Smokey Eyes Using MAC Smoke and Diamonds and Formal Black Smokey Eye Palette

I've always said that I haven't really used my MAC Smoke and Diamonds eyeshadow that much because I didn't like its color pay-off on my lid. I realized that I had to apply a cream shadow base of about the same shade underneath to make the beautiful color pop. I went to Sephora and just browsed through the products for a good one hour, and I eventually purchased this Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liner in Skinny Jeans, a beautiful pewter color that turned out to be an excellent base for my Smoke and Diamonds. For the first time since I got Smoke and Diamonds, I really appreciated and loved the color on my lid. Skinny Jeans made Smoke and Diamonds' color truly vibrant on the lids, and made my smokey eye crease-free throughout the night. I wore this look at an all-girls night out watching comedian Gabriel Iglesias, and we waited for an hour and a half outside the theater during a hot summer night in Arizona in 90-degree heat. Nonetheless, my smokey eye remained intact and immaculate despite the heat. This is definitely HG material right here.



I also used my beautiful MAC Formal Black/Holiday Smoked Eye palette for this look. This is one of my favorite smokey eye palettes that MAC has ever come up with. The colors are gorgeous and classy/classic. The rest of the eyeshadows I used for this look came from this palette.


I also used my MAC mineralize blush in LoveJoy for this look.


On the lips, I used Blankety lipstick topped with Stop! Look! dazzleglass.

Here is a step-by-step, but the photos start on the third step as the pictures got corrupted in my memory card. All products MAC unless otherwise noted.


Apply Urban Decay primer potion all over lid, browbone and lower lashline. Using a fluffy eyeshadow brush, apply Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow in Skinny Jeans on lid. Using the 239 brush, apply Smoke and Diamonds shadow in patting motions on the lid. Using Sonia Kashuk blender brush, apply Club on the outer V.


Using the Sonia Kashuk blender brush, apply Black Tied on the outer V.


Blend the colors together using the 224.






Like so.


Using the Sonia Kashuk bent eyeliner brush, apply Blacktrack fluidline on upper lashline. Using the 227 brush, apply Vex on browbone to highlight.


Using the 219, take Carbon shadow (not from the Smokey Eye palette, a permanent color but I got mine from the Gentle Fume quad) and apply on the outer lower lashline going in. Stop at 2/3 on the way in. Rim eye (waterline and tightline) using Urban Decay 24/7 liner in Zero. Apply Revlon self-adhesive falsies in Intensifying.







FACE:
Monistat gel as primer
MAC Prep + Prime Refined Zone on t-zone
Missha Watery Blemish Balm Cream (BB cream)
DreamWorld Mineral foundation in Theia (Luna formula)
CARGO Blu-Ray HD finishing powder
MAC Sculpt powder to contour
MAC mineralize blush in Lovejoy

LIPS:
MAC lipliner in Whirl
MAC lipstick in Blankety
MAC dazzleglass in Stop! Look!