J'adore the Drugstore : From Day to Night

Let's just be honest here, some mornings we are too lazy to put on a full face of make up. Well, that tends to be most mornings for me personally. However, there are days where I like to be lazy in the morning and not put on much make up for work or running errands, but I know that I have plans later in the night where I'm going to want to look a little more made up. For those days I turn to my go-to night time smokey eye. This is what I will do if I need a quick make up look for night. I generally do a variation of this look (using the same techniques but different colors) whenever I wear a smokey eye for any occasion.

If I'm being lazy or am very pressed for time in the morning, this is what I'll do, a little foundation, concealer, and mascara:

Here are two palettes that I like to use on a daily basis whether it be for a smokey eye or any other look:

Below is the E.L.F. Little Black Beauty Book. I believe it was $5.00 and it has a good range of shadow shades all in one place. Some of the shades are better quality than others (some are chalky and some have chunky glitter specks) but for five bucks that is to be expected and over all it is a decent and versatile palette.

Below is my favorite nude palette that I used in my everyday face post (which you can find here) and it is the NYX Butt Naked Eyes palette.

To begin, I will choose an all over lid shade, I typically stick with something shimmery and neutral for this. Here is an example of a shade I usually choose from the E.L.F. palette:

And here is one that I would choose from the NYX palette. This is the one I chose to use today.

I put this all over the lid from lash to crease with a flat shader brush:

And then I bring the same shade under the lower lash line with a small angled brush:

Next I will choose a matte brown shade to define my crease and blend out the lid shade. I like to use E.L.F.'s Deluxe Crease Brush for this:

Next I take any dark shade, here I chose this dark chocolate-y brown, on a pencil brush for my outer "V" area.

Here is where your particular eye shape comes in to play. The size of your lid and the shape of your eye will dictate where you place this shadow. I like a more cat eye look with a darker outer half of the eye so I start in the outer 1/3 of the crease and bring it over to the top of the lash line. (This creates the side ways "V")

I tend to keep dragging my brush further and further up past the crease making a half moon shape above the crease:

I usually add a good amount of darker shadow but you can definitely go for a softer look by using a lighter shade or just a lighter hand.

When I've made a shape that I am happy with I like to drag the same color with the same pencil brush to the outer half of the lower lash line so it connects with the outer "V."

To blend out the dark outer V into the very light lid color I will choose a mid-toned shade to place right in the middle of the lid.

I use a flat shader brush to pat the color on the very center of the lid and then flip the brush to the clean side and wiggle it back and forth a little to bring the dark and light shades together:

Below the dark outer V shade looks harsh against the rest of the shadows:

I use a clean crease brush to just blend out the color and make it look a little softer:

Last for the shadow shades, a highlight shade. I like to use the matte white on a smokey eye right on the brow bone and on the inner corner of the eye:

I am a cat eye and a liquid liner addict. My favorite liquid liner of all time is the L'Oreal Lineur Intense Felt Tip Liquid Eyeliner. I have used and liked other liquid liners but this one is my holy grail, if they ever discontinue it I don't know what I'll do. The felt tip is easy to work with and you can create a really thin line as well as a really thick line with it.

I first line the upper lash line right to the end of the eye starting out thinner at the inner corner and gradually getting thicker toward the outer corner.

If you don't like liquid liner or a cat eye you can use whatever type of liner you're comfortable with, even a dark black shadow on an angled brush will work.

To make my wing I like to follow the natural line of the lower lash line and make a line as far as I feel fit. Some days I like a long and dramatic wing and others I go for a shorter more subtle wing.

Once I have that line down I just start from the top of the wing and draw back down to the line I already made at the lash line. This leaves me with a little triangle to fill in:

Here is the finished wing, it's easier than it looks and just takes a little practice. Resting your elbow on the table helps to steady your hand.

Next I add another coat of mascara, there's no such thing for me as too much mascara when you have a smokey eye going on, your lashes can get lost agaisnt all of those dark shadows.

I also like to line my water line with a black pencil to add a little more drama and definition to my eye.

And here is the finished look, it took me about 6 minutes to do one eye so it probably takes between 10 and 15 minutes to do both. If I have extra time I will throw on some false lashes, but I didn't for this tutorial.