Coral Cranberry Eyes

I am so in love with this look I wore yesterday! It's a gorgeous coral and cranberry smokey eye that's perfect for the Summer/Fall transition period. I used a mix of different cranberry and burgundy shades to get this look and I want to remind you all that if you ever don't have a certain eye shadow dig into your collection and use what you have, most products can be used for different purposes. For instance, I used a couple different blushes in this look as shadows and they worked perfectly. So I hope you guys like this look and stay tuned because I should have my first impressions of the new Urban Decay and Sigma palettes.

How to: Eyes

-Prime the lids and lower lash line, then apply a pink base to the the eyelid.

-Apply a warm toned caramel color to the crease as your transition/blending color. This shade can be matte or have a bit of shine to it, it's up to you. Just don't go too shimmery.

-Highlight the brow bone with a matte cream shade.

-Pat a pink-y coral shadow onto the inner 2/3s of the eye, leaving just the outer corner bare.

-Take a few different cranberry shades and blend them into the crease of the eye one at a time. You really want to layer shadows with this look and blend them out to create a lot of dimension to the eyes. You also want the shape of this look to extend out and upward into a cat eye shape.

-Next, I took 2 different burgundy toned blushes and blended them into the crease as well as the outer corner of the eye. You want this look to have a gradient effect by going from lightest at the brow bone down to darkest in the socket line and outer corner.

-Take a small amount of black shadow and apply it right into the outer corner blending slightly into the other colors. This is just to add a bit more depth to the look.

-Using a kohl pencil line as close to the lashes as possible, then smudge the line out. You also want to rim your eyes with this pencil as well.

-On the lower lash line apply the burgundy blush from inner to outer corner.

-Highlight around the tear ducts with a light shimmery pink champagne shade.

-Add lots of mascara to the top and bottom lashes.

Products Used:

EYES:

-Rimmel Exaggerate Undercover shadow primer

-Maybelline Color Tattoo Metal- Inked In Pink

-Aveda eye shadow- Sierra Chambray

-Bare Minerals eye shadows- Citrus Twist, Chenille

-Aveda eye shadow- Night Iris

-Hard Candy Kal-Eye-Descope baked eye duo- Secret Rendevous

-Maybelline blush- Ravishing Rouge

-Milani baked blush- Red Vino

-Tarte for True Blood palette- V, Legend

-Lorac eye shadow- Nude

FACE:

-Smashbox Photo Finish foundation primer

-Revlon Whipped creme foundation- Buff

-MAC Pro Longwear concealer- NC15

-Aveda Minerals translucent loose powder

-Tarte Amazonian Clay blush- Exposed

-Revlon mineral finishing powder- Brighten

-ELF eyebrow kit- medium

-Korres Lip Butter- Plum

How To: Face

-Apply a foundation primer all over your face to prep your skin and to ensure the foundation applies smoothly and lasts.

-Then apply your favorite foundation that provides flawless coverage.

-Use concealer to hide dark circles and any blemishes or redness.

-Set everything with a sheer loose powder to keep skin from looking too oily.

-Apply a rose toned blush into the contours of the cheeks. This will not only add color, but definition as well.

-Highlight your cheek bones and down the bridge of your nose with a pink toned highlighter.

-Fill in your eyebrows as normal. You want the sparse areas to be filled in.

-Apply a plum colored lip balm to your lips and the look is done.