Quick, Subtle and Colourful Eyes for Office Wear
For a long time the office makeup has always comprised of subtle neautral shadows, kajal’liquid liner and a MLBB matte lipstick for many working women. But nowadays, the line between dull office makeup and colourful casual makeup has been blurred (smudged more like… ;))
Many women are braving colours for office wear eye makeup. The office eye makeup look I am showing you all today is planned on the same lines. According to me, the look you wear in a stuffy office setting should be:
1. Easy to do
2. Quick
3. Long staying
4. Subtly vibrant.. 😛
5. Definitely not drab.
The things required for this office look are very few. You just need: 1. Base makeup- Depends on your skin, age and camouflage needs.
I am using
- Maybelline Whitestay UV Base and Maybelline Whitestay Compact powder.
- Coloured eye pencil- You can use ANY colour you want for office makeup. It could be black, brown, blue, green, Purple, yellow, pink… ANYTHING!!! I am using a Turquoise Eye pencil from Chambor called “Guacamole”.
- A golden Eye pencil- I am using Colorbar I-define “Desert Glow” pencil.
- A liquid/Gel liner- Preferably black, to define your eyes and offset the colours. I am using Maybelline Gel Liner.
- Kajal- For your waterline.
- Mascara- I am using Maybelline Colossal Volume Mascara. Here are the products I have used:
Let’s start with our eye makeup look:
• Start the look by priming your lids. I have not used any primer here.
• Now with the coloured eye pencil, draw a thick line along your upper lash line and into the crease.
• Then, with the golden eye pencil, fill in the gap. You don’t have to be very precise for both the steps.
• Now, blend both the liners together with your ring finger. So that the gold is concentrated at the lid and the coloured liner surrounds the lid. It should be intense in the outer corner. Something like this:
• Now, take the coloured liner and apply it on the outer 2/3 rd part of the lower lash line, And apply the gold liner in the inner corner of the eye,
• This, should look like this:
• Dip a fluffy blending brush (I am using Coastal Scents Angled Fluffy Brush) in loose/compact powder and apply it as highlighter on the brow bone.
• This will even out the area beneath your eyebrow, and won’t look very bright. I don’t like to use highlighters at day time. So I use this compact powder trick instead.
• With the same brush, blend the lid colours as well a little above the crease.
• Apply liquid/gel liner on the upper lash line. Keep the line thin and wing it out a little.
• Curl your lashes and apply mascara.
• And, you are done!!! You can use any colour and match it with your outfit. As we are not using any powder shadows, this look stays on at least for 6-7 hours.
• Here’s the finished look:
• One more:
• You can finish the look with a subtle, natural blush and nudish-pink lipstick.
• Here’s the full face pic:
Hope you like the tutorial and find it useful.
Lots of love
Mrunmayee
You have such an innocence face Mrunmayee 🙂 Your eyes are beautiful..Very nice tutorial..BTW do you suggest using a light brown lipstick with this eye makeup?
Thanks a lot Debasree..
I have used and will suggest a nudish pink or a light coffee brown…
Pretty look Mrun :-)) 😀 😀 😀 !! You looking so vibrant!! :-* :-* :-* :-*
Thanks Cali… :-* :-* :-*
wow! that was simple enough… and wouldn’t take long in the morning 😉 i’ll surely give this a try!!! 😀
Thanks Suma… Simple is always pretty… I love makeup that is done quickly… 😉 😉
Mrunnnn :-* :-* :-* :worship: You are the best at easy-peasy makeup… :worship: And ohhh..I bought the Max Factor Kohl black …got fed up waiting for my Avon pencil to get over 😀 😀 me loving the MF kohl 😀 😀 😀
I can’t buy Maxfactor!! 🙁 ..Need to find some dupes!! 😛
MF Kohl pencil is not terribly expensive..is 220 I think…and supersoft and black…but I have not tried any other kajal to compare and tell…Oldddd Lakme one was hopeless..new one no idea….dupe for a black kajal??? Me thinking thinking…very difficult :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil:
lol..not dupe for black kajal..dupe for the colors Mrun used!! :silly: :silly: :silly: and I don’t wanna buy Maxfactor stuffs, coz they test on animals!! Me completely against this!! 😐 😐 😐 😐 …..The reason why I discarded their blush too, even though it was so good and pigmented….. I don’t mind going for expensive stuffs!! …just that they should not compromise with what my choice!! 🙂 🙂
And Mrun hasn’t used MF in this tut Cali..me confused now 😐
i agree! maXfactor isnt expensive and yet soft and smooth and preeetttttyyyyy long stay 😀
yeah…..I used to like their stuffs so much..I even reviewed their color and gloss range here on IMBB….and then I came to know about this fact about them testing on animals..and I discarded all their stuffs!! :-(( :-(( :-((
what are you saying? really? Honestly Cali, I have never ever wondered as to which brands test on animals and which dont… But now that you mention, i guess i should be aware of such cruelty too 🙁 Thanks for the info Cali! Thank God i haven’t purchased any other product from them!
