All Eyes On Me: Prom 2010

Finally! It’s time to wrap up that thing called high school. The days of busy work and tardy slips are slowly coming to an end and before you know it, you and all your friends will turn the page to a new chapter in life. If you plan on going out with a bang…prom is the perfect way to do so. The key to a perfect prom night is looking good (and having fun of course). But in all honesty, the hype and attention that surrounds prom actually makes it worth putting some time and effort into the way you look. Now is the time to start looking for that perfect dress and cute pair of shoes cuz when you walk into that room, all eyes are on you…

Dress, shoes, purse and accessories are a given…but what will really set it off is your makeup. Even the clothes and accessories shown above wouldn't be the same without the makeup, especially when it comes to the eyes. You can spend $50 to get your makeup done at the MAC counter (like everybody else)…or you can make the most out of the budget your mom gave you. Try buying a few makeup products and doing your makeup yourself. With a few techniques and a practice run, you can look good prom night and any other night you wanna look great.

Start with a complete makeup brush set. First we have a multi purpose brush for general makeup, great for eye shadows and blending colors. Next is an upper brow brush to really highlight your eyes, and an eye brow brush to fill in and define the eyes. Lastly we have a blot brush to cover up those skin imperfections and a blush brush to lift and define your cheekbones.

For your practice run, you should take a before and after of your eyes. This way you can track your progress and see how your makeup will photograph. Here’s my before...see how I got my after.

Here are a few tips and tricks from my friend Ms. Janae Jacobs

1) Apply a gold or shimmery eye shadow in the inside corner of the eye to about 1/4 inch across the top

2) Next, choose your base color. Hint: your base color is the main color of your outfit. Apply base in the middle of your bottom eyelid and use your general makeup brush (shown above) to blend the line between the shimmer and base.

3) Now the accent color of your choice will go from the middle to outer end of your eye, again, using your brush to blend the line between your base and accent. Tip: For best look make light swift stokes to apply shadow to help blend and make even.

4) Find a natural color to apply to the outer top lid to maximize the intensity of your colors.

5) Next, apply a fine layer of black eyeliner to the bottom lid and the inner half of your top lid. Then, finish lining the outer half of the top lid with another complementary color to add more pop. Throw on that mascara and check yourself out! Tip: While lining your top lid, remember to work inwards (from corner to middle/outer to middle) and use a finger to pull the lid to make it extra smooth while applying.

See how making up your face and having fun with your eyes can really bring your outfit to life?!?! So don’t be afraid of color, because it could be the very thing that keeps all eyes on you. It’s the last thing you’re probably thinking of, but hey it’ll be one of the first things everyone else notices. So bring it!

Prom 2010, let’s go!

Kyle Holland
Brownstone Team