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The Daily Face - December 19, 2011 - New Year’s Eve Looks 

under eyes: Make Up For Ever HD Concealer in 325

eyeliner: MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack, Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes Pencil in shade 10L (gold)

eye shadow: Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream in Shade 15, MAC Shadow in Satin Taupe, NARS Duo in Cordura, MAC Highlighter in Pearl 

eye brows: MAC Eye Brow Pencil in Fling

eye lashes: Lancome Hypnose Drama

cheeks: MAC Blush in Harmony

This week I’m going to post a couple of looks that would be good for whatever type of New Year’s Eve party you plan to attend, like say raging in some dark warehouse in Brooklyn or going to fancy dinner party.

This is more of a dark look.  I started by lining the eyes with Blacktrack, including both the upper and lower inner rims and winging the liner. 

Next, using my finger I applied Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream in shade 15, which is sort of a muted bronze color.  Then, with a brush, I applied MAC Satin Taupe to the crease, bringing the shadow all the way in towards the inner corner of the the eye and blending up towards the inner corner of the brow.  Really look at the photos as a reference, this will help you a lot.  The portion of the eye between the inner corner and the inner corner of the brow should be shadowed, but make sure that shadow is not on the outer portion of the brow bone, this will make you look like a streetwalker.  Apply MAC Highlighter in Pearl to the outer portion of the brow bone to lighten and accentuate it.

Next I applied the rich brown shade in the NARS Cordura Duo to the outer corner of the eyes and slightly into the crease, as well as lightly below the lower lash line.  Since I used a lot of shadow it covered over the Blacktrack liner, so at this point I went over the liner to make it darker.

Last I applied the Make Up For Ever gold eye pencil wrapping around the inner corners of the eyes and many coats of mascara.  Finish the look with a sweep over blush in the hollows of your cheekbones.

You probably want to go light on the lips, or leave out lip color altogether with this look.

The Daily Face - December 15, 2011 

under eyes: Make Up For Ever HD Concealer in 325

eyeliner: MAC Kohl Pencil in Teddy

eye shadow: MAC Shadow in Amber Lights

eye brows: MAC Eye Brow Pencil in Fling

eye lashes: Lancome Hypnose Drama

cheeks: NARS Blush in Madly

Occasionally, very occasionally, I will sub in classic pencil eyeliner for my usual gel or liquid liner.  Pencil liner creates a much softer line but it doesn’t have the staying power of gels and liquid, inevitably it starts to wear off.  That’s said, I still like it sometimes as it’s faster to apply. 

For this look I used MAC eye pencil in Teddy, which is a rich brown color with gold flecks and a gold shadow also by MAC called Amber Lights.  First I applied Amber Lights to the lid from lash line to crease.  Next I applied the eye pencil to the top lid and also the outer portion of the lower lid.  I didn’t bother to line the inner rims because, what’s the point, eye pencil never stays on the inner rim for long anyway.  You’ll notice that making wings is slightly more difficult with a pencil because the point isn’t as sharp, but I made little wings anyway.

Last applied a bunch of mascara and NARS blush in Madly to the apples of the cheeks.

This is a super fast and natural look, good for when you don’t have a lot of time to get ready, or if you’re just feeling lazy!

The Daily Face - December 8, 2011 - Smokey Eye

under eyes: Make Up For Ever HD Concealer in 325

eyeliner: MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack

eye shadow: MAC in Electra, NARS Due in Eurydice

eye brows: MAC Eye Brow Pencil in Fling

eye lashes: Lancome Hypnose Drama

cheeks: NARS Cream Blush in Penny Lane

If you wear makeup it’s a good idea to master the classic smokey eye; it’s versitile and always looks good.  You can achieve the smokey eye effect with any color really, but classically it’s done with greys and blacks.

I started by lining the lid with MAC Blacktrack, including the inner rims.  I didn’t take the liner all the way to the inner corner of the eye, however feel free to do so.  If I were going to a party I would likely extend the liner to the inner corners of the eye. 

Next I applied MAC shadow in Electra to the lid from the liner to the crease.  Then using the black shadow from the Eurydice Duo (you can use any black shadow you have) I blended it into the outer corners of the lid and into the crease.  The trick to the smokey eye is a lot of blended, do be afraid to go over the shadow a lot with the brush.  Be sure not to take the black shadow too far towards the inner corner of the eyes, you want to see that light silvery-grey tone.

Next I blended the shadow around the outer corners of my eyes and lightly below the lower lash line.  The shadow on the lower and upper lid should connect around the outer corner of the eye.  Blending the black shadow below the lower lash line is what makes the smokey eye, so don’t skip this step. 

As a trick it always helps me to use the eye socket bones as a guide, meaning the black shadow should run along the edge of the bone at the eye crease and also at the outer corner of the eye.  If you’re feeling really fancy you can add some highlighter to the brow bone, but be careful because it’s easy to get into drag queen territory with a smokey eye.

Last I applied the cream blush to the apples of my cheeks with my finger.

The Daily Face - December 7, 2011 

under eyes: Make Up For Ever HD Concealer in 325

eyeliner: MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack

eye shadow: MAC in Electra, MAC in Sumptuous Olive

eye brows: MAC Eye Brow Pencil in Fling

eye lashes: Lancome Hypnose Drama

cheeks: MAC Blush in Harmony

For this look I lined the top lid, as well as the upper inner rim.  I started the liner from about 45% of the way in from the outer corner of the eye and made small wings past the eye corners.

Next applied MAC shadow in Electra to the lid from the lashes to the crease, making sure to blend in the crease.  Then I applied MAC shadow in Sumptuous Olive on top of Electra to create a metallic silvery-green color.

Last I applied a sweep of MAC Blush in Harmony in the hollow of the cheekbones.