U n L e e s h d: *FIRST Beauty Post* Purple Smokey Eye

Hello there you gorgeous people!
I have LOVED reading your blogs and My Wish List has quadrupled hehe I want soo many products after reading all of your blog posts.
As a lot of my close & personal Twitter followers, Friends & Family know, PURPLE is my absolute favorite colour.

This is my first beauty post. I am a newbie so it isn't perfect but I hope in time they will get so much better :)

MAC Face & Body Foundation (C5)
Benefit IT Stick Concealer
AVON Luxe Lace True colour Eyeshadow Quad
Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner (Black Ink)
MAC Paints (Stilife)
Nars, Orgasm Blush

, I started off with a moisturized face, I love using Astral, i've used it since i was a kid and *touch wood* I've always had flawless skin.

Buy Astral here..

Next step, blend the Face & Body foundation in really well. What I LOVE about this foundation is that it is so light, you only need a little pea sized amount for the full face.

It gives such a natural, flawless finish.

Face & Body Foundation, Great for light coverage

After blending this in well, I put the Benefit IT Stick on the 'dark circle' area to minimise the darkness and conceal blemishes.

Ready for the eye make-up..

I normally use Urban Decay primer potion as the base, but in this case I used the MAC paint in 'Stilife' as it's a creamy pink shade. Perfect base colour for the Purple smokey eye.

The eye with MAC Paint primer

The Avon palette is gorgeous, It has 4 lovely colours. (I will only be using the first 3)

I bought it when it first came out at the amazing price of £4. It is now £8.50, but so worth it!

A gorgeous sparkly white shade, two purple shades & a charcoal grey.

I started off with the white eyeshadow, you only need to use a little bit as the light purple is the main focus.

I went over the white with the purple, making sure I left the white eyeshadow visible in the inner corner of the eye.

The white & light purple blended in well.

Once both colours are on, use a good blending brush to add the darker purple.

I use the MAC 217 brush, which is amazing!

When doing this, I always start in the middle of the eye lid and work outwards, blending really well.

*It is important that you blend it well and outwards so that the smokey eye isn't too strong. You don't want it to look too harsh.*

This is what you should end up with.

If you want a darker smokey eye, then by all means use the Charcoal Grey shade. In this case the dark purple was enough to give the effect I wanted.

Finish it off with a top eyeliner ( I used Bobbi Brown Gel Liner) and work it into the bottom.

This is the finished version.

I love finishing this look off with a gorgeous pink/coral blush. Nars 'Orgasm' blush is perfect! x x

I hope you like this post! eeek.

Lotsa love Leesh of UnLeeshd x x x

10 comments:

Inner Belle3 March 2011 at 20:13
i love purples! u go gurl u defo have great skin
Alisha3 March 2011 at 20:18
the best colour hehe :) Thanks Amina x x x
Kaushal3 March 2011 at 21:45
Aminaaaaa, she has seriously good skin!! & Alish, you're a doll! I love your blog yay! xx
Alisha3 March 2011 at 22:31
thanks Kaushyy x x x
Unknown4 March 2011 at 19:07
Oh, I have loved your first beauty post! Please write some more like this!
XOXO from a new follower,
Catanya
Alisha4 March 2011 at 19:31
I will do!! Thank you Catanya :) x x
Anjanee5 March 2011 at 12:02
I have that blush! Love it :) also loved this post, and you've persuaded me to buy that MAC body and face foundation (very bad! haha)
btw your brows are perfecttt xx
Alisha5 March 2011 at 12:21
haha I do that too! The more posts i read, the more stuff I wanna buy! Miss Beautyfulfilled introduced me to it :)
thank you for your lovely comment Anjanee x x
deeks16 March 2011 at 21:36
ooohh... me loves the step by step tutorial:)

I loves the look

oh and I also have no idea why my name may be coming up as Pharmer :|
Alisha16 March 2011 at 22:21
Thanks Deeks hehe x x