Eye Candy | Color Blocked Eye Tutorials | Fall 2023 Trend

 

Hey Beauties!

Today I’m kicking off a series of Fall 2023 Makeup Trends (Sorry, diehard summer graspers).

I am starting with one of the eye styles for fall: color blocked eyes. 

Call it eye candy, call it color blocking, “call it what you want” (closet Swiftie); vibrant, electric eyeshadow or eyeliner, one shade on lids or top lash line and a completely different shade on the lower lash line encapsulates this fall trend.

Candy colored eyes were visibly noticeable at Fashion Week and expected to be hugely popular this fall.

The good part: this look is incredibly easy to achieve.

The best part: I have created two unique color blocked eye tutorials just for you so you will be all set for fall!

So, read on for some fun colors and tutorials 😎 

You can watch my tutorials on YouTube here

Eyeshadow or Eyeliner?

It’s totally up to you! 

That’s the great part about makeup: it’s whatever makes you feel happy and beautiful.

Traditionally, eyeshadow will cover more of your eyelid surface and will be more blendable.
Eyeliner creates more of a thin line of color for a more concentrated but less intense effect.
 
The bottom line is with either eyeshadow or eyeliner you can create the color blocked eye look you want.

Which Colors Should I Choose?

Oh the possibilities. 

Another area where you can let your imagine run wild is choosing which shades to pair. 

You could pick your two favorite colors, show your team spirit with the colors of your favorite sports team, or use different shades of the same color. 

The possibilities are truly endless. 

The colors I used were purple (on top lid) and sky blue (lower lash line) in my first tutorial.

 And in my second tutorial I use a blue liner (top lash line) and a green liner (bottom lash line).

 Other color combinations I love: teal and magenta, bright yellow and watermelon pink, or purple and hot pink.

How do I Create this Fall Eye Trend?

I’m so glad you asked because I have two tutorials right below to show you how to achieve color blocked eyes for fall!
 

Purple & Sky Blue Candy Eyeshadow

1. Purple Eyeshadow & a Rounded Brush:

Take an eggplant purple eyeshadow on a round fluffy brush and work it onto the eyelid.

Keep blending and building the color through the crease of the eye with a mild windshield wiper-like motion.

2. Blue Eyeshadow and a Small Shadow Brush:

On a small flat brush take a matte sky blue eyeshadow and trace it across your lower lash line meeting it with the purple shadow on the outer corner of the eye.

3. Off White Shadow & Mascara:

Use an off white pearly eyeshadow and blend it onto the brow bones to give the rest of the shadows a nice frame. 

To bring together the color blocked eye look take a black mascara and swipe it on the top and bottom lashes.

 

4. Concealer, Highlighter, & Blush:

Since the eyes are so full on keep the rest of the face more neutral.

Use a concealer to clean up any fallout that may have come from the bright eyeshadows.

Then use a highlighter and just lightly dust the high points of the face; tops of cheeks, bridge of nose.

Finish off the face with a rosy blush gently blended onto the apples of the cheeks.

5. Nude Shimmer Lipgloss:

Complete the look with a nude-peach shimmer gloss swiped across the lips.

And finally we have...

Our first Eye Candy Color Blocked eyeshadow look!

You could keep the purple eyeshadow more concentrated to the lid for a more subtle look or you could take it up further into the brow bone for a more intense effect.

These shades lasted all day for me, but if you're worried about smudging or drifting you could prep the eyes with an eyeshadow primer and set them with a setting spray.

Keeping the rest of the face more simple not only will allow the color blocked shadow to stand out but keeps the whole face from looking too "busy" with competing colors.

Products I used for my first Color Block Tutorial:

Bellapierre Cosmetics: 1999 4 Color Eyeshadow Palette – Shade Eggplant

Laura Makeup Labs: Queen Blending Brush

Love+Craft+Beauty: Eyeshadow Trio in Outta Limits

Bellapierre Cosmetics: 1999 4 Color Eyeshadow Palette – Shade Pearl

Complex Culture: Precision Eyelid Brush

Maybelline: Great Lash Mascara in Very Black

Tarte: Double Duty Beauty™ Shape Tape™ Concealer in N12 Fair Neutral

Pixi Beauty: Beauty Blush Duo in Rose Gold

Beau Gâchis: Illuminator (Highlighting Brush)

Luxie Beauty: Dreamcatcher Tapered Highlighter Brush 522

Ulta: Super Shiny Lip Gloss in #17 Illusion

"That's how it could have ended...But how about this..."

