Here's how to create sexy, thick-looking lashes using makeup only. Makeup artist Lauren Cosenza shows us the ropes.
1. Swipe an icy shadow onto your eyes. "After your foundation is applied, accentuate your eyes by applying a champagne-colored eye shadow with a contour brush along your upper lash line," says Cosenza. "Increase the emphasis toward the inner "V" corner to provide a light base in contrast to the dark lashes you're about to create." MJ used a pale gold with icy shimmer by MAC Cosmetics in Nylon.
2. Line the upper inner rim of your eye with black liner. "Apply a jet-black liner to your tightline to instantly give the illusion of a fuller lash line," she adds. MJ used L’Oréal Extra-Intense Liquid Pencil Liner in Carbon Black. "Then, sweep a matte black eye shadow below the lower lash line, starting at the outer corner, brushing it toward the inner corner of your eye." Apply MAC Cosmetics Eye Shadow in Carbon, using a smudger brush like Urban Decay Good Karma Smudger Brush.
3. Coat your top and bottom eyelashes with mascara. "Press the bristles against your upper and lower lash lines and then wiggle the wand as you go from root to tip to make sure you've fully coated each lash," explains Cosenza. MJ used Lancôme Hypnose Star Show-Stopping Volume Mascara here.
4. Dust your lashes with loose translucent powder. "This provides grip and texture so that you can layer additional coats of mascara," she says. "When you coat layer after layer of mascara while it's still wet, you end up just moving the product around versus adding volume, fullness, or length." MJ dusted on IT Cosmetics Bye-Bye Pores Powder with a fluffy eye makeup brush, and then applied another coat of mascara to her lashes.
Boom, you're done. Finally, gorgeous lashes that you can bat at all of the boys.
1. Swipe an icy shadow onto your eyes. "After your foundation is applied, accentuate your eyes by applying a champagne-colored eye shadow with a contour brush along your upper lash line," says Cosenza. "Increase the emphasis toward the inner "V" corner to provide a light base in contrast to the dark lashes you're about to create." MJ used a pale gold with icy shimmer by MAC Cosmetics in Nylon.
2. Line the upper inner rim of your eye with black liner. "Apply a jet-black liner to your tightline to instantly give the illusion of a fuller lash line," she adds. MJ used L’Oréal Extra-Intense Liquid Pencil Liner in Carbon Black. "Then, sweep a matte black eye shadow below the lower lash line, starting at the outer corner, brushing it toward the inner corner of your eye." Apply MAC Cosmetics Eye Shadow in Carbon, using a smudger brush like Urban Decay Good Karma Smudger Brush.
3. Coat your top and bottom eyelashes with mascara. "Press the bristles against your upper and lower lash lines and then wiggle the wand as you go from root to tip to make sure you've fully coated each lash," explains Cosenza. MJ used Lancôme Hypnose Star Show-Stopping Volume Mascara here.
Boom, you're done. Finally, gorgeous lashes that you can bat at all of the boys.