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FOTD My Smokey Classics by Lauren Luke — Dramatic

Yesterday I posted my first application of My Smokey Classics, what I would call a normal, smokey look.

Today I wanted to go dramatic. I intentionally applied it as dark as I felt I wanted for a daytime look. Plus it’s fall, and I should be able to carry off more smokiness. I believe it would go even darker. You can see from the picture far below that it doesn’t look this dark full face, but it is dark!

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You can buy this set at Sephora for $37.

Here is Lauren Luke applying My Smokey Classics:
There is an annoying ad at the beginning, sorry!

The kit includes:

- 2 blendable primers – Nude Slip Dark & Nude Slip Light [the same shades in each kit]
- 3 flattering eye shadows – Antique Pewter, Twilight Ash & Cashmere Cream
- 1 defining eyeliner – Raven Black
- 1 contouring blush – Peach Glow
- 2 luscious lip shades – Plumberry & Cranberry Stain
- 1 My Glossy Lips lip gloss in Sheer [the same with each kit -- I like it a lot; one is now in my purse.]

Here’s my look today:
I had a lot of fun on Halloween. I went as a Flower Child/Hippie, but didn’t take any pictures. I basically copied the look of the video demonstration of Smokey Eyes with Cat Marnell. Surprisingly, I liked it on me, and didn’t feel it was way too over the top! For that look, because this palette had not arrived yet, I used a very dark Chanel shadow. I liked the look so well that I’m sure I will duplicate it more.

Today I modified the look, softening it a tad. I could have gone deeper with liner, but wanted to show that it could be toned down a bit. And I wanted to use only the items from this palette.

Technique
Primer: I blended the two shades together, and the color exactly matched my eyelids. I have tried each color alone at other times. Then BE Queen Phyllis to lay a foundation.
Lids: Antique Pewter – this is a gorgeous brown — heavily to ensure that Twilight Ash went on smoothly and to soften the look a bit for daytime
Whole lid and dry lined lower: Twilight Ash, this is sparkly and very black, similar to a MAC that I have, but very nice to have all in one place for this look
Crease: Antique Pewter, in the manner Cat used bronzer, and also a bit of Cashmere Cream (it’s a powder) under the brow and to soften the top edge
Tightlined: Black liner from palette.

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Do you have this palette?
How do you like to wear it? Do you have a favorite of Lauren’s?

Karin
www.savvythinker.com

You can see my earlier posts:
My Smokey Classics
My Smokey Classics — Natural
LOTD My Smokey Classics
My Sultry Blues Look 1
Look 2
Look 3
LOTD
My Fierce Violets
General information about her palettes can be found here.

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FOTD AL eyes

Here’s a look from a couple of weeks ago:

This was such a fun look (and basically without cost) because I just used my finger to apply the glitters that had escaped from the sample bags — they are really too pretty to lose! I used a brush in the outer corners and to dryline. It’s rare for me to use my fingers with shadow, unless it is cream.

For ease of performance and beautiful colors, Aromaleigh cannot be beat.

Base: Nude Frost, then BE Queen Phyllis

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This is a tad out of focus, but you can see how soft and pretty it was.

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I keep all my Rocks! glam glitter samples together in a larger ziplock bag.
Lids: a mix of all the shades that escaped.
The outer corners and drylined: Planetearth

At this late date, I don’t really remember what other colors I used, only my eyes.

Karin

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FOTD Review: My Smokey Classics by Lauren Luke

My Smokey Classics is a lovely palette. It actually is far prettier at home in good lighting and on my face, than I thought it was when I saw it in the store. (I had wanted to see these in person before I bought any. While in the store, I purchased My Sultry Blues, then ordered this one and My Fierce Violets online, taking advantage of F&F, all from Sephora.)

You can buy this set at Sephora for $37.

Here is Lauren Luke applying My Smokey Classics:
There is an annoying ad at the beginning, sorry!

