Ace of the Face: EYES

Eyes are powerful. They can sometimes say what exactly is on your mind. They can express feelings and emotions.

So this Ace of the Face is all about the eyes. Playing up your eyes and having your creativity to the max!

This is the 2nd post of the series: The Ace of the Face

I have been inspired by Allure's Best of Beauty...and so this is my little version the list, except they are all DRUGSTORE products.

Check out the first post, about skin care:

http://tsorain.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-ace-of-face-skin-care.html

EYESHADOW

Beige/Peach:

Revlon Luxurious Color in Peach Sorbet

This eyeshadow stays on matte and has really good pigmentation. Beautiful color, and looks amazing!

ELF Duo Eyeshadow in Butter Pecan

A bargain for the price! Two colors, you can contour and have fun with the colors!

Brown:

Jordana Brow and Eyeshadow Powder Single in Brown or Brunette (darker brown)

Simple price. But really great, rich pigments, stays on for a really good amount of time, and the color is really rich and beautiful!

Gray:

Maybelline Eyeshadow Extra wear in Grey Matters

Two colors for a beautiful eye. One a steel and another, carbon. Beautiful colors create a gorgeous smokey eyes, or just simple gray pretty eyes(:

ELF Duo Eyeshadow in Black Licorice

Another similar one by ELF. Really really nice pigments, and it's not too boring, and got the budget in control!

Earth Tones:

Revlon Colorstay 12 hour quad in Priceless Metals

Beautiful metal colors are now all in one quad. Comes with a really nice eyeshadow applier, so 4 swipes and you got a GORGEOUS earthy eye shadows. Again, really beautiful pigments, and seems to work as well as the higher ends.

Beautiful Scene:

Revlon Colorstay 12 hour quad in Sunrise, Sunset

With this quad, it's simple to create stunning sunset eyes that look soft yet bold on any eye color.

Creme Eyeshadow:

Maybelline Color Gleam Cream Eyeshadow

Rich color, rich stay, and blends in easily and beautifully!

MASCARA

Lengthening:

Cover Girl LastBlast Length Mascara

I love love love love this mascara! It's the same one as Allure has chosen, and I completely agree with them. They really give you long lashes to create a stunning look.

Volumizing:

Maybelline The Falsies Volume Express Mascara

Every noticed how the brush is slightly curved? The brush is one of the secrets of how they make your eyelashes look dark. This is also the one that Allure has chosen, and I agree it's one of my favorite!

Dramatic:

Maybelline XXL Bold Mascara

This mascara has it's 24 hour label, and it creates a feathering bold look. Pumps up the volume with bold makeup.

Waterproof:

CoverGirl VolumeExact Waterproof Mascara

Can you keep up with this daring mascara? It's waterproof and seriously looks like your wearing false lashes.

Eyeliner:

Revlon ColorStay Eyeliner

When it comes to eyeliner, I think for it to NOT creep on your crease or somewhere else you don't want is really important. So this one has its colorstay powers!

Here's a post all about eyeliner: http://tsorain.blogspot.com/2011/04/eyeliner-101.html

Another great one is Line Express by Maybelline

Liquid Eyeliner:

Avon Perfect Wear

This liquid eyeliner really stays on for a long time, doesn't smudge easily, and is precise and detailed. My favorite(:

Gel Eyeliner

Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner

This is probably the only gel eyeliner that I will ever love! This is one is also the one that Allure chosen. It's really nice precise, detailed eyeliner, that you won't regret!

Eye Makeup Remover

DIY EASY eye makeup remover

-All you need is just some olive oil. Take a cotton swab or cotton pad, and dip it in some extra virgin olive oil. Olive Oil will take your dramatic smoky eye or your simple eyeliner off in a flash!

And there you go! That was your ACE OF THE FACE: all about the eyes

Hopefully this little post helps you guys a lot...and help your budget too!

If you have any questions/comments/suggestions...please comment below or email me at tsorain@gmail.com

Here are some links:

Allure's Best of Beauty List (Eyes) ..which has inspired me:

http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/best-of-beauty/2010/best_of_beauty_eyes#slide=1

Link to Ace of the Face:

http://tsorain.blogspot.com/p/ace-of-face.html

Intro to Ace of the Face:

http://tsorain.blogspot.com/2011/04/cheap-guide-to-allures-best-of-beauty.html

Have a beautiful day everyone! Keep expressing your creativity with makeup and having fun with it! Keep dreaming! And believe that you are beautiful with or without makeup. Because it's true. (:

EYELINER Tips & Tricks

Finding the perfect eyeliner shouldn't be too hard. You need two things in mind. 1) Natural or smokey? and 2) Eye color

1) First, off do you want a natural look or a smokey eye look? If you want a natural look, you should do a much thinner line. However, if you would like a smokey look, then you should have a thicker line, with eyeshadow and mascara (and maybe even false eyelashes)

Natural Eyeliner:

In this picture, Angelina Jolie definitely has eyeliner on. But if you look at the up most (first) picture, her eyeliner looks sooo much more natural compared to that.

For this look, you might need a black eyeliner and a brown one. You can see how the eyeliner appears thicker on one side than the starting. So just apply a thin layer, and then once you get in the middle, try to make a thicker one. Try to line close to your lashes, because it will give an illusion of your eyelashes looking thicker. (using the BLACK eyeliner)

Then for your lower rim, try a brown eyeliner to make for a much natural look. For long lasting eyeliner, take eyeshadow and just tap it on your eyeliner, so the eyeliner doesn't smudge or wear off easily.

You can also apply some beige/golden/brownish eyeshadow to create that natural soft look.

Smokey look:

1) Wash your whole eyelid with a nice white/apricot eyeshadow (regardless of your skin tone)

2) Take a gray/steel color and wash HALF of your lid with that. Then take a nice shimmer apricot bright color and color the other half. Now kind of mix them together.

3) Now for you crease, take the gray and just smudge some on the crease

4) Take the the apricot and tap some on your brow bone.

5) Apply a really thick line of eyeliner. Using liquid eyeliner will be the best, to create the dark, crisp look.

6) Apply about 2 coats of mascara

7) Apply false eyelashes if you wish

(there are sooo many more eyeshadow colors for smokey eyes!)


ALSO, here are some ways to MAKE SURE your eyeliner stays put....so no more smudges or raccoon eyes: 
http://tsorain.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-to-make-eyeliner-last-longer.html

Quick Tip: Try using NAVY eyeliner. It makes the whites of your eyes look whiter, and your eyes will be brighter!

Another Quick Tip: Try taking your eye color and finding the color of it opposite on the color wheel, and use that color as your eyeliner. They are complementary colors, and they will make your eyes POP!

So I hope now, that eyeliner isn't as hard as it was before.

Good luck!

And take care!