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If I could be any celebrity in the world, after Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried I would definitively be an Olsen twin. They would be on the top of my list to be honest. They are drop dead gorgeous, their style is phenomenal and their career as designers and everything else they exude is an absolute inspiration. Well, for me of course.
The one thing that stands out to me a midst their grungy yet amazing chic looks is their make-up. The 'just woken up', smoky madness is my favourite thing which I have been wearing non-stop for the past few weeks. Brown smoky looks to shades of purple matte shades are among my favourite.
Here are the products listed below which will leave us a tad closer to be an Olsen.
MAC Eyeshadow base in Painterly: Silly me forgot to add this in the shot. But any base will do perfectly fine. It will allow evening out of the eyelids and act as a form of adhesive to allow attachment of products and longer withstanding of products on the eyes.
Sleek 'Oh so special' palette: I have written about this amazing palette before and its versatility in shades and types of shadows makes it perfect for such a look. The mix of the shimmery and matte shades; which include neutral based browns as well as a lovely taupe colour is amazing.
Natural collection single shadow in 'milk chocolate': This baby was a mere £1.79. A bargain or what? The very light brown, as if coco powder gives a subtle wash of colour and smoky brown waft on the eyes. I have been using this all over the lids, really messily taking it further than I would with any other Shadow and also bringing it on my bottom lash. Due to it being quite light, it is hard to tell when there is a lot of artificial light, so beware.
Flomar quartet in 401: This neutral based palette contains all satiny shimmery colour, including a very pretty white highlight which can be used for both inner corner highlight. Also, I made a little trick of my own. As the highlight is ever so beautiful and finely milled mixing it in with an absolutely minuscule amount of moisturiser worked wonderfully as a face highlight. However, without the moisturiser it would have been powdery if it was all by itself and less stark.
Maybelline master precise eyeliner in black: The refined tip allows a subtle yet build-able liner look. Perfect for an Olsen look at they never really do a winged look, but rather just define their eyes both top and bottom. This allows definition and intensifies the eyes.
Elizabeth Arden brown eye pencil in Espresso: Any brown eye-liner will do. Sometimes a brown over a black has greater subtility and eliminates the overly-bearing panda eye situation. Even if the brown goes a tad too rubbed in, passing the under eye area, it will leave you with the Olsen deranged look and give more of a relaxed eye make-up. However, if it was all black, it would seem one has not got cleanser or even heard of removing make-up before sleeping. Though, this is a product I would not highly recommend, as I do not believe it is worth the price.
Rimmel scandaleyes kohl kajal In black: I used this mostly for greater definition. This can be used in two ways. One being a replacement for a liquid eye-liner. This will allow greater control of allowing it to smudge and give more of a messy slept-in look. But in addition to that, having a kohl liner, and in this case black. It will go well on the top waterline. This will define the upper eyelids greatly and make it seem your lashes are more intense.
Rimmel Lash accelerator: A waft of mascara is the same as bearing a magic wand across. It does magic, duh. I've been using my quite amazing eye-lash curlers from H&M for a mere £3.00 or something and they uplift not only my lashes but my face. If that makes any sense. This one really defines individual lashes and lengthens them allowing them to stand out a midst of all the smudged on shadows and 74 other products one has shoved on in a 4cm to 3cm dimension. I literally used a ruler to measure that; not precise I don't think.
The important essential: Tools are essentials because even though throwing on a lot of products is the whole purpose of the look, it will need some tweaks. That being a sharpener of course. The one thing i hate about soft kohl pencils is that they break of so easily and sharpening is a pain. Also, cotton buds are another essential. Having a lot of smudging going on means that it can be a tad TOO much so wiping away it away is the best way.
In addition, brushes are important for the look. I used a mixture of a flat shader to pack on the shadow as well using the eye-liner angles brush. Even though, gel eyeliner was not used I found this perfect for lining the eyes. I got the brush and patted the product on from the eye pencil and then transferred the product onto my eyes. It allowed greater control and was more subtle than automatically using the pencil on the eyes.
After all this blabber, I do think we are somewhat Olsens. If not, we can pretend. Going to shove on an all black outfit and use some of all the things I said.
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