Holiday ’09 Eye Makeup Ideas: Rick DiCecca, Estee Lauder

When creating a dark and smokey eye, I will often apply the eye shadows and liner to the eye before I apply concealer and foundation. This practice makes it easier to remove any shadow that may remain under the eye area from the application, leaving this area clean and bright.

Apply Estée Lauder Time Zone Eye Cream to smooth and brighten the skin around the eyes.

Prepare your eye lids for powder eye shadows by applying Double Wear Stay-in-Place Shadow Base to your eyelids using your finger tip or an eye shadow brush. Start from lash line and blend over lid up to brow.

Using an eye shadow brush and the Black Smoke Signature Eye Shadow Quad, apply highlight Shade #1 from under the brow arch and to the inner eye corner. By buffing out any hard edges, you will create a soft definition.

Then apply Shade #3 over eyelid, starting along upper lash line and blending up over lid and into crease. Be sure to blend well in the crease to soften any hard lines.

Now apply shade #2 over the center of eyelid, starting from lash line and blending up over lid and up to the crease. This time, however, do not blend into the crease.

Apply Onyx Double Wear Stay-in-Place Eyeliner along upper and lower lashes in short deliberate strokes. Then smudge liner into lash line with the sponge tip on the end of the liner pencil. There’s no need to draw a perfect straight line. Your goal is to create darkness and lushness at the base of your lashes.

Blend Shade #4 into liner along upper and lower lashes and on outer edge of eyes from lash to crease. Again, make sure you blend the shadow well into the crease to soften any hard lines.

To complete your holiday eye makeup look, apply TurboLash All Effects Motion Mascara to upper lashes and Double Wear Zero-Smudge Lengthening Mascara in Blacker Black to lower lashes.

Click HERE to buy the products mentioned in this post at EsteeLauder.com.