The kit includes:

- 2 blendable primers – Nude Slip Dark & Nude Slip Light [the same shades in each kit]
- 3 flattering eye shadows – Antique Pewter, Twilight Ash & Cashmere Cream
- 1 defining eyeliner – Raven Black
- 1 contouring blush – Peach Glow
- 2 luscious lip shades – Plumberry & Cranberry Stain
- 1 My Glossy Lips lip gloss in Sheer [the same with each kit -- I like it a lot; one is now in my purse.]

Here’s my look today:
I was very pleased with how this turned out. Some dark colors are too dark for me, and almost impossible to blend as my skin is both light and easily hurt if too much blending is needed. But this worked perfectly, and the mid-tone shade of brown is just beautiful. The entire palette had looked dark to me in the store, but it is nicely vibrant when on.

This makes it look as if my shadows are uneven, but in RL they look perfect. It is the lighting from the camera. You can see how deep and smokey it is.
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Primer: I blended the two shades together, and the color exactly matched my eyelids. I have tried each color alone at other times.
Lids: Antique Pewter – this is a gorgeous brown
Crease and dry lined: Twilight Ash, this is sparkly and very black, similar to a MAC that I have, but very nice to have all in one place for this look
Tightlined: Black liner from palette.

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As you can see, the colors work very well together. I was surprised at how pretty the blush is, because it looked too deep for me in the palette. It was perfect on. Just the right balance to the eyes and lips. This is the lighter of the two lip colors, with the Sheer gloss on top. Later today I will show a LOTD with the other color.

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Learning to work with her kits
Her kits are heavily pigmented, which I consider a good thing. Once you figure out how much to use, they are very easy to work with.

The easy coordination of colors: A complete look
I like that all the colors are together, for a complete look. And they really do work together, unlike many palettes offered by other companies that generally have some throw-away colors.

It is also easy to use other blush or lippies, so the kits have multiple uses.

Have you tried this palette? or any of her other palettes?
Do you have a favorite?

If you are looking for an easy smokey look, coordinated perfectly, this is for you. I rate it a 5 out of 5.

You can see my earlier posts:
My Sultry Blues Look 1
Look 2
Look 3
LOTD
My Fierce Violets
General information about her palettes can be found here.

Karin
www.savvythinker.com

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EOTD Arbonne Smokey Eyes + MK Armani Benefit lips

Smokey eyes for a warm fall day. These colors remind me of leaves.

All Arbonne colors unless noted.
Base: Nude Frost (not Arbonne), then BE Queen Phyllis
Lids: Linen, then a mix of Smudge and Inkling
Center of lid and crease: Charade (a sort of bronzey color, recommended by Arbonne for this look, but also used only in the crease in Cat Marnell’s youtube I posted the other day.)
Drylined lower: Inkling
Pencil lined top: Mermaid
Pencil lined bottom: Slate

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You can see lip info at my LOTD post.

Karin
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EOTD: Mastering the smokey eye with Cat Marnell

Cat Marnel, a beauty editor at Lucky Magazine, shows us how to do a messy, smokey eye. And she does it in under 2 minutes. I love the idea of it being messy, so long as the mess is controlled where you want it. I love her idea of using bronzer to soften the crease. If you are very light complected, you might want to use more of a metallic bronze so there is some extra softening.

You can, of course, soften this look to be your own. Sometimes it can look as smokey, while being far less intense, depending on your skin tone or eye color.

And don’t forget you could do a smokey eye in violets or blues or…. not just blacks and charcoals.

How much fun would we have doing eye makeup if we took this messy approach, whether smokey or not!

Enjoy!

Karin
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FOTD Maybelline Charcoal Smokey Eyes

This was my look today, trying the other color in the second print ad, but placing the colors more like the print ad for Emerald.

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After yesterday, it seemed too neutral, but looking at the pictures and how I felt about my look today, it is definitely a keeper.

Eyes:
Base: MAC Luna, then BE Queen Phyllis

Lids, crease and drylined: in the order on the quad
Mascara: Maybelline Pulse Perfection

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Lips: all Arbonne
Tickled + Gleam, edged with Nice
pencil

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These quads are really quite nice, especially for the money. I like that they are good sized but small enough to be easy to travel with.

Karin
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