A Subtle Smoky Eye Look with Mary Kay®

March 30, 2015 by Rachel 41 Comments

If you hadn’t noticed, lately I’ve been really obsessed with watercolors. I just love looking at all the little squares of different color, and using my brush to create something beautiful.

Mary Kay® makeup especially speaks to the artist in me. I love how their mineral eye colors come in beautiful vibrant hues. They even come separately, and you can arrange them however you choose in their magnetic compact. I also enjoy using the Mary Kay® gel eyeliner. It doesn’t have the glossy look that a lot of liquid liners do, but you can apply it with a little brush. I have so much more control with the brush than I do with the pencil, plus it is much more fun to apply!

Since Mary Kay® is the Official Beauty Sponsor this year of the Academy of Country Music Awards, they’ve put together three beautiful and easy to recreate looks in honor of the show: Queen of Country, All-American Beauty, and Boho Beauty.

Just based on these names, I would have thought that All-American Girl would be my look. When it comes to art, I’m all about bright colors and bold shapes. However, when it comes to makeup, I’m more about creating a simple and natural look. But, when I got a chance to check out the looks, I fell in love with the Queen of Country dark smoky eyes. This look uses three different mineral eye colors: a shimmery gold (moonstone), a deep purple (sweet plum), and a dark smoky gray (coal). It also uses the Jet Black Gel Eyeliner that I love so much.

Because I have more flat set eyes, I think that these darker eye shadows look good on me. They give my eyes the illusion of more depth, and don’t end out looking like I’m wearing a ton of dark eye makeup. This look is also pretty versatile. For a dressy night out, you can recreate this red carpet look by using more eyeshadow and creating a very dark smoky eye. And for daytime, you can use a little less eyeshadow (like I did here), but still get a beautiful and slightly more natural look.

Here’s a look at all of the Mary Kay® products I used to create this look:

I even wore this look in my eccentric Instagram selfie that I shared recently. The gold eyeshadow and pink cheek color complemented my gold and pink wall of objects perfectly.

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About Rachel

Craft blogger. Color lover. Mess maker. Mom of three. You can find me at Lines Across sharing my creative adventures and tutorials on how to make stuff.