Subtly Smoky Look

Hello guys and gals, back again with another make up look for you to indulge on. Today you are not blissed with my lovely face (I feel for you) but instead my housemate Izzy has let me paint her face and agreed for me to share it with you. Yay!

As you can see we've gone for a blown-out autumnal look, focussing on warm brown tones to compliment Izzy's hair and skin tone. 

Here I used my Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance palette, focussing on the dark brown tones. I wanted to extend the blending out a lot further on Izzy's eyes than I do on myself due to her slightly hooded eyes. By taking the blend further out towards the eyebrow, this gives the impression that her eyes are much bigger and the shadow is completely visible. 

Again, working with a different skin tone to myself (not all us girls are as pale as paper sadly), this meant I had to alter my technique; colour pigment stands out on my skin with minimal packing, but Izzy's olive skin required much more work in order to achieve the same level of pigment. To make this process easier, I used a small packer brush (Morphe E14 shadow brush) to pack in the crease colour initially and then blended it out afterwards This process, apposed to going straight in and blending, meant I could be more precise at the edges and not remove all the pigment (which commonly happens). 

Another key product that Izzy recommended we used for this look was her new NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in the colour San Diego. I WAS SHOOK. 

The formula of this lipstick was really creamy and easy to apply- the finish wasn't too drying either which didn't make it look too matte, which was a surprise for the price of this item. I will DEFINITELY be purchasing one of these soon...

I hope this was helpful for you girls out there with hooded eyes or if you aren't able to achieve great pigment from palettes everyone rants and raves about. 

See you all soon! x