(Thank you to the Clue fans who got that)🔍

A little too full on color for you?

No worries, I also have a more wearable everyday color blocked look for you.

Blue & Green Color Blocked Eyeliner Tutorial

1. Peachy-Brown Base Shadow & Blue Eyeliner:

Create a nice canvas to showcase your liner by sweeping a Peach Brown eyeshadow all over the eye from lash line to brow bone.

Next, use a blue pencil eyeliner and trace it across your top lash line. 

Start with short, thin strokes and gradually build to your desired color and thickness. Wing it out just a bit at the outer corners of the eyes.

I like to use the side of the pencil because it gives me more control (See video).

2. Green Eyeliner Pencil:

Run a green pencil liner along your lower lash line and lower water line until you get a nice intense green shade.

Take the green liner just to where it meets the blue liner at the outer corner of the eye.

3. Mascara, Concealer & Contour:

Finish off the eyes with a volumizing mascara on the top and bottom lashes to enhance the liners even more.

Use a quick swipe of concealer under the eyes and anywhere else you may have gotten excess color.

Give the face extra umph by running a contour shade through the hollows of the cheeks, between the cheek & jaw bone.

4. Highlighter, Blush, & Lipstick for the Win:

Dust a champagne shimmer highlighter on the cheek bones and swirl a pink matte blush onto the apples of the cheeks.

Complete the look with a nude-mauve lipstick and smudge it onto the lips for a more worn-in look (also a fall trend, but we'll get to that later).

Which gives us...

Our second color blocked eye look!

A bit more wearable than the first color blocked look.

You could keep it even simpler by stopping after the blue liner across the top lash line.

Sort of easy your way into the color block trend.

 You could also swap the colors: use the green on the top lash liner and blue on the bottom.

There's really no wrong way to do this look.

Products I used for my second color block tutorial:

Too Faced: Eyeshadow in Toasted in Tuscany

Coastal Scents: Ipsy Pearl Medium Shadow Brush

Formula Z Cosmetics: Happy Stick Dual Ended Liner in Sky & Emerald

It Cosmetics: Lash Blowout Salon Volume Lift Mascara in Black

Tarte: Double Duty Beauty™ Shape Tape™ Concealer in N12 Fair Neutral

Tarte: Amazonian Clay Waterproof Bronzer in Park Ave Princess™

Beaute Basics: C405 Contour Blush Brush

Too Faced: Foxy Neutrals Face Palette

Beau Gâchis: Illuminator (Highlighting Brush)

Luxie Beauty: Dreamcatcher Tapered Highlighter Brush 522

Anastasia Beverly Hills: Matte Lipstick in Dead Roses

Again you can watch both video tutorials here

As you can see Eye Candy or Color Blocked eyes are super easy and fun to create🎨

The sky's the limit when it comes to this trend for fall.

Get yourself some different colored eyeshadows and liners and have fun!

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XOXO 

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Shania Twain | 'Man! I Feel Like a Woman!' Inspired | Makeup Tutorial | 90s Icon

Hi Lovelies! 

Today I’m digging up serious 90’s nostalgia and creating a makeup tutorial of one the most iconic artists of the decade: Shania Twain.

 The first CD I ever bought (yes, you read that right, CD) was Shania Twain’s Come On Over.

I was probably six or seven when I saw the music video for her mega popular hit Man! I Feel Like a Woman. 

Its nod to Robert Palmer’s music videos wasn’t lost on me, but was greatly overshadowed by Shania’s incredible makeup; full-on smoky eyes, over the top contour. 

Maybe this was when my love for makeup was born. Who knows. But what I do know is that the makeup look for that video will forever be a classic for makeup lovers.

I’ve wanted to recreate this makeup for quite a while, but have actually been a little nervous to attempt it because I really wanted to do it justice.

Either way, here it is.

 

You can watch my video tutorial here

The Essentials to Recreate Shania Twain’s Man! I Feel Like a Women Makeup

A Blending Brush

Since a black smoky eye is the anchor of this look a good blending brush is absolutely essential.

