EOTD: Purple Gradient?

I think it's about time I posted another EOTD. This time I chose to do a purple eye with various shades of light and darker purple.

I'm amazed how some bloggers are so creative in that they can come up with a name for every look they do. I think I might have to start doing that or else they'll end up being "EOTD Purple Eyes2" so on and so forth...



These are the products I used:
1) Revlon Illuminance Creme Shadow in Wild Orchids
2) Forever 21 Love & Beauty eyeshadow duo in Burgundy/Teal
3) e.l.f. Eye Brightening Eyecolor in Drama

Also remember to use a primer!


I do have mascara on already as I did this look after a day from work...

After priming your lid, apply the 3rd color from the left of the Revlon palette (1) all over your lid. I covered the entire 'eyeball' area.



Then, using the burgundy from the F21 duo (2), I packed the shadow onto the lid all over up to the crease/fold.

Remember to pack the color onto the brush since as previously mentioned, this shadow duo's consistency isn't the easiest to work with.

Also, if you compared the color from this EOTD to the previous EOTD with the same eyeshadow duo, you'll see that the color is much more vibrant and true when used with a primer and a similarly colored creme shadow (as a sticky base).



Next I took the silver shade from the e.l.f. palette (3) and applied it to the crease area right above the darker purple. Blend well.



To add dimension and to contour, you can take a darker purple or burgundy and apply it to the outer corner of the eye and blend in.



Here's a hopefully better view of the outer corner.



You can also drag a bit of the darker contouring color down to the lower lash line, but just a bit. This lets this look to not be too dramatic or to go down the smokey eye route.

Then take the silver color and line the lower lash line too. Apply mascara, line your eyes if you want to, and you're done!







Hope you enjoy this look!