now for $10 

 

 

The key to an awesome smokey eye is proper blending.

Without blending the colors together flawlessly you will come out looking like you just lost a fight.

In order to achieve this look it is crucial that you have a blending brush

 

 

 

 

In this look I was kind of all over the place as far as products go.

I used a variety of drugstore as well as high end brands. 

I will list below the products I used, in the order I used them.

•  LORAC - Behind the scenes eye primer.
  This is an important step especially when using darker colors. It provides a sticky base for your shadows to cling onto and last all night.
• Two Faced In the Buff eye shadow.
  White eye shadow is a great starting color for the look i was going for.
  If your going for a regular smokey eye its best to
  use a shadow that is 1 shade lighter than your skin tone.
• NYX Mauve color in there Nude on Nude Palette
  This is my transition color. Applying this color in my crease will help me when it comes time to blend. With a smokey eye you always want to start with your light colors first and move up in Hue till you reach the darkest color. In this case it was Black.
• Two Faced Cut the Cake eye shadow.
  Again to help my transition of colors i applied this in my crease as well as a little above in to give it a softer look when I apply my darker colors.
• Rich Grape purple in the Jenni Rivera Palette
  This is my main color. I placed this Directly into my crease using my Pencil brush first.
• Two Faced Cut the Cake eye shadow.
  Once again i used this color, this time with a fluffy blending brush to smooth out the edges from the color before. 
• Two Faced First dance mixed with a Matte black eye shadow.
  To define my crease a bit more i placed this color mainly on my
  outer V and worked it slightly up into my crease.
• Two Faced Party Girl eye shadow.
  I placed this color on the center of my lid to bring a brighter purple affect to my eye.
• White shimmery color in the Jenni Rivera Palette
  I placed the final color on the inner lid as well as the inner corner of my lid to make my eyes appear bigger and brighter. Which is very important when having such dark colors on the rest of your lid
• NYX false lashes in Nirvana 101
• E.L.F black Gel linerTight lined my eye as well as winging my liner out just a bit.
  
• Maybellines Mega Plush Mascara in Very Black.
• NYX Jumbo eye shadow stick in Milk
  I applied this on my water line using an angled brush.

For the rest of my face I used:

• Cetaphils Daily Moisturizer
• NYX Studio Perfect Face Primer
• Revlon Color Stay Whipped in 370 Natural Tan
• Maybelline Age Rewind Concealer in 30 Medium
• E.L.F Tone correcting Powder
• NYX Cream Blush in Glow (applied on cheeks as well as Lips)

Hope you all enjoyed <3