A Little Drama Please

Let's talk eye shadow.  I know I'm obsessed, but what a good obsession to have.  Lately I have been in a rut and honestly wearing makeup hasn't been a priority on my list.  This weekend I had some down time so I decided to play around with my eye shadow.



This first look I'm sure you will remember from my High Five for Friday post last week.  I am in love with the Maybelline Color Tattoo line.  The shadows are cheap and they stay on really well even without an eyelid primer. 



To get the look I did above I used the Maybelline Color Tattoo in Edgy Emerald.  Contrary to the name it's not emerald at all...it's light green. When I first got the color I was highly disappointed so I stuck it in my makeup drawer to be forgotten about.  Fast forward to this past week.  I saw it in my makeup drawer and was determined to do something with it.

I have an Almay eye shadow palette for green eyes that has a dark sage green in it.  I put that color all over my lid and then followed on top with the edgy emerald.  I took the color Busted from my Naked 2 palette and dusted that over the outer corners of my eyes and slightly in the crease just to give it more depth. 

If you have a color that is lighter than you want, you can lay down a darker base and then layer the lighter color on top.  If I didn't have the dark sage color to use as my base I could have used a brown color or even a light gray. 

Now I have to share with you my dramatic look this weekend.  If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram then you have already seen this look.  If you don't follow me on Twitter or Instagram then you should.  ;-)



I cannot put in to words how much I love this.  I would wear this every day if I wouldn't get weird looks from people.  My fiancé has an awesome camera and he took some pictures of my eye shadow because my iPhone just doesn't do it justice.  I will try to get those pictures posted on here soon. 

To get this look I used the same shadow except I didn't use Busted to darken the look.  I wanted this look to be bright and bold.

I've found the easiest way to do dramatic looks like this is to first draw out exactly where you want the eye shadow to go.  I took the dark sage green and a small brush and made an outline of how far I wanted the eye shadow to wing out to on both the inner corner and outer corner of my eyes.  I then filled in that area with the dark sage green and then followed behind that with the edgy emerald. 

You can use an outline to do any eye shadow look really.  If you are doing a light shade, take a small liner brush and the shade you want to use and gently outline where you want the shadow to go.  This way you will be sure not to take the shadow up too far or out too far.

I hope you enjoyed my looks and I hope it inspired you to try some new colors or to do something bold with your eye shadow. 

Until next time.