Desert Smoke Eye Shadow Tutorial

New, from STYLE Santa Fe, beautiful, colorful but smoky eyes reminiscent of the desert skies as the fires of summer burn in the distance leaving a darker layer of smoke in the distance; that was the inspiration for this amazing look and it is one of my favorites: Desert Smoke.

To begin, apply a primer or foundation.

Use a white matte beneath the brow to the edge of the brow bone.

Next, take a peachy peach and do the crease and inner eye area beneath the brow.

Now, with a light purple, do the inner eye lid on the top.

Come to the outer corner now with a smoky gray and make a wing or a number seven on each side even with the waterline of the bottom eye area.

Blend well without blending the eye color out into the other areas.

Now ring the gray with the purple, on the outer edges of the wing or number seven on each eye corner.

Line the under eye with the light purple outward to the outer edge of the pupil. Fill in the outer edge with a little more gray, touch up the outer light purple if needed.

Dot the center of the top eye lid with a shimmery white or pale pink and blend in being careful not to extend the white or pale pink beyond either side of the pupil. 

Highlight with a touch of gold beneath the lower outer eye corner from the pupil to the wing, very lightly.

Blend all lightly, using more peach and white highlighter if needed. If desired, add a final light sweep of pink blusher to intensify and set the look.

You may use eye-liner but this look does not call for it. Add mascara as usual.

The finished look, Desert Smoke, from STYLE Santa Fe

I hope that you love and enjoy this look as much as I do!