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Evening Look
Impactful Eyes, Lips with a Hint of Color

Starting out from our afternoon look, we are now going to create a more sophisticated one for evening. We respect Raquel's previous makeup thinking of all of you who simply have the time for a touch-up before going out.

The focus of this look is going to be on the eyes, not on the lips as we did in the previous makeup. Therefore, we will only tone-up the blush and apply deeper colors on the eyes. When eyes are dramatic, keeping the rest of the face soft gives it a modern balance.

In many of the international shows, such as those of Carolina Herrera and Chanel, makeup artists went for very strong cat eyes. Although this is a very sexy and tremendously au courant look, it is important to know that it does not favor all types of faces. Thus, you must be careful when deciding to wear it.

For example, oblong faces - such as Raquel's - are not flattered by this makeup. The reason is that the use of dark shadows on the outer ends of the eyes will tend to thin the face. This is also the case with inverse triangle faces (jawbone wider than the temple area,) on which, this option would make the upper part of the face even thinner.

Yet, if you have an oval-shaped or heart-shaped face (where the temple area is wider than the jawbone ending on a somewhat pointed chin,) you will be able to wear this makeup knowing it will look great on you. Once more, as you can see, your natural facial features will determine what - and what not - to do.

If you want to go for the cat eye look, follow these steps: apply eyeliner along the top lashline making it thinner in the inner corner and wider on the outer one. Then, run an eye shadow brush to soften the line. Next, line your bottom lashline and extend that line until it connects with the one you created on the upper eyelid. Make sure you blend well.

How to Achieve It -

When applying eyeliner, do not stretch your eyelid towards the temples. If you do so, when it returns to its normal position, the line you have drawn, which originally looked thin, will look much wider.

Jose Ramón covers the entire eye area, from upper lashes to brows with Clinique High Impact Eye Shadow in Chiffon, as a highlighter. He then blends on lids a shimmery gray shadow, Lancôme Color Focus mono eyeshadow in Moonstone, taking it up to the eyebrow and extending it towards the temples.

Once again, given Raquel's face is oblong, we must try, with the use of color, to widen her face. Thus it is not a wise idea to extend the dark eye shadow too far towards the temples, which would make it look thinner. When very little of that gray hue remains on the applicator, Mon runs it gently onto the under eye area.

As an extra touch, he pats a tiny amount of Estée Lauder Two-In-One Eyeshadow in Dove Grey, on the brow bone to add light and open up the eye.

Then, he strengthens the makeup with black liquid eyeliner - a strong trend this season - although we must keep in mind that it must be done very softly for the street so that it does not look too harsh. We have chosen Super Liner in black nº01 from L'Oréal, which Mon draws as close to the base of the top lashes as possible - beginning at the inner eye and extending it slightly beyond the outer corner (see image).

For a dramatic finish, curled top and bottom lashes are elongated with Chanel Drama Lash Mascara in Onyx.

As to the blush, we use the same hue as before, L'Oréal Prune Glaceé nº03, but make it more intense this time.

And for the finishing touch, Mon tones down the lips to center all the attention on the eyes. He colors them with a soft rosy hue, L'Oréal Colour Riche in Aerial, dotting gloss on the center of the bottom lip to create a perfect pout and enhance its fullness.

People with deep-set eyes should avoid drawing a wide line with the eyeliner because this will only increase the effect.

In this case, the best thing to do is to use lighter eye shadows, as they highlight and make areas come forward. And, if you want to strengthen the look, try using a softer-looking brown eyeliner.

In the case of protruding eyes, the use of eyeliner is very recommended. Draw its line a little wider. Dark colors make areas recede, thus, your eyes will seem to protrude less.

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