caroline

Caroline is one of those lovely Southern ladies that you can't help but adore.  She's a perfect mix of sweet and sassy.  She can also pull off wearing smokey eyes and plush red lips at the same time because she has this incredibly glamorous classic American movie star look about her (I know, I'm jealous too).  We met this Saturday afternoon to get her ready for a night out.  I call this look the "not so sweet Caroline".... and I  hope that you now have Neil Diamond stuck in your head too.

How to accomplish this super smouldering look:

1. For super smokey eyes, it's important to provide a good base for the color.  Start by blotting concealer over the lids and blend up to the brows to even out the skin and provide a good canvas for the color.  We chose a dark purple shadow.  You can start to apply the smokey color by dusting the shadow in a "u" shape in the crescent of the lid.  I continue to add color until I reach the desired depth.  For Carloline, I also took a fine angle brush and dusted the deep purple shadow under her lower lash line.  Then I added a medium toned purple to enhance the deep amethyst shadow, and finished by highlighting with a very nude pink shadow towards the center of the lids.  Apply black pencil liner in a "cat eye" style and double coat mascara. 
2. For lips: line with a pencil and then fill in the lips by blotting on lipstick.  Try to select a color that enhances the tone of eyes if doing both smokey eyes and deep red lips.  You want to make sure that the colors compliment each other, so select more of a blue-red when pairing with purple shadow.  

Naturally, not everyone call pull off both smokey eyes and red lips.  Pick one step or the other and you will still be ready to put on your heels and steal some glances.