How to make purple smokey eyes with Estee Lauder products?

Hello, I mostly have Estee Lauder stuff. I have a few off brand stuff, but yeah. I'm kiiind of a beginner with makeup? Sort of, almost fifteen. So, please, nothing too difficult! Thanks!!|||First put on eye primer on top and bottom of your eyes. then take black and lightly put on eyes then take purple and put on top and bottom of eye then lightly rub in|||http://www.makeupgeek.com/tutorials/purp鈥?/a>|||Smokey eyes are very easy. Honestly, I don't really understand why so many young women think that it's some extremely difficult look to wear!





A smokey is basically this: a base shade applied to the entire lid, a shade darker than the base shade applied to the crease and outer corner, a dark shade of eyeliner on the upper (and lower is desired) lash line, and mascara. It can be done with any shade, any colour scheme, any depth of colours, etc. You can use as few or as many shades as you like. I generally prefer using 3+ colours for most of my looks, and I usually apply 2-3 colours in the crease and outer corner area for more depth. I'll sometimes apply more than one base colour as well.





Here's a step-by-step example, referencing Estee Lauder products (I'll make it quite simple and "toned-down"):





1) Apply a base to your lid. These are not essential, but they can help prolong the wear of the makeup and keep it truer to colour. I use Urban Decay Primer Potion, but you could use a cream shadow similar to your skin tone if your makeup doesn't tend to crease, or the primer offered by Estee Lauder.





2) Apply your base shade. If you'd like to go for a light smokey eyes, choose a shade like Pale Moon. Use your brush and gently pat it over the entire lid, up to your natural crease, and gently sweep the colour on the lid to blend it out evenly. If you'd like to go for a dark smokey eye, choose a shade like Plum Pop on the entire lid.





3) Apply your crease shade. If going for the light smokey eye, choose a shade like Mulberry. If choosing a dark smokey eye, pick a shade like Amethyst. To apply the shadow into the crease, choose a somewhat fluffy yet rounded brush to gently sweep the colour into your natural crease. I generally apply the crease colour to the last 2/3rds of my crease and leave the inner part clean. Apply the same shade to the outer half of your lid, keeping it connected to your crease colour.





4) Blend everything together. Blend the edges and blend your base and crease shade together so as to not have any obvious demarkation lines. I usually use a large fluffy brush - the more dense, the more likely it is to drag away too much colour while blending.





5) Apply liner. If you'd like a softer and smudged-out line, pick a pencil liner such as Plumwood or Plum Grey. Apply small strokes to the upper lash line as close to the roots as possible. If you want to have some thickness to it, add the thickness to the outer corner, leaving the inner part thin. You can apply it from the inner corner to the outer corner, or you can apply it on the last 2/3rds of the lash line (I generally do this myself). Smudge it out with a smudger brush or a small q-tip, making sure not to remove too much colour.


If you'd like a crisper line, choose either liquid or gel/cream. Most beginners find pencils are easier to use. I personally find that liquids and gels/creams are easier to apply to the upper lash line than pencils, and have since I first started wearing makeup. It's all personal preference. For liquids, just slowly draw a line. You can go in strokes if you'd like, and again, only add thickness to the outer part of the line.


The lower lash line can either be left alone or lined with the pencil liner used above, or even the shadow used in your crease. The important thing to remember here is balance - if your upper lash liner is thick, apply a thin line or no liner to the lower lash line. If you chose to apply a thin line or no liner to the upper lash line, you can apply a thick line of liner on the lower lash line (which I usually do). You can apply it from the inner to outer corner, or just part of the outer corner. Choose whatever you think suits your eye shape best. Make sure you smooth and blend the line out nicely.





6) Mascara. If you have a curler, curl your lashes before applying mascara. Apply whatever mascara you like, and you can apply it to both the top and bottom lashes if desired. I usually only apply mascara to the outer lower lashes and not to the inner lower lashes.





7) Highlight: Take a pearly white or off-white (whichever suits your skin tone best) and lightly apply it to the inner corner and outer corner of your eyes, as well as on the brow bone area.





Pretty easy! Here is a link that shows some examples of different types of smokey eyes:


http://www.temptalia.com/category/looks/鈥?/a>





As you can see, she doesn't always do a monochromatic scheme. So if you wanted, you could choose to use something such as a brown on the lid and a purple in the crease, and it would still be a smokey eye as long as the crease is darker than the base shade.





Hopefully this was easy enough to understand. If not, feel free to message me to ask any questions.