I’ve been a little obsessed with purple for the past few months. Maybe it was Natalie Portman’s Oscars look that kicked it off — or maybe it was just bound to happen, given that purple is such an easy, flattering color to wear.
And that applies to makeup too! Purple eyeshadow isn’t like blue — it’s so much more neutral, and doesn’t give that 80′s vibe that most colored shadows do. It’s almost more like a brown or grey, except even more universally pretty. Take basically any eye color and skin tone, and this makeup still looks great.
As smokey eyes go, this is pretty basic — just a touch of a lighter lilac in the inner corner of the eye, a rich purple all over the lid and in the crease, and a little glitter to highlight the brow bone. I really briefly defined my brows, added two coats of mascara, and that’s it! You’re ready for anything, day or night, summer or winter.
Enjoy!
I used Bobbi Brown Crystal Eye Palette, gifted COVERGIRL LiquilineBlast in Violet Voltage, gifted Urban Decay Eyeshadow primer, DIORSHOW Mascara, and a Bobbi Brown Brow Kit that seems to have been discontinued.
7 responses so far ↓
1 Francesca // Jun 21, 2011 at 8:04 am
i never wear eye shadow but that looks great!
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2 Jess // Jun 21, 2011 at 2:57 pm
This is so pretty! I love it. Definitely going to try!!!
3 Emily // Jun 21, 2011 at 4:53 pm
You look so great! Your eyes look huge, and the makeup is so pretty. Your hair looks so much lighter in the photos than on the video!
4 elle marie // Jun 21, 2011 at 9:54 pm
Beautiful smokey eyes..p.s. what software and actions do you use to edit your photos?
5 Katy // Jun 22, 2011 at 9:19 am
Hey! I used picnik.com to edit my photos, and just clean things up a bit and usually apply “cross-process” at like 20% for color! For videos, I use Windows Movie Maker, although my old videos were all done in iMovie!
6 Sarah H // Jun 22, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Looks amazing! And very timely for my trip to Vegas this weekend
Purple is a great shadow color because it looks great on everyone! It really makes your eyes pop!
Sarah
7 Pili // Jun 22, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Thanks a lot for the tutorial, it’s a great look and looks very easy to do!
And also, you’re so cute!
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