Makeup Tutorial: Purple Smokey Eye

Life's no fun without adding a bit of color to it, right? So let's bring some life to this next tutorial.

This look probably wouldn't suit everyone on a day to day basis. But it's a fun, colorful look you can use at parties and special occasions. Purple, in my opinion, is an easy color to pull off with almost any outfit.

In this tutorial I used 5 eye shadow shades. As always, adjust them to your preference. They do not need to be the exact shades as I am using. This is merely a guideline on the placement of shadows rather than a lesson on how to achieve this exact look. 

As always, the eye shadows I used are marked on the picture above. The 2nd shade looks bluer than it really is. In person, it is a deep purple.

And now onto the tutorial!

Tutorial

 1. Use a medium purple shade on the inner corner of your eye. Bring it about half way.

2. Use a deeper shade of purple on the outer corner of your eye. Blend it inwards and into your crease so it merges slightly with the medium purple.

3. Pat on a shimmery lighter purple onto the medium purple shade. This is to intensify the color and bring light to the eyes. Concentrate this on the inner half of your eye.

4. Apply your brow bone highlight with a skin tone or light eyeshadow.

5. This is optional. Take a grey or black eye shadow and concentrate this on your outer corner. You may build this up if you require a more smokey effect.

6. Take a shimmery white eyeshadow and apply it in your inner corner to brighten up the eye.

7. Line your eyes as usual. Here I used L'Oreal's 24h Gel Liner on my upper lash line and Rimmel's Scandaleyes Liner in Nude in my waterline.

8. Throw on some false lashes to intensify the look. Once again, optional. My lashes are just too short so I need falsies. Also, I applied mascara onto my lower lashes using Maybelline's Falsies (waterproof formula).

And presto!

The completed look! A colorful eye look with eyeshadows that are adjustable to your preference and very easy and simple to achieve.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Feel free to leave a comment about what you think.

Have a good one.

-L