101 Degree Hottie: Easy Smokey Eye

101 Degree Hottie: Easy Smokey Eye (Glasses Friendly)

So I wear glasses.

Duh.

-which kind of makes wearing eye makeup a little difficult for me, considering my frames cover most of it and cast a shadow. HOWEVER, there's a way around that (shimmer) and it looks great on anyone- even non-glasses wearers.

So start with an eye primer to prevent creasing/fading, and go ahead and do your face primer/foundation first, you'll see why later.

Start by lining the top and bottom lash line with a brown pencil. I use pencils with a gel-type consistency because they when they dry/set, they're there forever.

Smudge when you first put it on for a smokier look.

Using a medium brown (go lighter or darker depending on your own skin tone), apply the shadow to the outer half of your eyelid and up into the crease. (I used a mix of Naked and Buck from the Urban Decay Naked palette). My apologies for the woolly brows, I have not bothered to wax them.

Now, taking what's leftover on your foundation brush, run it around the edges to create a sharper, cleaner look. (You're welcome).

Go ahead and run the same brown under your bottom lash line, and then run a vanilla type shade at the top of your brow bone. (I used Virgin from the Urban Decay Palette).

Now, using a metallic shadow, apply it to the inner corner and inner half of your eyelid. I used the L'Oreal Infallible Eye Shadow in Silver Sky. It's very pretty but oh, sweet baby Jesus, is it FULL of glitter. I did not know this going in.

So here's a sweet tip for you- If you ever get caught with glitter all over your face, don't panic and don't swipe or touch it. Get a strip of tape and roll it around your finger. Gently press it a couple times on the back of your hand to get the initial stickiness off and then press it wherever you see glitter. The tape removes it without destroying all the makeup you put on.

Lastly, curl lashes and apply mascara. At this point, you could beef up your eyeliner if you wanted to, I left mine alone cause it was big enough for me. (That's what she said?)

To sort of cap off the look, I applied a mix of a peach and coral blushes for a semi-nude look. (I used the ones from ELF called Peachy Keen and Coral something or other.) I'm also wearing a tiny bit of bronzer (Sonia Kashuk cream bronzer in the lighter color).

And for lips, I used the Neutrogena lip balm stick thing in Papaya, and threw on a little Benefit Hoola lip gloss.

The look is super easy, and very pretty. The glitter/metallic/shine takes it easily into night, but the coloring still works for daytime. (This pic has no filter, it just turned out amazing).

 You could also turn this easily into a drugstore look- most of this was except for some of the eye shadows which can be easily duped by the Coastal Scents Revealed palette ($20 online) or by just going through the drugstore isles and finding a mid-tone brown (Wet and Wild has several shades).

To really set this for the day- apply a light mist of Urban Decay's All-nighter setting spray. (There's one to banish oil to if you find you get oily through the day).

Enjoy your bonfire party/summer wedding/date night/whatever,

-SamanthaK