Asian Eye Make Up Tutorial

Today I got the idea to do a red lip tutorial since I recently fell in love with this look. The only problem is: my lips are flaky and red from pulling dead skin, ewww yeah... so I'm gonna do a lip tutorial some other time.

So I'm gonna post an eye make up tutorial from quite some time ago. First pic is no make up at all. Just some moisturizer. Look at this: an awful, tired eye.

Put some concealer under your eyes

Then put on foundation all over your face. Now take a tiny bit of Urban Decay Primer Potion on one finger (this stuff is really great, lives up to its rave reviews!). Pat it on gently and blend it with the finger. The amount on the pic is actually enough for both eyes...

Then line your upper lid and lower lid, including your waterline with black Kohl. Still looking tired...

Take a natural, brownish eye shadow. Apply with a foam applicator.

Blend the brown eyeshadow. Then put on a highlighting shade like MAC Vanilla Pigment under your brow and blend with a brush.

Grab an eyelash curler (I love Shu Uemura). Pinch your lashes from root to tip in small steps. Get as close to your lid as possible while not pinching your eyelid (that really hurts! so pay attention). After 1-2 minutes of torturing your lashes into shape they should look somewhat like this:

Apply mascara in a wiggling motion to spread evenly. BTW I like the spiderlash look :P If you don't, get a clean mascara wand (from drugstores or clean an old brush that you would have thrown away with your old mascara) and brush through lashes to seperate them.

To achieve a glow effect, put some iridescent white eye shadow on your lower lid (I used MAC Vellum and Lancôme Color Design in Sentimental Blue, Smashbox has a quad with fabulous duo-chromes too).

Blend the e/s and work them into the black Kohl.

Take the MAC brush #219 (perfect for smokey eyes blending) and put black e/s (MAC Carbon) underneath your lashline to blend the black kohl line and the whitish e/s.

The result looks like this:

Looks much more awake and fresh than the first pic. I think I'm gonna do some more tutorial in the future.