Casino Eye Shadow Make Up Look

Sorry this has taken so long! I'm back at uni now and have so much to do but just couldn't wait any longer!
I was a bit lazy with this look I have to admit, seeing as it's currently 1am here now and I'm just off to bed. I thought I'd do it before I took my make up from the day off, so my brows and foundation were already done and I had a bit of mascara on. I'm thinking I might get one of the uni girls to be a model for me next time and go from scratch.

So here's what I'm working with. On the bottom on the left hand side is Casino, the shadow I bought from eBay that I talked about in my previous post. At the top is Brun, a satin brown which is perfect for a smokey look but if you aren't brave enough to go with a black. Finally we have Knight Divine on the right hand side. I got that shadow for my 16th birthday and it was the first MAC shadow I ever bought. Almost 5 years later and it's only just getting to the bottom of the pan!

Here are the tools I'll be using. This picture just makes me realise my brushes need a good clean, whoops! My favourite brush is the 213 because it can be used to deposit colour but you can start to blend as well before finishing off with the 224. The 213 I recently bought off eBay. Pretty sure that's not a real MAC brush but it doesn't bother me really. That's great for smoking out lower lashlines.

I used to use MAC lashes (typical) all the time, but recently I have a new favourite. Everyone's favourite Made In Chelsea girl Millie Mackintosh has launched her own lash line and I LOVE them. Here's a brand new pack I bought recently from nouveaubeautygroup.com but I believe you can get them in Selfridges now amongst other stockists. At £8.99, they aren't massively cheap, but less expensive than MAC at least. I love the Shoreditch lashes especially, which I'll be using in the look today. I'm saving these brand new ones for a special occasion so I'll be using my old ones, which are fine just a little bit well used.

Okay, so being lazy, I already had most of my make up on which just needed touching up. I used my MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NW25 (because I have tan on) all over my face, concentrating on covering any bags under my eyes. I filled in my brows with my Stud brow pencil and added a bit of bronzer as well. I put on mascara, which was Loreal Mega Volume Collagene 24 Hour in Extra Black, definitely a trusty mascara.

To start my eyes, I put MAC Prep +  Prime Vibrancy Eye all over the lid up to the brow. It's important to use primer before putting on eyeshadow so that it doesn't crease and you end up with that horrible line across your lid.
Next, I put Casino on my 213 brush and popped it all over my lid and right into the inner corner of my eye. I then blended it out using the 224 brush so that it filled the lid up to the crease. Blending is great because it stops shadow from looking too harsh and removes any obvious lines from using brushes. I also put Casino under my lower lashline using the 214 brush.
To follow that, I used Brun, again on the 213 brush, in the outer corner of the crease, blending it out with the 224 towards the inner corner. I also used the 214 brush to put Brun under the outer corner of the lower lashline, stopping about 3/4 of the way in.
This is what this looked like so far. I probably should've taken a picture with my eyes shut but oh well.

 Next, I used Knight Divine, but on the 239 eye shader brush, as I find this is easier to control the area you want to put shadow on over the 213. People use all of the brushes in different ways, there are no set brushes for set things, but that's the way I prefer to do it. I used Knight Divine in the outer corner of the crease then blended it outwards and upwards as well as along the crease into the Brun.
I took the Brun again but on the blending brush and just swept it once across the brow bone just to make sure that the grey didn't look too harsh.
I followed this by using my Hush Cream Colour Base to highlight my brows and to soften any harsh lines near the brow bone. I then cleaned up along the outer corner using concealer.
Using the 210 liner brush, I applied Fluidline Liner in Blacktrack along the upper lashline. I didn't flick it out or anything because I think if the eye is quite dark you don't really need it. I then did the same on the waterline.
Here is the finished look minus lashes:

On my lips I used my faaaaavourite lipstick of all time, Snob. It's bright, but wearable during the day and I don't like using reds when I've used greys or blacks on the eye. Therefore, Snob is perfect, as it's a lovely blue-toned pink.

 

Here's how it looked after the lashes were applied. I used Duo Adhesive glue and tweezers to put the lashes on for anyone wondering.

And the grand finale...

The finished look with the lashes makes the look that more dramatic. I think the use of grey rather than a black like Carbon also adds to the smoky effect I was trying to achieve. I also think that Casino acts as a brightener to the eye in the inner corner while showing the 'fading out' on the lid.

 

I hope you enjoyed the look. Maybe I'll do my step-by-step when I get ready to go out on Friday night. I think a red Ruby Woo lip might be putting in an appearance...