Some ladies love the 60's/Goth black shadow and liner eye. I know I do! Here's an easy way to do it. You can wear this all year long or just around Halloween.
The "Quick & Easy Goth Eye"
Here's an easy way to get a very dramatic looking Goth eye with a minimum of work. You only need one shadow, two if you want a white brow bone. This works best with a gun metal gray shadow or a black shadow. Use a kohl liner pencil in a deep black for your eye liner. Make sure it's s soft liner so there's no tugging on the lid. You want a smooth application. If your liner is a bit dry and pulls, you won't get a smooth line so roll the tip between your fingers to soften it up. If you are an Avon lover like I am, you'll find every thing that you need right there to do this. Black Kohl liner, Mega Shadow in Flash Black and Super Drama mascara in Black. Just go here and get what you need.
1. Use a black Kohl liner pencil to line the upper lid. This type has a very creamy texture and makes it easy to use. Avon just came out with one that is also safe to line the inner rim with, comes in 5 colors and I just love it! Use your middle finger and lift the skin at the outer corner of the eye up and out slightly. This makes the skin more taut so it's easier to apply liner and also gives a slight cat eye up turn to the outer corner. Use short, feathery strokes to draw a line as close to your lash line as you can, start at the inner corner and work out. Do this on each upper lid. Now line the bottom lashes by dotting the pencil between lashes to give the illusion of more lashes. You may want to use a finger and pull skin taut here as well. If you like to line your inner lower lid, do it now. Okay, now smudge upper and lower lines using a cotton swab or smudging tool to soften the look.
LOAD YOUR BRUSH: Using a dark gray or black shadow, load your shadow brush with product and tap off excess. Fold a tissue and hold it under your eye to catch any excess shadow that may fall on your cheeks. You really need to do this if you are using a mineral powder eye shadow as they can be messy to begin with if too much is used.
2. Now, close an eye and starting at the outer corner of your upper lid, use fast, small strokes and brush shadow from the outer corner to the inner corner on the eye lid only. ( This means the rounded part of the lid that covers your eye when it's closed.) Get it as close to the lash line as possible, going over the liner. This will cover your lid from lash line to the crease of the eye lid. You can also run a line of shadow on the bottom lid, under the lashes and over the liner.
3. Leave the area between the brow bone and brow bare. You want just the black liner & shadow, no other color. When applying foundation, you might want to do your eye lids as well so they have a smooth look. Plus, it will act like primer on the eye lid.
4. Curl your lashes and add a few coats of blackest black mascara. You want one that packs a punch so try something like Avon's new Super Drama Mascara in Black or Avon's Super Shock Max for volume and length. Both are great mascara's and they are about $5.99 a tube on sale. The newest mascara, Super Drama, has these cool fan shaped bristles on the wand that allows cover for all lashes with no clumps.
The final look that you want is the eye surrounded with black liner and shadow, sweeping out or up at the outer corners for a cat eye look. Any shadow that goes over the liner will darken it and also set it to make it last longer. Clean away any shadow dust that may have gotten on your cheeks.
This looks great with either pale nude lipstick or red lipstick and a pale face. A berry stain on the lips or a matte red is great for day, at night you can go darker. Use a light colored foundation or none at all if your skin is good. Use a light blush, just a hint of flush on the apples of your cheeks. Your eyes are the focal point and you don't want to distract from them.
So, there ya go! You can wear this every day of the year if you want to. If you feel like something more colorful, use a color other than black. If you want to check out some ideas for Halloween costumes, decorating and any else Halloween, click here!
Happy Haunting!!
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