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Matte Grey with Black "Wet-Liner"

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This is a contrast in textures, with matte lids, satin contours, and a metallic, almost-wet black liner around the eye. I used the metallic black half of ELF Duo Eye Shadow Cream in Black Licorice, and a shimmery black and matte beige from the 88 Warm Palette. (You can find a shimmery grey-black and matte beige from almost anywhere.)

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Step 1: Apply the black cream shadow first as a base. Then pack a matte beige over the inner half of lids. This will give you a soft matte grey finish.

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Step 2: Apply a dark grey-black contour shade along the outer corners of eyes, but don't worry over much about excessive definition. 

With a liner brush, apply the black shade [Black Licorice, but you can use MAC Blackground] along the upper lash line in a thicker line.

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Step 3: After putting on your false lashes or mascara, move on to the lips and apply a soft nude-mauve lip balm with a brush for more color. I chose MAC's tinted lip conditioner in Calm Mode (lavender and vanilla, yum).

The alternative if you want a more dramatic look is Lime Crime's Great Pink Planet (top of post).

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Silver and Brown Glam Eye (88 Warm Palette)

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 Brown is often paired with warm tones like gold, amber, beige, pink and copper. The more daring looks will pair it with contrasting shades like teal, aqua, blue, purple, green, etc.

But it just struck me that I personally have NEVER worn a deep dark brown with strong silver before, and I like how chocolate brown can make true silver a little less harsh, and wearable for pretty much all skin tones.

Try it and let me know!

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I'm using the 88 Warm palette (I'm giving 2 away free!), but you can use any dark metallic brown and silver you own.

Step 1: I'm using a black cream/gel base (MAC Blackground Paintpot) sheered out so it's not such a heavy black. This is not a cat-eye look, so I did not wing it out.

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Step 2: Apply dark chocolate brown over the outer 1/3 of the dark base, and sweep up along the socket using a small blending brush. The brown will not be very visible at this point.

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Step 3: Pack a metallic silver over the inner 2/3 of the lid, blending into the dark brown. You can use silver pigment for an even more dramatic look.

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Step 4: Apply dark brown liner along the lash line and false lashes or mascara to finish!