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6/18/13

2-in-1 Eye Makeup Tutorial ~ Metallic Eyes & V-Kohl Eyeliner

What would you name this look? I didn't know what to call it, so I went with Metallic Eyes & V-Kohl. I hear laughing in my head. Good thing I ditched 'Golden Pomegranate Eyes' 
This eye makeup may look "formal", but it's really not. Yes, you could wear it to a wedding, but it wouldn't look o-t-t if you wore it on a family picnic either. You'll see*
I've split this tutorial into two, so that I get to show you in detail  how I did the eyeliner, as well.
Products I Used:
  • Shimmery Cream Eyeshadow ~ Maybelline 24Hr Color Tattoo Metallic Pomegranate or Pomegranate Punk
  • Gold Eyeshadow ~ Urban Decay Half Baked from Naked Palette.
  • Black Kohl & Eyeshadow ~ Lakmé Kohl Ultimate, Bourjois Intense Eyeshadow #10
  • Mascaras ~ Maybelline The Falsies Black Drama & Bourjois Fan-Tastic Volume.
  • Brushes ~ Sigma E25 Blending Brush, Urban Decay Good Karma Brush.

1st Tutorial is the Metallic Eyeshadow:
1. Take Metallic Pomegranate on ring finger.
2.  Apply it on your lid till your crease.
3. It should look like that. It's okay if the edges aren't neat right now.
4. Now take the same color tattoo on a fluffy blending brush, and go over the edges of the  shadow using windshield wiper & circular motions.
5. Keep blending from one end to the other.
6. Once the edges look hazy, apply a gold eyeshadow on the inner half of your lid, but don't touch the upper edge of the previous e/s.
7. Apply the gold on your inner corner around your tear duct, as well.
8. Apply the same gold e/s on the outer half of lower lash line.
9. Apply the same metallic pomegranate on the inner half of lower lash line.
*I'm doing this to balance the look.
10. Line your top & bottom waterline with black kohl pencil. Tutorial below.
11. Apply lots of mascara on top & bottom lashes. I applied 3 coats of Maybelline The Falsies Black Drama first, then about 2-3 coats of Bourjois Fan-Tastic Volume Mascara. Lashes look more clumpy up-close only.
12. DONE! 

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Now, on to the 2nd Tutorial ~ The V-Kohl 

1. Sharpen your kohl pencil first, then  tightline upper lash line. That means lining on the roots of your lashes.
2.  Line waterline all the way to the inner tear duct area.
3. See how that closes up my eye & makes it look smaller?
4. Start lining the top lash line. It's better not to drag it in one go. Make dots and join, instead.
5. Make kohl thicker at the outer corner. Extend it a little past the corner of your eye.
6. It should look like that.
7. That white line is just to show you how to join with it with the lower lash line. 
8. From the tip of upper kohl, line downwards toward lower lash line, stopping before the edge of your eyeball, allowing the gold e/s to still show. Fill inside the V or the <
9. Lastly, take some matte black eyeshadow on an angled or pointed liner brush and press it on  kohl. Again, don't drag the brush. This will prevent it from smudging & also even out the edges.
10.  Just mimic the previous steps. Press black eyeshadow on lower lash line....
11. .....and upper lash line. 
12. DONE!  

It's my favorite way to line my eyes, i.e. when my kohl is sharp. Bollywood actresses like Bipasha Basu, Rani Mukherjee & Aishwarya Rai  line their eyes this way a lot.
If you line all the way in on the bottom lash line, you'll achieve Rani Mukherjee's heavy kohl-ed eyes like I did in the Bombay Talkies inspired look here.

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Hope you picked up some tips from these 2 tuts (two.toots.) I will be posting more before the month ends.

* [Full look with this eye makeup coming up shortly.] ~ Updated
More pics here




32 comments:

  1. Thats pretty! I always go with gold and bronze..thanks for the lovely tutorial CZ <3

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  2. Great tutorial! I love doing berry eyes. :)

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  3. osma and wow tutorial :)loved both..

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  4. thanks for the tute :) I m gonna try this! & Golden Pomegranate wasn't a bad name !!!

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    1. Now I don't think it's bad either Ray :P

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  5. You are simply flawless Cynthia!! BEAUTIFUL.gonna try this.

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    1. Thank you Anupam, glad u'll try it :)

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  6. Drool..:) Im praying You.... Om Jai Jagdish Cynthiaaaa How Do u Do Such Makeup Tuts...... Droolworthy You Are Cynthia Ma'am .... <3 Shrutika..... :D

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  7. Woah !! It looks lovely. Great post doll..
    xoxo <3

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  8. Luv this tut CZ . . . am gonna try it . . .

    Sunandha
    Sunu's Ramblings

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  9. Beautiful. ..I will definitely try this :)

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  10. Two thumbs up on your blog and articles. I love 'em!

    Just out of curiosity, you live in India.. and you visit Malaysia often.. Are you Malaysian?

    ps, I don't intend to be intrusive, I guess I'm just being a sibuk person, trying to figure out the link between you and Malaysia. And India! :D

    KL girl <3

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    1. Hi, thank you for reading! That's not intrusive at all :D I'm not Malaysian, but I love going to Malaysia. I'm Indian, but living in UK right now- only for a few months more. I went to KL 3 years in a row for vacay, coz I like it so much! I'm dying to go there again soon :D

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  11. Simply brilliant... Thank you... Your eyes look gorgeous... :)

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  12. The only reason I started putting on makeup was because you could deconstruct it and make it interesting, Cynthia ! xoxo

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  13. Your are simply flawless. This post is so amazing. Lovely tutorial. I am gonna try this for sure.

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  14. Cynthia, I love your eye makeup tutorials. Nobody does it better!

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  15. OMG!! :O

    I did the same thing 2 weeks ago. Exact same. Got so many compliments. And, today I saw it here.. YAYYY. Hahaha. I love this color tattoo. Seriously. :)

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  16. What's the difference between Pomegranate Punk and Metallic Pomegranate?

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  17. OMG your tutorials are gorgeous! I need to follow you to never ever miss one again...:-)

    Greetings from Germany

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  18. so pretty! love love love the look, will try it and let you know how it goes! keep on posting beautiful lady!

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