2010 Art and Fashion Spectacular Extreme Smokey Eye

At this year's Art and Fashion Spectacular hosted by Nikki Todd and Joe VanDyke there were four amazing designers who chose some gorgeous hair and makeup looks to complement their collections! I loved them all! One of my favorite looks of the evening was the "Extreme Smokey Eye" chosen by Erin Rossie Healy. The beautiful and talented model shown wearing the smokey eye is Jessica Soler. I had the honor of doing her makeup for her appearance in Erin's show. For anyone who is interested in recreating this look on themselves for an event or a night out I'll leave the instructions below. Enjoy! It looks amazing on just about everyone!

1. Start with a clean, moisturized face and apply your shade of foundation and concealor until your skin looks as flawless as you would like it to be. Then dust your skin with a light layer of powder to set. (Some people can just skip the foundation all together... lucky!)
2. Brush your brows into place and fill in lightly where there is hair to create a solid frame for your face.
3. Apply an eye shadow base from your eyelid to slightly above your crease. I used Smashbox "Photo Op".
4. Now it's time for the extreme. Take a black eye pencil to line the lashline on your top lid and just the outside corner on the bottom. Don't line the entire bottom; Leave some room on the inside corner of the eye. After you have done the lashline take your black liner and make a slight cat eye line on both sides; Draw a line from the top of the cat line over the lid and connect it to the top, inner lashline; this will set the perimeter for the smokey eye. Once the perimeter has been set on both sides and you are sure that it's even you can go ahead and fill in the triangle with the black pencil. I used M.A.C. Eye Khol in "Smolder".
5. Next use a soft eye shadow brush and apply black powder eye shadow to the entire lid. Slightly blend the harsh perimeter lines with the eyeshadow. This will leave just the right amount of blending for the "Extreme Smokey Eye".
6. The inner corners of the eyes were adorned with shiney metallics. On Jessica's eyes I used a silver liquid liner to line the entire inner corner. I dabbed it with my ring finger to soften the line. You can use powders to acheive the same look.
7. Apply heavy mascara to upper and lower lashes. I used "Diorshow". P.S. False lashes look great with a smokey eye!
8. I contoured Jessica's cheeks with bronzer placed slightly below her cheek bones and blended to create a nude cheek.
9. On Jessica's lips I used her shade of concealor to mute her lips and applied a clear gloss to give her a moisturized nude lip. You can do the same with your color concealor/foundation or you could skip the step of concealor and just use a clear gloss for a more natural lip look.

We'll that's everything! I hope you try it because it's just stunning! xoxo

Jessica backstage at 2010 Art and Fashion Spectacular.
Photos by: Mario Peralta