Purple has always been one of my favorite colors to use on the eyes. It is the perfect color to wear for fall and winter and just makes my eyes pop! Below is a step-by-step makeup tutorial on how you can create a great purple smoky eye without even using purple eyeshadow (yes you can!)
Step 1. Prep the eyelid with a primer (NARS Pro Prime Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base) to ensure more vibrant and longer-lasting color.
Step 2. Apply a shimmery light pink eyeshadow (Yaby pp057 strawberry sherbert Pearl Paint Eyeshadow) onto the eyelid from the lashline all the way to past the crease.
Step 3. Using a dense eyeshadow brush like my newest must-have Piccasso 239B, define the crease and lashline with a dark blue color (right shade of NARS Mandchourie Duo Eyeshadow).
Step 4. Line the upper and lower lashlines with a black pencil (MAC Feline Eye Kohl).
Step 5. Soften the line by smudging a dark blue shadow (right shade of NARS Mandchourie Duo Eyeshadow) on top with a small brush (ink by Zing 13 Eyebrow Brush).
Step 6. Using a blending brush (MAC 226 Small Tapered Blending Brush), soften any harsh edges.
Step 7. Add a dab of the light pink shadow (Yaby pp057 strawberry sherbert Pearl Paint Eyeshadow) on the center of the eyelid with a damp brush for an extra pop of color.
Step 8. Brush a frosty white shadow (Pixi Ultimate Beauty Kit) under the brow bone to highlight.
Step 9. Curl your lashes and coat with black mascara (Estee Lauder Sumptuous Extreme Lash Multiplying Volume Mascara in Extreme Black). Apply fake lashes (Jealousness Fake Lashes in JS-507 Captivating Cat Eye) as desired.
Step 10. Keep your eyebrows soft by filling them in with a brown brow powder (Anna Sui Eyebrow Color Compact in 02 Yellow brown) that is lighter than your natural brow color.
Step 10. Clean up any eyeshadow fallouts before applying foundation and concealer and you are done!
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23 Comments
This is so gorgeous!!!
Thanks!
This is a stunning look! Purple is my favorite color too, so I’ll have to try this. (I’m also insanely jealous of your brush collection, LOL) Thanks!
Haha thanks! Makeup brushes are definitely one of those things I don’t mind splurging on =)
I love these eye color combinations! Beautiful.
Thank you =)
I love this look but pls, pls show your full face. I want to see what it looks like all put together.
Thanks for your feedback Farida. I will keep that in mind for my next tutorial.
I really love it when you post up picture by picture steps on how to copy the look. It’s so helpful! On a side note, love the purple smokey eye- it looks gorgeous!
Thanks Miss J =) Will try to do more of these makeup tutorials!
Very pretty!
Thanks Susan 🙂
woooow!! you look so gorgeous!!
Thanks Elin!
you really have nice make up looks! im always surprised! i hope i cound learn to do the look you do! keep it up!
Thanks Francine =)
That is beautiful!! how did you take such great pictures of your eye makeup?
It’s all thanks to my Sony Cybershot DSC-T70. Funny how I’ve tried newer, supposedly better cameras yet always go back to it. Below are also a few pointers for taking good makeup pics:
http://makeupforlife.net/2009/10/how-to-take-good-close-up-makeup-pictures.html
This beyond gorgeous! Do you believe that a polished royal purple and black cocktail dress with a pencil skirt and ruffled top design would match to this makeup look? Plz reply!<3
Thanks Didi and yes this look will go with your dress! Have fun at the party =)
love love love it! I am going to try this look this weekend!
I soooo wish I could make this look happen! I’m just not as talented with a make-up brush as I would like to be.
Aww don’t say that! Practice makes perfect 🙂