Going all out for a New Year’s party? New Year’s Eve is the time to stand out and have fun dressing up and being a girl! Your makeup look could be more dramatic. It is the time to get dressed up and be more daring and dramatic. Plus the best makeup trend during those big nighttime events that make the best impression will always be the brown Smokey eyes makeup.  Amp up your look with the brown smoky eye like Jessica Alba who knows how to light up her deep hazel eyes perfectly. You can create a smokey eye with any dark eye shadow shade. Charcoal gray and black look great on brunettes.

To copy her look apply a cream concealer like Iman’s Second to None Cover Cream over your eyelid to create a smooth base for your eyeshadow. Use a pencil liner (black or gray looks best) to trace your top lashline from the inner corner to the outer. Then, use the same pencil to dot between your lower lashes. Smudge both lashlines with a cotton swab or an eyeliner brush. Next, sweep a dark brown powder shadow over your lid and into your crease, blending the color up and outward. Bobbi Brown’s Slate shadow is a great one to try. Finally, dust a lighter, neutral eyeshadow (such as ivory) over just your browbone and finish with some volumizing mascara like Dior’s Diorshow Mascara in black. As always finish with Skindinavia finishing spray for a makeup look that lasts.

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Celebs know that the quickest, most effective way to make their eyes look big and gorgeous is with fake lashes. Kim Kardashian regularly enhances her eyes with fake eyelashes and makes it look natural using Kre-at Beuaty’s 3/4 winged lashes.

Now, you too can master the art of faking it and make your eyes pop! A full strip of lashes adds even more drama than a few individual ones. Here’s how to do it yourself:

1. If the lash is wider than your eye, trim one side of it lash by lash.
2. Squeeze eyelash glue onto the back of your hand and run the eyelash along it. Blow softly from edge to edge to make the glue a little less runny to apply your lashes.
3. Pick the lashes up with tweezers and bring it as close to your natural lash line as possible.
4. Press from end to end and hold until the glue dries (30 seconds to a minute, or sometimes less depending upon the adhesive). This allows the glue to set so that when you lift your fingertips from it, the lashes won’t come along for the ride
5. Apply mascara while pressing your finger behind the fake lashes. This will bond the false lashes with yours.(It may be beneficial to use an eyelash curler before applying mascara)
6. Fill any gaps between the false lashes and your natural lash line with eyeliner.

Lauren Conrad sported her signature  winged-eye look at a charity event in West Hollywood. Winged eyeliner is sexy, dramatic and perfect for a night out.  Best of all it’s not too tricky.  Here’s a great how-to achieve the look without looking like you got into some sort of brawl.

When it comes to makeup, less is more. I always think that before getting started on my face (thanks to my Mom ). So it’s no surprise my all-time favorite beauty look is a fresh face accented with classic black winged eyeliner.

Here are a few simple steps:

1. Spray Skindinavia to keep your makeup intact.
2. Curl eyelashes and apply mascara. Try Dior’s Blackout Effect Mascara for more oomph.
3. Using Prestige Liquid Eyeliner: Black Beauty, with a very thin brush drag the brush along your lashline starting from the top inner corner of your eye toward the outer corner of your eye.
4. With liquid eyeliner make a thin line along the top surface. Apply more eyeliner to the outer top of the eye and create a natural outward curve. Be sure to follow the natural shape of your eye.
5. Clean away any smudging with a damp Q tip.
6.  After you have lined both eyes, be sure to compare the thickness on each eye. Are they even? If not, simply take a pointed q-tip and lightly drag the line along the eye to make them symmetrical.
7. Once you finish lining your eye, allow 15 seconds for the liner to dry.

Most think bronze is best suited for summer months but Elizabeth Olsen works it on the Gotham Independent Film Awards red carpet, proving that a bronze smoky eye will heat up your winter look.  It also takes almost no time so it’s perfect for those days you feel like hitting the snooze button on your alarm clock.

The trick to achieving a soft smokey eye is to layer on. You should start with a solid light brown shade all over the lid and pile on deeper colors on top.

1.  Prep eye area with a foundation and concealer/powder.
2. Apply a light neutral base eye shadow to upper eyelid and crease area with large eye makeup brush like Motives Press Eye shadow in Vintage Glam. Also, sweep this color under lower lash line from inner to outer corners with smaller brush.
3. With a medium eye brush, apply a more intense bronze based color to upper eyelid. Try out Elle’s Motives Paint Pot Mineral Eye shadow. Feather this color under 1/2 of outer corner of lower lash line also.
4. Add dark brown eye shadow color to outer eye corners for more intensity if desired.
5. Line eyes with black eyeliner, paying careful attention to the lower and upper eyelids. Try Ultrafresh Black Magic Eyeliner and be sure to blend for a smudged look.
6. Curl lashes and apply 2 coats of black mascara.
7. Apply a highlighter to brow bone and inner corners of eyes.
8. Finish with Skindinavia for a look that won’t smudge or wear off.

Charlize Theron wore a pop of cool fuchsia lipstick at IFP’s 21st Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. The cheerful shade livened up her black and white gown and completed her look. When sporting a standout lip shade, go for natural makeup in other areas. Use neutral, barely there eye and cheek makeup to emphasize your pretty pout.

Before you start, make sure your lips are well hydrated and dab off any excess lip balm or ChapStick you may have used. Begin by lining your lips with a color that is near-identical to the fuchsia of your choice.

When you’ve colored in your whole lip, apply your lipstick with a lip brush, controlling where the color goes. Avoid smudging in the wrong places. A couple of gorgeous fuchsia colors to try are: Mac Lustering lipstick, MAC Girl About Town Lipstick and Speak About Town Lipstick.