This is one of my favorite looks from this year’s Sephora Holiday Looks. I am a fan of greens, and from all the looks, I personally feel this is one of the most wearable ones. I knew I had to recreate it using the makeup I have. Guess what? Urban Decay Book of Shadows II has all the colors you’ll need for the eyes. As you know I have been crazy over this palette since I got it, and the fact I was able to come pretty close to this look using it makes me feel great about this purchase. I toned down the shimmer on the cheeks, since the eyes are quite shimmery, and kept the lips neutral given the eyes are the focus of this look.
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THERE IS A VIDEO! I hope you guys like it – it is my first one, so I will certainly try to improve from here. I wish you could see a different still!
Below the video is a step-by-step instruction on the eyes, and what I used for the cheeks and lips. Let me know what you guys think, or if you have any other suggestions on this look.
Eye How-To:
- Prime your eyelid with UD Primer Potion (or any other eye primer of your choice)
- With a large eyeshadow brush, take a few dabs of Flipside (aqua-green) and a few dabs of Homegrown (bright green) and apply to your eyelid. Take the colors up to slightly above the crease.
- Take more Homegrown and apply to your eyelid again to intensify the green.
- With a crease brush, take Misdemeanor (forest green with blue undertones) and apply to your crease in a windshield wiping motion. Take Misdemeanor all the way into the inside of your eye, meeting the inside part of your eyebrow.
- Using the same crease brush, grab more Misdemeanor and apply to the outer corner of the eye, making an outer V. Blend, blend, blend!
- With a small eyeshadow brush, apply a gold cream eyeshadow as a base on your browbone and inner corner of your eye. I used CK Creme Eyeshadow in Champage Satin #303. If you don’t have this, you can skip this step. I wanted to intensify the highlight.
- With the same small brush, dab some Half-Baked (gold) and Sellout (shimmery beige) simultaneously and apply over the cream eyeshadow on both your eyebrow and inner corner.
- With a fluffly brush, blend the colors between the crease and browbone to eliminate any harsh lines.
- Apply two coats of volumizing mascara.
Cheeks and Lips:
- Apply a bright pink blush to your cheeks. I prefer a matte blush to offset the shimmer of the eyes. I used Bare Escentuals blush in Beauty.
- For a bit of highlight on the bridge of the nose and slightly above the cheeks, I dabbed just a bit of Bare Minerals All-Over Face Radiance in Pure Radiance using my finger to pat.
- For the lips I used Rimmel’s lipstick in Birthday Suit, #250.
Rock on!
