Hey ladies,

Well, I always have a spare look, just in case I can't take pictures for a while, and this is the one I was holding back.
It's a pretty simple eye and the thing that makes it outrageous are the lashes.

9th February 20099th February 2009

Eyes
These eyes take about 5 minutes (seriously!)
I primed my eyes with Urban Decay - Eyeshadow Primer Potion. As a concealer I used a mix of Benefit - Erase Paste and Smashbox - Camera Ready Full Coverage Concealer in no. 3. I mixed these because it's winter and my concealer is suddenly too dark for me, the Erase Paste is much lighter and more pink toned and mixing these gives me the perfect colour.

The base colour is Bourjois - Shimmering Shine Liquid Eyeshadow in 37 Blanc Chrome all over the eyes. This is a liquid eyeshadow which I blend with my finger. This gives the eye a great sheen and a light base for the rest of the makeup to stick to. A great thing I sometimes do with this eyeshadow is: Place a line from the base of my finger to the nail. I never wear rings or jewelry (except for my watch which looks like a bracelet) so adding this on my finger gives it a little bit of a quirky look. I have this eyeshadow also in a more gold colour so I use either the white or the gold for this. This eyeshadow actually holds the entire day (if I don't wash that finger to much).

But back to this eye. On the eyelid (up to and a little over the crease) I used the silver colour from the Chanel - Les 4 ombres in 95 sparkling satins, the link goes to a picture where you can see the product, I don't think it's sold in stores anymore and if you find it on e-bay it's hugely expensive, so find a silver colour like in this palette. I applied this using the Smashbox - no. 10 crease brush. So these brushes aren't just for applying makeup to the crease, you can use them in other ways.

I used the Benefit - Valley of the Starts (mini iridescence kit) which you can't get on the Benefit website anymore but I've seen it on many other websites still and it's still at the Sephora shop here, so you can probably find it if you want, but you can also use another white that has a silvery sheen and is non-glittery. I used the white from this kit under my eyes and on the inner corner (going very far in as you can see in the pictures). I placed this white using my new (favourite) Urban Decay - Shadow Brush.

I took up the Urban Decay - 24/7 Glide-on eyeliner pencil in Zero to line my waterline (top and bottom). I also lined my top lash line with this pencil.

If you want to make it ready for a party (like I did) get some false lashes and add these to your top lash line. I used some lashes by Essence which are not the ones they show on the website. They cost me E2,95 so, they're REALLY cheap. I use the Make Up For Ever lashes for "big parties" but this was a children's party that would last 3 hours so I didn't need anything to impress hugely. These lashes are actually pretty good, but you can only use them once, and the band is so weak, that when you take them out of the packaging you can damage it. Still if you're careful it should work. (I think Essence is only sold in Europe, so maybe someone from the US knows some great cheap falsies you can get over there).

Because you can't really re-use these lashes, you can really blend them into your own lashes by adding mascara (only to the base, if you add it to the tips the lashes will look ugly). Place your finger on top of the falsies to make sure you blend the lashes together and not get mascara on your eyelid. I used Urban Decay, Bit Fatty Mascara in Black-black.

Final eye:

What do you think?
I'll work on the Challenges when my skin starts acting normal again, which I hope will be this weekend.

Big hug,
CCee