Sexy Smokey Eye Makeover

Hi Bellas,

A few weeks ago I made over a client who had turned 21 and was going out to her first real club. This is definitely an exciting event and of course we wanted something super hot and sexy. My client brought in a few pictures to choose from. This is definitely helpful so that I can gain an idea of what look to go for. I always ask clients to email or bring inspiration pics. I noticed a trend in her pictures – there were a lot of smokey eyes and dramatic lashes. After a brief consult, we decided to go for a shimmery silver smokey eye. My client wasn’t used to dramatic makeup so I thought the traditional charcoal smokey eye would be a good choice.

Evening Out Skin Tone
We also wanted to really work on evening out her skin tone and covering up blemishes. First, I used a correcting primer in green to cancel out any redness then I applied foundation and spot treated blemishes. Sometimes you’ll need to reapply concealer after you finished the entire look to make sure you get any stubborn spots. Just make sure to set the blemish with powder so the coverage will last. Just take a puff or wedge sponge and really press it into the skin.

Dealing with Spray Tans
My client just had gotten a spray tan but her face was a lot paler than her body. This is a challenge I’ve run into a few times with clients. Typically, if the client is showing skin around her chest and shoulders, you’ll want to match the face to that. However, I didn’t want to give her the same orange toned tint to her face as it would appear unnatural. Instead, I applied foundation as usual. Next, I stepped back and looked at her in my wall mirror to get an overall picture. I then added bronzer to just the outer edges of her face to give her that bronzed glow.

Plumping Lips
I also worked on defining my clients lips by using a pencil to slightly over draw the edges. I only like to overdraw at the very top so it won’t look too unnatural.  Next, just add a bit of shimmery lipgloss to the center of the lipness to give a plumping effect.  You can also put a bit of highlighter on the cupid's bow for extra fullness.

My client also just had her hair colored and blow out…gorgeous! Check out the pics.

Here’s What I Used (All MAC Unless Otherwise Specified):

FACE

-Graftobian oxyderm moisturizer
-Smashbox correcting primer in green
-Cinema Secrets foundation
-Graftobian powder
-Sculpting Powder in Sculpt
-dame blush
-light flush msf

EYES

-soft ochre paint pot
-pincurl e/s
-carbon e/s
-charcoal e/s
-idol eyes e/s
-blanc type e/s
-red cherry lashes
-Eve Pearl black mascara
-Revlon Colorstay liquid liner in blackest black

LIPS
-Beurre liner

-client’s own lipstick
-luminary lipglass

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Atlanta Makeup Artist