How to: Smokey Cat Eye

CAT EYES

Cat eyes are huge in the makeup world. Basically, if you don't know what it is, it's applying lighter colors in the inner part of your eye, and darker colors on the outer part of your eye. It's such a complimenting look on all eye shapes and sizes, and really is extremely simple to do once you can get the technique down- which isn't that hard either. It opens up your eyes, and helps you looks more awake too! There are no cons to these eye looks. All you need are a few eyeshadow brushes and your favorite eye shadows!

STEPS:

1.) Start with priming your eyelids- you can use actual eyeshdow primer, concealer, or foundation. I've tried all three of these and in all honesty, all three work the same, so just use what's most convenient for you. I personally just use my concealer. 

2.) Take a fluffy blending brush, and an eyeshadow shade that's as close to your skin tone, and apply it all over your eyelid. 

3.) Okay, now we're ready for tape. Take any clear tape you have, and the tip for applying it in the right spot is to go from the end of your eye and to the end of your brow. Lay the tape down in that imaginary line area.

4.) So now, I went with a mid tone caramel- colored brown shade and applied that mainly in the outer edge and blended it in gradually to the middle of my crease. This step, I used a smaller blending brush.

5.) So this is where these steps are going to get a little repetitive, but are insanely important if you want a beautiful cat eye. This time, I went in with an even darker, more chocolate toned brown. I used the same brush BUT I stayed closer to the outer edge. I DID NOT blend as close to the mid crease as I did in the previous step. As you can see, I applied the shadow in kinda a diagonal triangle shape. Then, be sure to blend out accordingly when you get the color placed.

6.) This step is the same as the fifth step, just I am using a darker color, so I will be staying even closer to the outer edge and further away from the middle. We are intending on creating a gradient here. Repeat these steps until your outer corner has the desired darkness you're wanting. Just the main tip is to gradually increase on darker colors. Take your time on blending, and be careful on color placement. REMEMBER- The darker the color, the further to the outer edge you need to keep it. Another blending tip: The DARKER the color, the LESS eyeshadow you actually pick up. Take your time building up color payoff. It's a lot easier to build up color than to blend away too much.

7.) In this step, I'm applying a vanilla based white shade, and applied this all on the inner part of my lid, a little in the middle. I went back with my fluffy blending brush that I used first and meshed together the white with the light brown.

8.) Look at the finished product again. Does anything need fixed or touched up? I needed more of the chocolate brown, so basically what I did was I repeated step 5.

9.) Once you're happy with how your eyeshadow and how it looks, it's time to take off the tape! I still get amazed at how different your eyeshadow looks when the tape is on vs. when you take it off, mainly because of all the fallout the tape picks up.

10.) Now go ahead and go about the rest of your makeup :)

Here's the finished product! With eyeshadow, lashes, and a little liner on!

This technique can be used with different eyeshadow colors as well. You can do a bright green smokey cat eye, and if you follow these steps, it will still look beautiful! Hope you guys enjoyed! More makeup looks coming soon!

PRODUCTS USED:

Eyeshadow: Morphe Brushes 25B Bronzed Mocha Eyeshadow Palette- can be found on their site

Brushes: Elf Cosmetics and Royal & Langnickel- both can be found at walmart and on their site.

XOXO

Spring Makeup Trends

    Hello everybody! With spring (thankfully) being around the corner, it's such an exciting time for beauty lovers. Why? New makeup trends, new makeup releases, new hair and fashion trends, etc. Of course the warmer and sunnier weather coming around the corner too is a major plus! So with that being said, today I'm going to be helping you guys getting your makeup game ready for spring. I'm going to talk about some trends that are big every spring season, and some recommended products to help you achieve the desired look. Hope you guys enjoy! Don't forget to subscribe!

    TREND 1:

    Glowy Skin

Bright, radiant skin never goes out of style no matter what time of year it is. Just enhancing the glow even more is typically a style that beauty fanatics love to do. Doing this requires the following:

• exfoliated, hydrated skin
• dewy foundation
• highlighter, more highlighter, and did I say highlighter?
• To start this, be sure to wash and moisturize your face per usual before makeup application. Starting with a clean, fresh base is key for makeup application everyday, regardless of what desired skin finish you're trying to achieve,
• Following, apply your foundation. The 2 best foundations for dewy skin finishes in my opinion are:
• L'Oreal Tru Match (for oilier skin types)/ Tru Match Lumi (for normal-dry skin types)
• Maybelline Fit Me! Dewy & Smooth
• Highlighter: I think if you know eve the slightest thing about makeup, you know about the rave of highlighters. There are so many good highlighters out there, so I'll give the ones I gravitate the most towards:
• Laura Geller- Gilded Honey
• BECCA x Jaclyn Hill- Champagne Pop
• Makeup Geek x Kathleen Lights- Highlighter Palette (I believe this was limited edition)
• Wet n' Wild- Precious Petals
• Maybelline Face Studio Highlight/ Contour Palette in medium
• Anastasia Beverly Hills- Ultimate Glow Kit

Trend 2: 

Peaches, Corals, Oranges, Reds

    Shades of orange/red are huge for spring and summer, which I loooove because those colors compliment my eye really will. I'll include some orange toned makeup looks. For eyeshadow- the palette I recommend is the Morphe 35O. I use the all matte one, but you can get the all shimmer or the combo of the two. It's all orange based which is perfect. 

LIPS: If you are looking for a good lip option of oranges, I recommend the Smashbox Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in Out Loud. It's so hydrating, and stays on your lips until you scrub it off. I am IN LOVE with the shade.

TREND 3:

 Pops of Color

Spring is a perfect time to try pops of bright colors. You can include pops of colors in so many different ways: lower lashline, inner corner, lips, and as a highlight shade are the most popular typically. Two good lines of affordable, but high quality eyeshadows that have a large color range are from L'Oreal- their infallible single shadows and NYX single eyeshadows. Both can be found at their websites, some drugstores, and Ulta. Here are some looks I've done that have incorporated these types of color pops:

 Inner corner: NYX Prismatic shadow in glass slipper

 Lip: Too Faced Liquid Lip in Melted Berry
Lower Lashline: MakeupGeek Bitten

Lower lashline shadow:  MakeupGeek Bitten

NYX Prismatic Shadow in Glass Slipper for inner corner, cheekbone and browbone

There ya go, guys! There are more spring trends of course, but I figured giving you guys three popular and relatively easy ones would be our best bet, right? Anyway, I hope you guys have enjoyed! Should I do the same post just with hair? Let me know!

XOXO