There are a lot of blending brushes on the market. Some are really decent. 

What you want to look for in a blending brush is for it to be firm enough to buff the eyeshadow or liner, but also soft and fluffy enough to smudge and diffuse harsh lines. 

Not all blending brushes are created equal.

My go-to blending brush is MAC Cosmetics 217 brush. If you watch any of my videos you will notice that I use it in nearly every one. It is that perfect balance of textures.

Retailing at $29 it sounds pretty pricy, and it is. But if you take care of it and clean it regularly this brush will last you for a very long time. 

I’ve had the one I used in this video since I think 2014 and it is just as fantastic as the day I bought it.

 

Expert Tip: Start with a clean blending brush, especially for this smoky eye, you will get way better results.

Matte Black Eyeshadow

There is no question that black eyeshadow is necessary for this smoky look. Shania was wearing matte black eyeshadow so that’s what I went with too.

Not just any black eyeshadow will do. Often they are powdery or patchy. 

You want one with buildable coverage and a good level opacity. 

I went with another MAC product. No, I am not affiliated with MAC nor do I get any incentive for recommending them. The products needed for this look are products that MAC does well.

I used MAC’s Carbon eyeshadow. It is very buildable and perfectly blendable, ideal for a smoky eye. Pairs perfectly with their 217 blending brush.

Concealer

A big part of this smoky eye look is clean up.

Even the best of powder eyeshadows have a small amount of fall out - little specks of shadow that fall under the eyes.

But, that's no reasons to shy away from using it. Most fallout can be easily cleaned up with a liquid concealer in a shade close to your skin tone.

The key is to keep wiping your brush (or finger) after each swipe on a tissue so you don't spread the shadow flecks all over your under eye area.

Another benefit of using concealer for this look is you can achieve the sharpest smoked wing by swiping it up around you eye (see video for demonstration).

I used Maybelline's Fit Me Concealer in Ivory. A very affordable concealer that works wonders for covering under eye circles, cleaning up fall out, and camouflaging blemishes.

Contour 

Shania has a seriously strong matte contour in the video on the jaw bone, cheek, hairline, and nose.

It is buffed out a bit with the blush and accentuated by the highlighter.

The sharp angles add to the overall fierceness of this look.

I used one of the shades from NYX Highlight & Contour Pro Palette (I also used the highlighter shades in there).

This relatively inexpensive palette gives you four pressed powder contour shades and four pressed powder highlighters so you can perfect any look you could possibly want to create.

A little goes a long way with these colors so you will have this palette for quite a while.

Muted Peach Lipstick

Finding the right shade of lipstick to match the one Shania wore in the video drove me crazy.

I looked through all of my lip colors and nothing was right. 

I even tried mixing some shades together but still couldn't match it perfectly.

Finally, I broke down and went to Ulta Beauty. They had NYX Smooth Whip Lip Cream in Kitty Belly, which turned out to be an ALMOST perfect shade for this look.

One major difference is that the finish is matte. Shania's had a slight glossiness to it.

But it was easy enough to add a clear gloss as a top coat.

Now that we've nailed down the essential products to recreate Shania Twain's Man! I Feel Like a Woman! makeup here is a step-by-step breakdown of how I went about it.

You can watch the video tutorial here

1. Matte Black Eyeshadow + Shading Brush:

Place and packet the black eyeshadow on to the eyelid using a short shading brush.

Concentrate the color mainly on the lid at this point.

2. Blend + Build & Blend + Build:

With a blending brush start buffing out the black shadow up into the crease and out of the eye to begin a smoky wing.

The next bit takes some patience as it consists of adding color and then blending it to get a diffused smoky effect in the shape that we want. See my video for a more detailed look.

3. Black & White Liner and More Black Eyeshadow:

Run a thin strip of black liquid liner just along the lash line to intensify lashes. Wing it out just a tiny bit.

Use a black pencil liner in the lower water line of the eyes to enhance the dramatic eye look.

On a small angled brush trace the same black shadow across the lower lash line and give it a small wing leaving a tiny gap between it and the liner on the upper lash line.

Take a white liquid liner and create a small flick of color right between the two black lines.

