"Va Va Voom Eyes"

OK, so you are going out or going on a date with your someone special and you want to look extra glam! This is my "go to" neutral smokey eye! It looks great on everyone and every eye color. All of the eye shadows I am going to write about are from MAC makeup.

Eyeshadows needed from MAC: Carbon, Tempting, Woodwinked, Bronze and Nylon. Eyeliner: Smolder from MAC.

Step 1: Take Smolder eye liner and line upper lid make sure to get it as close to your lash line as possible. Then take your finger tip and "smudge" the liner on the lid. You are just rubbing that black liner onto your lid so you do not have a harsh line of liner. It looks kind of crazy but it gives you a great base for your smokey eye. Make sure you really smoke it out on your outer corner.

Step 2: Take Tempting eyeshadow by MAC and your eyeshadow brush of choice and put that shadow all over your lid up to your crease. It is a really gorgeous antique gold color.

Step 3: Use Carbon eyeshadow (matte black shadow) on your outer corner. I use a flat brush with stiff bristles to deposit a lot of color. Anyway, you want to keep the dark color just in your outer corner making an inverted V. Put the shadow about halfway onto your lid and halfway in your crease and blend! Blending is the most important thing when applying any eyeshadow! Take a brush with "dome" shaped bristles and blend (using tiny circular motions) towards the inside of your lid and crease. You want to keep the inside of your lids light.

Step 4: Use Woodwinked (a brighter antique gold shadow) on your lid from the inner corner to where the black is. This just brightens the Tempting shadow.

Step 5: (optional) : Use Bronze for your crease. I just take a tiny bit and use windshield wiper motions in my crease with Bronze. It just warms up the whole look. If you have darker eyes I wouldn't do this step. People with lighter eyes it really makes green and blue stand out.

Step 6: Take Nylon (shimmer off white color) and highlight under the brow bone and inner corner of the eye.

Step 7: Line your inner rims and upper rims with Smolder liner from mac. Take Tempting shadow and an eyeliner brush line lower lashes with it to finish off your smokey eye look.

Then just put on Mascara and you are good to go! I like Covergirl Professional Lash in blackest black. Of course if you really want to go all out you can put on some false eyelashes! The key to this look is blend blend blend! It should look like differnet colors on your lid but you shouldn't be able to tell where one color ends and another begins! Good luck go get glam!