Natural Look with a Smokey Edge

Some friends of mine came over the other day. It was a no-makeup kind of day, and I had planned on wearing only foundation. But something happened to me when I was in front of the mirror, and I came up with this look.

I actually used a neutral pink eyeshadow that day, but the concept is the same. Just one sweep of color on the entire lid and a soft black eyeliner smudged on the bottom lashline. There's some eyeliner on the waterline too but not too much. I topped it all off with black mascara.

The color is Fairy Dust from mark. I love this color because it's a lovely champagne with not too much shimmer, so it can be used as a highlight or a base color and it combines beautifully with other colors. The eyeliner is Big and Bright Eyeliner in Black Coffee from Bare Escentuals. It's a velvety brown/black that works well when you don't want the harshness of black eyeliner but don't want to go completely brown either.

Something I've been doing lately is opting for not putting eyeliner on the top lashline because it doesn't take as long to do, and I like how it looks different from the traditional look.