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So it's really important to keep blending your eye make up because again we want to
create more of a kind of softer outlook. When things are smokey it doesn't necessarily mean
that they are grey or black, which a lot of people think. It kind of more so means that
it blends from a really dark colour out to a light colour.
The next thing I'm doing is using a highlighter under the brow bone, so I'm using a Mac eyeshadow
called Nylon and I am using it under the brow bone and in the tear duct of the eye. After
that I've just used a brow pencil and I've just kind of filled in the brows a little
bit because it is going to be quite a heavy eye so I want to compensate that by making
the brows really nice and heavy. After that I'm using a flat brush and I'm just starting
underneath the eye. I've got a black eye pencil and I've just blended that on the lower lash
line. I always start with the lower lash line and bring the colour out just a little bit.
The reason I do this is because I know then that I'm going to get it perfectly symmetrical
on both sides. After that I'm using the flat brush again and I'm just running it along
Izzy's socket line. So I'm really kind of concentrating on the socket line and just
adding a fair amount of colour into the socket line and blending that out just a little bit.
I got my fluffy brush now and I'm using a slightly lighter colour just to blend that
out a little bit, so that way I get that really nice smokey effect. So really work the product
into the eye. It's really important just to use a blending brush and just blend it right
out, and again, I'm kind of going into the crease just to darken it up just that little
bit, because again, as I mentioned earlier, the smokey effect is very much something quite
dark blending out to a kind of lighter tone. So I'm just kind of cleaning up the brow with
a pencil this time just to make the lines nice and crisp. So always take a step back
from your model and have a look at the bigger picture, because when you're working on somebody
and you're quite close to them you often forget, so I'm going to take a step back and make
sure everything looks perfect. So now with the blue, so I've actually added just a little
bit of water to my eyeshadow just to make it really really potent so the pigment will
come on really strong. I'm just pressing that on the lid. Again, I want to keep the socket
line really crisp, so I'm just keeping the blue really nice and full on the lid and just
pressing it with a flat brush, so I don't use a fluffy brush in this scenario because
it won't go on as strong as I'd like it and also I'll get less fall out from the eyeshadow
onto her face. After that I'm just using a face wipe just to get rid of any fall out
that's under the eyes and then of course adding the mascara. So I always start with the eyes
especially if I'm doing something dramatic because there will be fall out from any eyeshadow,
so to keep the skin really nice and clean, especially for kind of a high definition photoshoot
or a bridal look, I think it works much better to start with the eyes, and then bring the
skin in later. So I'm using kind of a flat brush now and I'm just dusting over a foundation
on her skin. So again I want a fuller coverage so that's why I'm using a flat brush. If I
wanted something lighter I'd be using a fluffier brush. After that I'm using a blot powder
and I'm just using my brush to really press the powder into her skin because that's going
to set it for me really nicely. So with the lip liner I am just starting with the cupids.
I'm just literally overdrawing her lip just a little bit just to give it a bit more of
a pouty look and then adding a gloss on top to finish that.