Tutorial: My "signature" eye look for school

I do switch up my makeup a lot, but this is my most worn look because it's not across so many big palettes. This is my favorite one for school that really brings out shine.

 From top to bottom, left to right, there's Covergirl Lashblast Mascara, Tweezerman Classic Lash curler, MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack, Clinique Pink Chocolate eyeshadow (a light pearly pink, I can't find it on Clinique's site), Urban Decay Primer Potion, Ecotools Angled liner brush, Urban Decay Shadow brush, MAC 217, Smashbox Brazilian Bronze, and Clinique Lucky Penny. I forgot to add the Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Underground.

 Bare eye, as always.

 Apply and spread the primer across the lid and up to the brow.

And now use your flat shader brush on one of my favorite eyeshadows - Clinique Lucky Penny 

 And pat it right across the lid.

 Now swipe your fluffy brush/217 into Brazilian Bronze

 And sweep it into the crease

 Here's what it looks like so far.

 Now swipe the same fluffy brush into Pink Chocolate,

 And sweep it right under the brow bone.

 Here's the look so far.

 Now take the angled liner brush and swipe it in the gel eyeliner.

 Use it in the outer top half of the upper eyelid, and if you wish use Underground in the lower lash line.

 Now curl your lashes and go!

Homecoming Series Kick-off: 2nd place in the Navy (affordable)

You wanna know a secret? I don't plan these tutorials. The only ones I've planned are the middle school ones and one of my upcoming ones. Here I'm starting my Homecoming series. I've always loved dark, sultry eye makeup, but I don't have many occasions to showcase it myself. Here we're going for a Silver (get it? 2nd place?) smokey eyes with Navy accents, which is wearable on really any dress (tip - silver works with every dress color! Although if you're gonig for a stunning silver dress, I'd try a brown or black smokey eye unless you wanna look matchy-matchy)

 Here we're using Covergirl lashblast fusion mascara, my highly abused Wet n Wild Blue Had me at Hello palette, Wet n Wild creme eyeliner in black, NYX eyeshadow base in white, and Maybelline Expertwear eyeliner in slate gray.

 Apply the eyeshadow base and blend out to cover from lashline to browbone.

In the Blue had me at Hello palette, sweep your flat shader brush on the silver 2nd shade in the left column ("eyelid").

Apply it on the inner half of the lid.

On the right column, 3rd shadow down, swipe your flat shader brush in the navy "crease" shade.

Apply it on the outer half of the lid. Ugh, it looks really bad here.

Swipe your pencil brush into the same silver shade.

Blend the harsh line between the two with your pencil brush.

See? Much better.

Now sweep your pencil brush in the "definer" shade in the bottom right, a glittery black.

Apply it in the outer v, demonstrated nyah.

Now use your fluffy brush in the same shade.

And blend, blend, blend it into the crease to get this effect.

Now use your pencil brush (yes, again) into the navy shade from earlier

And apply it on the outer lash line.

Finally, use your fluffy brush on the "browbone" shade on the top right.

Of course, sweep it right under the browbone.

Sweep your gel eyeliner on the top lashline, and use the grey eyeliner on the lower waterline.

Curl your lashes, add mascara, and TA-DA!

Tutorial: Just a little bit sultry

I know this is my school series, but there are those rocker girls out there who rock sultry eyes everyday. This isn't the most dramatic eye out there (the shadows just make the top picture look really dark) so I guess if you were really into sultry makeup for school, you could try this. Otherwise, I think it'd be perfect for a date.

 Left to right, top to bottom: MAC 219 (got cut off), Ecotools angled eyeliner brush, Urban Decay shadow brush, MAC 217, Covergirl Lashblast Fusion, Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliners in Stray Dog and Zero, Urban Decay Naked palette, Tweezerman lash curler, Urban Decay Primer Potion, and MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack.

 As always, start off with a bare eye. Or my "too much makeup" right eye, if you wish.

And apply the primer. As is tradition. 

 Use the flat shader brush in Virgin, a "cool pale beige."

 Apply Virgin in the inner 2/3rds of the lid.

 Use the same brush in Buck (a "fawn brown").

 It's a bit hard to see here, but there it is on the outer 1/3rd.

 Use the 219 (pencil brush) in Gunmetal ("Dark metallic grey with silver microglitter")

It looks very hard here in the crease, buuuuuut...

 We blend it out! Apply more with your blending brush (my beloved 217) if you wish, just make sure to BLEND. And use some of the gunmetal on the outer part of the lower lid.

 Now time for the liner.

 Just use the usual sweep on the outer half of the upper lid. This may seem plain, buuuuuuut...

 Blend it! If you couldn't tell, I'm a blending enthusiast. And use the Stray Dog eyeliner on the lower waterline and lashline. If you want, use zero in the upper waterline.

Curl your lashes, and TA-DA!