4. Mascara & Concealer Clean Up:

The lashes are probably the most natural part of this makeup look. She doesn't appear to be wearing false lashes so I just swiped on a volumizing mascara on the top & bottom lashes.

Next comes the clean up. Dot concealer all over under eyes and around the nose. As you sweep and blend the concealer to remove fall out, take it up higher and create a sharp wing out of the smoked out eyeshadow.

5. Matte Contour, Highlighter & Blush:

Go big and bold with the contour working it between the cheek and jaw bone starting near the middle of the ear down to around the apples of the cheeks. Work it under the jaw bone, into the hairline, and down the slope of the nose.

Hit the spaces in between the contour color with highlighter.

Use a neutral toned rose blush on the apples of the cheeks and blend it into the contour shade.

Use a pure white shimmer highlighter (one of the only not-matte products) on a small brush and gently tap it on top of the blush on the apples of the cheeks.

6. Peach Lipstick, Gloss & Setting Foundation:

Optional: I used a sienna shade lip liner but that isn't a must.  

Sometimes she appears to be wearing a lip liner, sometimes she doesn't. It depends on the scene in the music video.

Pop a muted peach liquid lipstick on the lips. 

The one I used was matte so I added a clear gloss as a topper.

To set everything in place I pressed a matte powder foundation onto my face.

And finally we have reached the end of our tutorial!

Products I Used:

Almay: Truly Lasting Color Liquid Makeup in Ivory

Urban Decay: Eyeshadow Primer Potion

MAC: Carbon Eyeshadow

MAC: 239 Shader Brush

MAC: 217 Blending Brush

Eyeko: Black Magic Liquid Eyeliner Travel Size

Sugar Cosmetics: Kohl of Honour Intense Kajal in Black Out

Beau Gâchis: Eyebrow Brush

Urban Decay: Thirteen Eyeshadow

Complex Culture: Precision Eyelid Brush

Colourpop: bff liquid liner in Graceland

MAC: M·A·Cstack Mascara in Superstack Mega Brush

Maybelline: Fit Me Concealer in Ivory

NYX: Highlight & Contour Pro Palette

Luxie Beauty: Rose Gold Large Angled Face Brush 504

Real Techniques: Pointed Foundation Brush

Beau Gâchis: Concealer Perfecting Brush

Real Techniques: Contour Brush

Pixi Beauty: Fresh Face Blush in Beach Rose

Luxie Beauty: Dreamcatcher Precision Foundation Brush 660

F.A.R.A.H: Tapered Blending Brush 35E Gold Collection

Beautique: Defining Lip Pencil in Sienna

NYX: Smooth Whip Blurring Matte Lip Cream in Kitty Belly

Fluide: Lip Gloss in Elsewhere

MAC: Studio Fix Powder in NW10

Our finished Shania Twain Man! I Feel Like a Woman! inspired makeup look!

Maybe not a perfect replica but it is very similar.

I could've blended out the contour a bit more, especially on my right.

Shania and I also look noting alike, so there's that too 😅

I'd love to do a side-by-side photo with a screenshot from Shania's music video, but I'm fairly certain that could be construed as copyright infringement (none intended).

Check out her video!

The dramatic smoky eye is really the cornerstone of this look.

I could've darked the shadow one more time to better match the intensity of the video look, but I think the shape and idea is pretty similar.

I don't own the top hat, the veil, or the trench coat but I still had a lot of fun recreating the makeup look of one of my favorite artists!

Again you can see my video tutorial of Shania Twain's Man! I Feel Like a Woman! music video makeup here 

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Cincinnati Bengals | Super Bowl | Makeup Tutorial

It's time to put on your game face, makeup fans!

In honor of the Super Bowl, I created a Cincinnati Bengals inspired makeup tutorial for you!

You can check out my LA Rams inspired makeup here

I don't really have a preference of who wins the Super Bowl this year. I like both teams.

Plus, the team I grew up watching every Sunday with my dad, the Buffalo Bills, are out.

That last playoff game vs the Chiefs had me on the edge of my seat, then broke me 😅

But I really admire Josh Allen and how he just went out on the field no matter how much time was left on the clock and just got the job done. I really admire his perseverance and drive. And I can't wait for next season to see what happens for him and the Bills 🏈

Anyway, back to our current season and the Bengals makeup tutorial.

