I was playing around with make-up the other night and found myself crating somewhat of a Mila Kunis inspired look, and as a fan of her smokey eyes I figured I might as well make a post about it.
So, to create this smokey, eye-popping look all you need is a very dark brown eyeshadow, a lighter one (e.g. Espresso by MAC), a light brown with some slight shimmer (e.g. Soba by MAC), a black liner (e.g. Rimmel Exaggerate Waterproof Eye Definer in noir) and an optional highlighter for the inner corner of the eye (e.g. All That Glitters by MAC). For the face you need, except from a non-matte foundation of your choice, a good, matte bronzer that will give your skin a naturally darker colour and glow (e.g. Chocolate Soleil by Too Faced), and a light coral-pink blusher (e.g. Fleet Fast by MAC)
For the eyes, you start by applying your dark brown shadow close to your lash-line and smudging it out and up across your lid, making sure it is darkest close to the lashes. I used the darkest brown in a mall palette by Isadora called
50 matte chocolates, which contains 5 matte, gorgeous neutrals. I applied and smudged this colour using a
Sigma E30 pencil brush. Then I repeated this step for the lighter brown,
Espresso, only this time I used a
Sigma E25 blending brush which is a great, more affordable dupe for the MAC 217. Using a short shader brush,
E20 by Sigma, I traced that same colour
Espresso along the lover lash line to create that smokey feel all around the eyes. Then I dusted some of
MAC's Soba over the lid to blend the colours and to make the look smoother and softer. To finish it off I applied some of
All That Glitters to the inner tear-duct using the
Sigma E55 eye shading brush and then I lined the upper and lower waterline with the
Rimmel eye definer. After curling the lashes and applying a good coat or two of the
L'oréal Telescopic waterproof mascara the eyes were done and looking a little like Mila Kunis' sultry and smokey eyes.
The matte bronzer was swiped through the hollows of my cheeks as well as lighlty tracing my cheekbones and temples, down the bridge of my nose and along my jawline. The gorgeous and fresh blusher was popped on to my cheeks and poof! Just like that I thought I was looking at Mila Kunis' face.
Ok, maybe not, but I wish I did! She is absolutely stunning and although it is impossible for us mortals to reach that level of gorgeousness, the least we can do is try, eh? I hope you found this helpful and that I managed to make a half-decent recreation of a Mila Kunis look. If you try it, let me know! Or even tweet me a picture if you dare :)
I will now resume to my ever so exciting celebrity life as a Mila imitator...
...oh I wish...
-Em
