How To: Metallic Eye

So Saturday night my sister Abbey went to a friends party, and she asked if I wanted to do her eye make-up and of course I said yes! She showed me a picture online on what she would like, I took this and adapted it as best I could to suit her age and her features.

She chose a beautiful soft brown and black metallic eye, and this is how I did It.

• Using a shimmery black eye shadow, I drew the outline of the shape I needed. I Started from her lash line and drew that out to a flick, then drew it back in through her socket line, I used a very small and fine brush. Then I blended the colour one quarter toward the middle of the eyelid.
• Then using a light gold/bronze shadow from Abbey's colour works palette, I blended the gold over her lid and into the black to blend it using a rounded blending brush.
• Then to add highlight where the light would naturally hit, I used a light Ivory shimmer powder and blended in to the middle of her eye lid, also on the inner corners of her eyes to make them appear bigger.
• Underneath her eyes, I used the black shadow again to carry on the line from the flick and carried that line on under her eyes (just under her water line) and stopped half way. Then I used the gold to carry on to the inner corner of her eye- on the same line.
• Then some layers of mascara (no need for eye-liner in the water line) and viola! 

Easy-peasy! Five simple steps!

(Abbey's in the nautical dress)