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Rose Gold Smokey Eye Tutorial
It’s clear that rose gold has been a massive hit over the last year in fashion, beauty and homewares, and I’m sure it’s here to stay for AW16. For those of you who haven’t been living under a rock, you’ll know that this peachy-pink shade looks great with all skin tones which is why we’ve seen so many makeup palettes including a shimmery rose gold shadow.
If you want to get the look but don’t know where to start, I’ve put together an easy tutorial for a glamorous smokey eye, using just one palette. With this rose gold trend still going strong, it’s the perfect time to try out some daring new looks!
One of my favourite palettes to feature a rose gold shadow is the Celestial Palette by Illamasqua (£34.00). This beautiful quad has a cream to powder formula that I feel gives much better sparkle pay off than regular shadows. The top two shades ‘Quell’ (champagne shimmer) and’ Solace’ (burnished industrial grey) offer a satiny shimmer finish while the bottom two ‘Jubilance’ (polished warm rose gold) and ‘Orb’ (iridescent deep gunmetal) offer a highly metallic almost foil like finish.
To recreate the look just follow the step-by-step instructions below. You’ll be left with a beautiful look that is bound to get you compliments all night long!
- Take ‘Jubilence’ and apply it over your whole eyelid and the inner corner of your eye.
- Apply ‘Solace’ into the crease and blend out a little into the shape that suits your eye best—I extended it out from the outer corner a little to add a cat’s eye like shadow. I also brought a little under my lower lash line to about where my tear duct is to give the smokey eye effect.
- Take ‘Orb’ and apply it to the outer corner of the eye, blending it slightly inwards over the lid and lower lash line to add definition and emphasise the smokey look.
- Use ‘Quell’ to highlight your brow bone and to blend into the inner corner with the ‘Jubilence’ applied in step 1.
- Take a little more ‘Jubilence’ and apply it to the centre of the lower lash line to give a little more sparkle.
- Apply your mascara and lashes, do your brows and if you want to add a slick of black eyeliner in the style that you like best—I went with my signature pin up girl flick.
- If you want an even more dramatic effect darken your waterline with a black or deep grey eyeliner pencil and add the lipstick of your choice. Here I’m wearing ‘Vampira’ from the Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick collection.
And there you have it! I really hope you like this tutorial, if you have any questions just hit me up on Twitter or drop me an email, and I’ll be happy to help!
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