Warming up a Smokey Eye...

First of all, i wanna say that this title has got me singing "Warm it up chris! i'm about to! warm it up chris! cuz that's what i was born to do!" (don't judge me)
Anyhoo, today i decided to keep with these fall-themed colors and add some fall warmth to an otherwise cool smokey eye....

Starting with a primed eye, i add Mary Kay Mineral Eye Color in Midnight Star... It's dark but not super dark and it has a fun shimmer. Next i added Sweet Plum (remember that on the list of fall favs?... well.. it was there). Blend the Sweet Plum into the Midnight Star and up toward the brow. Next it's Amber Blaze at the inner corner! (another fall-fav). it totally warms up this smokey eye. now it's just a bit more fun.. and hot! hahahaha! *clears throat* I like to use Silky Caramel from the Sweet Plum to the  outer brow. it softens the line of color and it's less of a highlight and more of a filler color... it's there but not there. From there, it's gel liner (my love), Ultimate Mascara, Foundation, a Mineral Cheek Color called Golden Copper to play into the Amber Blaze warmth (i'm gonna fire the word warm after this post btw) and on the lips?.. Creme Lipstick in Fuchsia! BOOM!

...CLOSE UP OF THE EYE.. fun right?

...Collage fun with photos of the products used

And some fun art by my bestest Joshikins!

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My Smokey Eye!!! the cat's out of the bag folks!

it's no secret that i LOVE smokey eyes! (classic smoke as well as jersey smoke) the classic smokey eye is seriously one of my absolute favorite go-to looks. especially for work! keeping it dazzling can be a slight challenge on some days, so it's best to have a great go-to for the days that u can't get ur brain to come up with some razzle, but u still wanna dazzle. sometimes a winged liner, some lashes and a bold lip are all u need to kill the game... but when u wanna go further and u need those eyes to blast off like the fuckin space shuttle smokey eyes r the way to go. i know, i know, i said all this in a previous blog: "When In Doubt Smoke it Out" http://dailyrazzle-dazzle.blogspot.com/2012/09/when-in-doubt-smoke-it-out.html
but it's all just so very true!
so any ways... keeping in my great mood of wanting to post some step-by-step tutorials and also feeling like everyone can use a little recipe from time to time, i decided to guide u thru my favorite smokey eye! u can use any colors with these steps and achieve... magic! here we go.....

use a short-haird smudge brush to build up ur darkest color
on ur lid up to the crease and along the lower lash line and
out to create whatever shape u like (round, cat... extreme cat)

give a heavy sweep of color along the top or the darker color
from corner to corner...

blend downward and then back up to expand the color
to slightly above the crease...

don't forget about the lower lash line... u want the top to
match the bottom...

take a matte neutral shade (again, like beige) and blend
downward from the brow bone to the color (in tis case green)
don't get to blend happy. u just want to soften the line, the
color should remain concentrated on the lid....

define ur brows with a pencil or shadow (i used a pencil here,
but for the most part i use a shadow) then apply ur favorite
lashes. there's really no need to use liner, but u can if u wanna
go hard in the paint (literally)

just a side view of it all...

and now i'm a happy camper! hahahaha! i'm keeping my lips
neutral with a gold shimmer gloss (MK NouriShine in Beach
Bronze) 

And there u have it folks!!! this is how i smoke my eyes out! i rarely start with anything other than black, but i have subbed the black out for a deep purple or blue. but the green? i've subbed that for red, blue, pink, purple, gold, brown... whatever works! so... get to it! hope this helps some folks and if not... book me! lol ;-)

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Red Anyone?..... YES PLEASE!

Well, let's just start off by saying that my absolute favorite color is red... It always has been, and tho I do love other colors, it always will be. So anyhoo...
The last few days have been the first in a little while that I've dolled this face up after a week of no makeup at all. I've mixed it up and whatnot, but 3 days have consisted of my lover color RED! Dope right?.... absolutely!
This past saturday, my oldest boy had a pop warner football game and his team colors just so happen to be RED black and white... I felt it to be very appropriate for mommy to represent the best way she knew how so I grabbed my makeup bag and MAC brushes on the way out of the door and in the car, I made a little magic...

