Beaut.ie How To: Kim Kardashian Inspired Bronze Sultry Eyes

Beaut.ie How To: Kim Kardashian Inspired Bronze Sultry Eyes
By Beaut.ie  | Dec 2, 2011

1. As always, I primed my lid with Urban Decay Primer Potion Original all over, and I filled in my brows with an angled brush and Catrice Eyeshadow in Starlight Espresso.

2. For this look I mainly used The Body Shop 4-Step Smokey Eyes palette in Golden Brown. On a flat shader brush, I took the shimmery champagne colour and applied this to the inner corners and under the brow.

3. Next, taking the lighter of the two browns, on the same brush, I packed this onto the middle of the lid.

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4. To create a soft crease colour that's going to help blend the lid colours together, I used Kid eyeshadow by Mac on a large blending brush.

5. Going back to the flat shader brush I used at the start, and the darkest colour from the Body Shop palette, I applied this to the outer corner in a winged shape and blended. I repeated the apply and blend process until I was happy with the colour and shape.

6. I also took the darkest brown and the bronzey brown under the lower lashline (darkest in the outer corner and the lighter in the middle).

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7. To add even more light to the inner corner (Kim is always very highlighted here) I used Blanc Type eyeshadow by Mac.

8. On the lower and upper waterline I used L'Oreal Paris Contour Kohl pencil in Jet Black and also ran this along the upper lashline. Tip: to smooth out pencil on the upper lashline, take an angled brush and a matte black eyeshadow (I used Carbon by Mac) and press the shadow along the lashline. This fixes any bumps and also sets the wax-based liner, ensuring that it doesn't end up on your browbone later on.

9. Another thing that Kim (or her make-up artist) always does is contour the nose. This is of course a completely optional step, but I thought it would be fun to show you. I used a short stubby brush and the same eyeshadow I used to fill in my brows. I took the tiniest amount of product on the brush and concentrated it in that groove between where your eyebrow starts and the bridge of your nose.

I continued down the sides of the nose to make it look slimmer and straighter. Blend away the edges of the shadow until its barely detectible. I would only recommend doing this step for a night time look, as it can look quite obvious in harsh daylight.

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10. I applied many coats of Clinique High Impact Mascara and after about 20 minutes fighting I managed to stick on these falsies by NYC (973 Black).

THE FINISHED LOOK:

On my lips I wore Bobbi Brown Rich Color Gloss in Tutu 1 and on my cheeks I wore YSL Blush Radiance.

Other products used:

Kim K pic credit: http://kimkardashian.celebuzz.com