You can watch my video tutorial here.

The color palette we're working with for the Cincinnati Bengals consists of orange, black, and white (you know, like a Bengal tiger 🐅).

I don't own a lot of orange makeup, I don't think it looks great with my skin tone, but I do have my trusty NYX Avant Pop Art Throb palette that has plenty of colorful eyeshadows to choose from.

If you don't have that palette, fear not, I have included eyeshadow dupes below 😉  

So without any further discussion let's get started with my Cincinnati Bengals makeup tutorial.

Put Your Game Face [Makeup] On

1. Eyelid Primer + Orange Eyeshadow: For a smooth canvas apply an eyeshadow primer all over eyes, from lid to brow bone.

The foundation of this look is vibrant orange eyeshadow. Blend the orange eyeshadow all over eyelid and a bit into the crease of the eye, rounding the shape as you pack on the color and blend as you go along.

Dupes for the NYX Avant Pop Art Throb orange shade:

ColourPop: Pressed Powder Shadow in Koi (Matte)

ColourPop: Pressed Powder Shadow in Tangerine Dreams (metallic)

2. Matte Black Shadow & a Small Flat Brush: Using a small flat eyeshadow brush trace a line through the crease of the eye starting by curving towards the inner eye and then slightly winging it out at the outer corner of the eye.

3. Liquid Liner + More Black Shadow + Pencil Liner: Run a thin line of liquid liner across the upper lash line and create a bit of a wing. We want a matte finish so take more of the black eyeshadow on an angled eyeliner brush and trace it over the liquid liner to build color intensity.  

On a small bent eyeliner brush add to the liner on the inner corners of the eyes, extending it out a bit for a feline effect. 

Line lower water line with a black eyeliner pencil. Then run more (you guessed it) black eyeshadow along the lower lash line and create a second wing slightly under the first one, leaving a little blank space of skin showing.

4. White Eyeshadow, Mascara and Contour & Highlight: Dust a pearly white eyeshadow onto the brow bone and in between the two shadow wings.

Coat top and bottom lashes with a black mascara so it will stand out against the orange shadow.

Add a subtle contour and highlighter; contour just under the cheek bones and highlight on top of them.

I used the white eyeshadow from NYX Avant Pop palette, a dupe for that shade:

ColourPop: Super Shock Shadow in Tassel 

5. Coral Blush & Orange Liquid Lipstick: An orange blush would be over kill, so use a coral pink one and dust it on to the apples of the cheeks. 

Trace a vivid orange liquid lipstick around the lip line and then carefully fill in the rest of lips with the same shade.  

Put all these steps together and we get...

Our finished Cincinnati Bengals inspired makeup look!

I didn't go too crazy with the tiger stripes because I wanted it to be more wearable and less costume makeup.

Between my camera battery dying, and last minute appointments it took me three tries to record this look. My eyes were beginning to water from all of the makeup removing 😆

Products I used for this Cincinnati Bengals makeup look:

Urban Decay: Eyeshadow Primer Potion

NYX: Avant Pop! Shadow Palette in Art Throb Collection

Slmissglam: N15 Eyeshadow Brush

MAC: Carbon Eyeshadow

LES Beauty: Felt Tip Precision Point Eyeliner in Black

Beau Gâchis: Eyebrow Brush

Sheer Cover: Angled Eyeliner Brush

Beautique: Defining Eye Pencil in Black

Costal Scents: Ipsy Pearl Limited Edition Medium Shadow Brush

Costal Scents: Ipsy Pearl Limited Edition Pencil Brush

Tarte: Double Duty Beauty™ Shape Tape™ Concealer in N12 Fair Neutral

Bobbi Brown Cosmetics: Smokey Eye Mascara in Black

NYX: Highlight & Contour Pro Palette

Beaute Basics: C405 Contour Blush Brush

Beau Gâchis: Illuminator (Highlighting Brush)

Too Faced: No Place Like Rome

Luxie Beauty: Rose Gold Blush Brush 514

NYX: Liquid Suede Cream Lipstick in Orange County

Again, you can catch my Bengals video here

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Ultima Beauty

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