Yesterday was my monday at work... the actual monday was spent taking care of important affairs... so anyway, I wore a little black dress (u know, the kind that's dinner, dancing and/or work appropriate?) and I busted out my fave red shoes (ps the only other red shoes I own are a pair of patent leather steve madden mary jane/ toe killers and some high top chuck taylors... yes i am a thug part-time. hahaha) so anyhoo, I had found these red open-toe booties at.. wait for it..... burlington mutha fuckin coat factory for $12! hahahahahahahaha! well, they're magical and I plan to wear them until the wheels fall off... So these little gems needed to be matched up with something hot and, even tho the dress is fairly hot, the look would not be complete without... dun dun duuuuuh a red smokey eye! the kind that starts with black and then has red over it to create a deep and dark look that makes ppl look twice and think (is that red?) yes ppl, it's red... on a work day... and it doesn't look costumey...

Here's the magic i'm talking about

Last up, we have today (that doesn't mean this is the last time I'm going to work red into my makeup... I mean, let's get real ppl). When I go black and white with my wardrobe (which, after being pregnant, i'm noticing is a lot more often than it used to be) I like to toss in some awesome color on my face... usually it's with bright eye makeup, but I also have become accustomed to making magic with a bright lip.. preferably pink or red... and usually when the lips r bright, the eye is fairly toned down... but just like I've said before, some days u gotta say Why Not? and Smoke It Out! Today was one of those days and I decided to combine a classic smokey eye (just black) and a RED lip... I feel like a star.. from the neck up of course. hahahahaha!.....

The first look included BH Cosmetics eye shadow, Mary Kay Liquid liner, Mary Kay TimeWise foundation, Mary Kay Mineral cheek color as well as Mary Kay Mineral bronzing powder, and Kiss lashes #05.
The second look included Mary Kay Mineral eye color in Coal, BH cosmetics eye shadow, Mary Kay Liquid eye liner, Mary Kay TimeWise foundation, Mary Kay Mineral cheek color, Mary Kay NouriShine Plus lip gloss, and Kiss lashes #05.
Look number 3 was a complete Mary Kay face including Mary Kay Mineral eye colors Coal, Sienna and Silky Caramel, Mary Kay TimeWise foundation, Mary Kay Mineral cheek color in Cherry Blossom, Mary Kay Mineral bronzing powder in Canyon Gold, Mary Kay liquid eye liner, Mary Kay Cream lipstick in RED... and Kiss lashes #05 (can u tell those r my favs right now?)


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When In Doubt... Smoke It Out!

Ah, words to live by. lol. seriously tho, when you're not sure what to do with your makeup and you really don't want to be just plain and simple... Smoke it out.. and in any color! When on my way to work and trying to figure out what I want to do with my makeup, I tend to draw blanks or even sink into a bit of a lazy funk. The ride isn't the smoothest and sometimes, I want to do a look that I can actually complete on the way, rather than a look that I have to finish up at the office. That is the classic smokey eye! When I say classic, what I mean is the graduation of color from dark to light starting at the lash line and working up toward the brow... the ladies of Jerseylicious (whom I ADORE... except tracy.. fuck that sloppy bitch) have been calling the eye with a super defined crease and dramatic blending, a smokey eye... and while they're not wrong (I wouldn't dare call the Glam Fairy wrong lol!) that's not really what I personally think of when I say smokey eye.. so from now on, i'll call that the Jersey Smoke. hahahahahahhahah! Anyhoo, I exercise my right to smoke with black as my base and blend it out into greys, blues, purples, pinks and even reds.. but never forget that you can start with any color and still achieve a successful smokey eye. So... seriously, when in doubt and not willing to settle for simple liner and gloss, Smoke It Out! and let your eyes pop, the way they should. ;-)

black blended up into purple...

fuchsia pink blended up into yellow

....this is basically just a shimmery silver/grey blended out into nothing...

peacock blue blended up into green...

So basically... Smokey eyes are your friend... so get to it!

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