Thursday, February 10, 2011

Pink Pin-Up Eyes for Valentine's Day

This is a very fresh, fun look for Valentine's Day that only uses two colors (three if you count the brow highlight) with a pretty winged liner. Use any two shades of pink that you like, just make sure you don't skip the liner. If you don't create a line between your eyes and the pink shadow your eyes will look irritated instead of irresistible.

Start with a primed eyes. Eye primer will make the color last until after dessert! Next apply a light pink to the inner corner with a blending brush and then sweep it up across the brow bone. Feel free to use a shadow with shimmer if you like. I used a mauvey pink blush.

With a flat shadow brush, pat a brighter/darker pink onto the lid starting in the center of the lid and then blending out and up slightly onto the brow bone. Lightly tap the darker pink onto the light pink to fade the two colors into one another.

Now, using a liner brush, apply a matte black shadow along the lash line. This should be thick and the edge ever so slightly softened.

Next apply a black liquid or gel liner that follows the black shadow. You should leave some of the black shadow peaking out from beneath the liner. This creates a softened but still defined line and makes your lashes look really full!

Finish with a bone colored brow highlight or just leave it au naturale and a thin line of black shadow along the lower lashes and mascara. I paired this with a nude-pink lip color topped with a pink shimmery gloss. But this look would do well with a more rosey pink or even berry pink lip too. On my cheeks I kept with the pink theme but used only a minimal dusting of color.


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