St. Patrick's Day "Sultry Green Smokey Eye"

St. Patrick's is all about wearing green, so why not have festive makeup?

When many people think green makeup it seems clownish but it doesn't have to. In fact green is a great accent color for people with brown eyes. I have put together a green smokey eye that is really easy and doesn't go over the top. So when you find your self going out to the bar on St. Patty's day or any other time you can wear green eye shadow and still look fierce in 8 simple steps.

Final Product

Lets Get Started!!!

Step 1:

Apply eye shadow primer to your eye lids. This will help hold the eye shadow on and make the color more vibrant and long lasting.

Step 2: 

Apply base color (gold or yellow) all over lids from inner corners to outer.

Step 3:

Choose a light green color and blend it into the creases of your eyelids and down to your lash line creating a small wing to your eyes.

Step 4:

Use a dark green color on your lid starting mid way and then drag it out towards the wind you already created with the light green using it as a guide. 

Step 5:

Apply black eyeliner to the top and inner bottom lash lines. (You don't want to use a liquid eye liner for this look since that creates a strong dramatic line, you want to use a pencil for a smudged smokey eye look.)

Step 6:

Fill in your eyebrows, locking in the powder with clear mascara. You will also apply your mascara.

Step 7:

Apply concealer under your eyes and smooth out, then apply your foundation. After applying foundation use a highlighter in a C motion on your cheek bone this will help your eyes pop.

Step 8:

Apply blush and highlighting blush to your check bones.

I like to apply Bare Minerals "Warmth" blush and then go over it with "true" to give it a pink golden tone.

FINISHED PRODUCT!

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Eyebrow Shaping, Trimming, and Styling

Eyebrows are essential for accenting beautiful eyes. Since eyebrows are one of the first things you notice on someone's face it is important to keep them well groomed and find a shape that is right for you. You can tweeze, wax, brush, spray, trim, or pencil your brows, but make sure that what ever it is you do that it works for your face and that you don't over do a technique and end up looking clownish instead of beautiful.

SHAPE: You don't want your brows too thick/ thin or long. You should from a distance be able to see the beginning and the end of your eye brows. If they happen to be thin in some areas you can use an eyebrow tint to create the thick look. You brows should start in line with your inner eye area and continue to the outer corner. It's that easy! Anything between the eyes or past the outer corner should go. You can then create a slight arch to finish the shape of our brows.

TRIMMING: Trimming is a great way to keep up the shape of your brows and it is free and easy as long as your grabbing hair not skin it will be completely painless. Many times people over pluck but the trick in tweezing is not to take more hair than necessary. Take a white eye liner pencil and draw a line for the shape you want and only trim what is under the line. Remember thought that the root may be below the line but the hair is part of the shape you want so be careful not to pluck those hairs.
If you regularly have a lot of hair to pluck then a professional hair waxing will be easiest for you. It's always fast and you can avoid any ugly accidents.

STYLING: After you have shaped and trimmed your brows and they are all groomed you can style them and pay them a bit of attention when you are applying make up. You can use your eyebrow brush to comb the hairs into place of the shape you have created. To keep them in place you can use clear mascara to hold them in them in place for a finished look. You can also tint your eyebrows by using an angled brush and finding a color that matches your brows. You then fill them in and then apply clear mascara to hold the shape all day and night.
Here is my tutorial on tinting eye brows:

There are great brands that put out kits for tinting and creating beautiful eye brows. Here are some:

BOBBI BROWN