Makeup Look: Black Smoky Eye – Inspired by Kevyn Aucoin

Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart. – Kevyn Aucoin

Hi, guys and welcome to the blog! Today’s post is a makeup look inspired by Kevyn Aucoin. If you don’t know who Kevyn Aucoin is, he was an American make-up artist, photographer, and author. He has 3 books and created his brand Kevyn Aucoin Beauty. If you’d like to know more about Kevyn, click here to be redirected. If you have any interest in makeup at all, I highly recommend buying one of his books, watching his recent documentary or watching old interviews on YouTube.

The look I’m doing today is one of my favorites he did, on Julia Roberts (see below). This look is simply inspired by, it’s not a direct recreation as I did not bleach my brows, I also went for a darker nude lipstick and more blush. Altogether, I completely love this look and plan to recreate it many, many more times.

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If you’d like to see a tutorial of this look, see pg. 30 of Making Faces by Kevyn Aucoin.

The Look:

Products Used:

Mist (reduces redness, used before makeup): Caudalie – Grape Water

Moisturizer: Caudalie – Vinosource Moisturizing Sorbet

Primer: Urban Decay – Optical Illusion Complexion Primer and Benefit Cosmetics – The POREfessional Face Primer on nose/cheeks.

Foundation: Hourglass – Vanish™ Seamless Finish Foundation Stick in Shell.

Concealer: FLOWER Beauty – Light Illusion Full Coverage Concealer in Light.

Loose Setting Powder: COVER FX – Perfect Setting Powder in Light Translucent.

Setting Spray: Urban Decay – All Nighter Long-Lasting Makeup Setting Spray.

Primer: Catrice – Liquid Camouflage Concealer in 005, set with COVER FX – Perfect Setting Powder in Light Translucent.

Eyeshadow: Urban Decay – Naked Smoky Eyeshadow Palette (discontinued). Black is Black Market. Nude eyeshadow is Thirteen mixed with Combust. I also mixed Thirteen mixed with High, for a little bit of shimmer over the nude, also very lightly on the brow bone.

Eyeliner: Marc Jacobs Beauty – Fineliner Ultra-Skinny Gel Eye Crayon Eyeliner in Blacquer.

Mascara: Marc Jacobs Beauty – Velvet Noir Major Volume Mascara.

Brows: Wet N Wild – Ultimate Brow Retractable in Ash Brown and COVER FX – Perfect Setting Powder in Light Translucent.

Lip balm: Rosebud Perfume Co. – Rosebud Salve.

Lip liner: Rimmel – 1000 Kisses Lip Liner in 050 Tiramisu.

Lipstick: Kat Von D – Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Lolita.

Contour/bronzer: Benefit Cosmetics – Hoola Matte Bronzer.

Blush: Essence – My Must Haves Satin Blush Single in 01 Coral Dreams.

That’s it for this makeup look! I really love it. What do you think of it? What’s your favorite Kevyn Aucoin look? What has been your go-to makeup look lately? Let me know in the comments and thank you for reading!

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