Taupe Duochrome Tutorial for Hooded Eyes

Happy Teal Thursday! Today I’m sharing a taupe duochrome tutorial for hooded eyes with you. The teal for this week’s Teal Thursday comes in the form of Fyrinnae Sinister. This is really a look that’s outside the norm for me, but I hope you’ll love it. If I had it to do over, I would have chosen a different shade for the lower lash line, probably a deep grey and then layered
Kaleidoscope on top.

Taupe Duochrome Tutorial for Hooded Eyes

This post contains a mix of press samples and products purchased by me.

Shade Descriptions
Walk of Shame – very light nude matte
Bust – pale sable brown (brown with grey satin)
Inferno’s Light – duochrome metallic unicorn blood (purple / silver / brown taupe with soft pink to violet shift)
Kaleidoscope – a slate blue base with pink, purple, and teal reflects
Insomnia – a warm red-brown base with blue reflects
Corrupt – intense matte black
Whisper – light perfect grey matte
You Glow Girl – pinky glow

Taupe Duochrome Tutorial for Hooded Eyes

1. Apply Urban Decay Walk of Shame as the base shade to the lid and hood.
2. Blend Urban Decay Bust onto the hood.
3. Pat Meow Inferno’s Light onto the lid and blend where the two shades meet.
4. Blend out the edges of Bust with Blackbird Whisper.
5. Spritz a brush with elf studio makeup mist & set, then dab Makeup Geek Kaleidoscope on the center of the lid.
6. Line the outer upper lash line, outer lower lash line, and the upper waterline with NARS Black Valley.
7. Smudge Makeup Geek Insomnia along the lower lid.
8. Line the inner corner and upper lash line with Jesse’s Girl Black Liquid Liner.
9. Smudge Makeup Geek Corrupt through the roots of the outer lower lashes and the upper lashes. Add mascara.
10. Highlight under the brows with Ofra You Glow Girl.

Above is a before and after of my skin with no retouching. I normally Photoshop out my zits from my rosacea.

Necklace
Bunny Paige Mini Pavèd & Spiked Heart Necklace in Fuchsia

Nails
Fun Lacquer Cheers to the Holidays (H)

Eyes
Ofra Cosmetics Primer
Urban Decay Walk of Shame – base shade
Urban Decay Bust – hood
Meow Cosmetics Inferno’s Light – lid
Makeup Geek Duochrome in Kaleidoscope (damp with e.l.f. studio makeup mist & set) – center of lid
NARS Eye Paint in Black Valley – outer upper lash line, outer lower lash line, to tightline the upper lash line
Makeup Geek Duochrome in Insomnia – lower lid
Makeup Geek Corrupt – through the roots of the upper and lower lashes
Jesse’s Girl Liquid Eyeliner in Black – upper lash line
Blackbird Cosmetics Whisper – to blend out the edges of Bust on the hood
Ofra Cosmetics Highlighter in You Glow Girl – highlight under the brows
Glossier Boy Brow in Brown
NARS Audacious Mascara
Physicians Formula Sexy Booster Cat Eye Mascara

Face
Josie Maran Argan Oil Light
Hourglass Mineral Veil Primer
Too Faced Born This Way Foundation in Snow mixed with Hourglass Mineral Veil Primer and a drop of Life’s Entropy White
Youngblood Minerals Contour Palette Contour Shade Light – contour
Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Mirage – blush
Ofra Cosmetics Highlighter in You Glow Girl – highlight
Urban Decay All Nighter Spray

Lips 1
OCC Colour Pencil in Pool Boy
Fyrinnae Liquid Matte Lipstick in Sinister

Lips 2
OCC Colour Pencil in Lydia
Lunatick Cosmetic Labs lipstick in Bruja

Before I applied my makeup for this look I applied Josie Maran Argan Oil Light all over my face and let it sink in, then blotted off excess on my face. I love the Light oil because it absorbs pretty quickly and leaves my face moisturized.

I’m still experimenting with Too Faced’s Born This Way Foundation. I applied Hourglass Mineral Fusion primer to my face. Then I mixed the Hourglass primer in with Too Faced Born This Way Foundation and a drop and a half of Life’s Entropy White. I love how this combination melded with my skin. I didn’t set it with powder initially, and it kept wanting to rub off, so I finally threw some UD All Nighter Spray on top to keep it in place.

Layering Kaleidoscope on top of Inferno’s Light makes for a really gorgeous duochrome that’s hard to capture on camera. You can really see the pink and teal in Kaleidoscope once it’s applied damp. Though I have to admit, just wearing Bust with Inferno’s Light made for a really pretty combination.

While I like both lip combinations, I think I prefer the Lydia + Bruja combo with the eye look. I’ve been reaching for Lydia a ton recently.

I saw my stylist Christian yesterday and got my hair trimmed. I still feel like my hair is growing so slowly, though he swears it’s growing fast because I’m always taking hair vitamins. He said he dusted my edges and took off pixie dust, which really made me smile. You can see  more of Christian’s beautiful hair here.

Which lip look do you prefer?