Party look with brownish bronze and army green

I've created this brownish-bronze-army green smokey eye look that would be perfect for  a dinner and post-dinner drinks.

Using my little sister as a guinea pig, I started with a base color from lash to lid. Then I with a flat tipped brush I took the brownish sparkly shadow and lightly ran it across the upper lash line with more color deposit on the outer corner. I then used my smoky eye brush from Sephora to "smoke" it upwards to the crease line blending it up and out and deposited the darkest color on the outer section. I kept layering until my desired effect. The tip is to have a light hand and then make it as dark as you are comfortable with or for the right occasion.

Using a smaller tipped brush I lined the lower lash line with the same rule as the top lid. Lighter in the inner corner to Darker in the outer corner. I like eyes to have this gradient of color. I think it looks more natural.

I used a sparkly bronze for her middle lid and tapped it with a flat brush for that brightening effect. For the inner corners I used a sparkly gold color.

Lining the upper lash line with an army green liner and the outer lower lash line with the same liner. I added dimension to the lower lash line by using the same bronze shadow with a tiny brush from the inner corner to the middle of the lash line. 

Finishing off by curling her lashes and a few coats of lengthening mascara.

Photo Credit: Alaine Handa
Make up artist: Alaine Handa  

Bronzers

I recently purchased this Sephora bronzer in Riviera and really like the hue it leaves on my fairly pale with pink and yellow undertones skin. Instead of a muddy hue that brown bronzers give or the orangey shade that some other bronzers leave on my face this one is a glow.

When I was younger, I used to use a Mac bronzer. Until it broke. That was a sad day. I haven't gotten into the self tanners and bronzers since high school because when I lived in California, I tried to tan the most dangerous way by walking around and swimming without any spf protection whatsoever. I slather on SPF every single day now since I do not want to do anymore damage or cause more premature aging than I've already done. Nor is skin cancer and melanoma a laughing matter.

Another good thing about this bronzer is that it has a spf 15. Its not to say that I would condone just using make up with an spf content. I would definitely recommend slathering on sunscreen prior to putting any make up. That way, any little sunscreen within your make up is just an added protection.