Me gave all wrong numbers to Rati…Rati kill me now 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 me told her to get me swatches and me gave ALLL WRONG WONG numbers :-(( :-(( :-(( :-(( :-(( :-(( :-(( :-(( :-((
ha ha ha ha 😀 lol :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
arre dont u worry, we’ll get to see new new swatches… 😀
She not finding it funny at all 😀 😀 😐 😐 :shame: :pray:
LOL…. Rati is actually ANGRY? really? Cant imagine her angry at all 😉 All the best to you Rads 😉 You might just need it then! 😛 😛 😛
@Rads
What wrong wrong numbers? ?:-)
@Suma
Yeah!..I was so shocked to see so many top brands are so cruelty-happy..and I happened to even see the pics of how testing goes on…and a video too..It was so shocking and horrible..I was disturbed for many days..and then I chucked off all the products I had from these companies!!! ….Can’t use them to look beautiful, when the process of making them has been so ugly!!
you saw images and videos? What are you saying? These are actually available on the net! OMG… that is so baaad…. Seriously i never thought that so much cruelty would go into testing these products 🙁 Its so sad!!!! :-(( :-(( :-((
:-(( :-(( :-((
so Cali… which brands are not cruel? Which ones should i go for? especially for eye makeup…
You can check the complete list of companies that test and don’t test on animals on PETA website… here is the link:
http://www.peta.org/living/beauty-and-personal-care/companies/default.aspx
Cali..I didn’t know about Max Factor..I won’t buy again from them :-(( To be honest, I am not very passionate about animal cruelty and vegetarianism and ideas like that, but when cruelty free options are easily available, I don’t see why I should continue to encourage the other way. Wrong numbers – swatches for Inglot – she get me palette…you transport it for me okay? Oh btw…will you transport something for me from Delhi to Bangalore? 😀 😀 Yes?? Okkkkieess…all settled then thankkkkkkooooo :-* :-* 😀 :silly:
lol..yeah sure!! I’ll get your stuff!! ,…and I got confused about colors and products..you guys were discussing Maxfactor..so I thought it is related to tutorial!! :silly: ….Just now checked again and saw it was chambor and colorbar!! 😛
You actually thought ke my comments would be absolutely related to the post :rotfl: :rotfl: Is good though..we got useful links out of that naa…And the PETA list no have Chanel in it..but they don’t test on animals :-(( but they have LUSH ON IT 😀 😀 (errr..the list of companies that do not test on animals)
Thanks Radhika… :-* :-* :-* So glad you got the MF pencil…
OMG Cali.. I cannot give up MF.. It’s my favourite!!!
😯 😯 😯
I admire your stance.. But you see.. I already have limited options… :idk: :idk: :idk:
So simple & yet looks so nice 🙂
:-)) Thanks a lot Monika… :-))
Nice! Nice!! Nice!!! :-* :-* :-* Just love the look!!! simple yet so stylish!!!
Thank you very much Anuradha.. Glad you liked it!!!
lovely!!! and easy too… thnku mrun!
Thank you Anks… It would look lovely on your big, beautiful eyes… :-))
dis was so easy n nice !!
lookin pretty mrun..loved it…
Awwwww.. Thanks Bhumika… :-)) :-)) :-*
Cali…………. Most of the companies test on animals!!!!! P&G, Unilever!!!!! helloooo.. most of the brands come under them! Even L’oreal, Pantene etc are not cruelty free!!!!
Even Ponds and Vseline!!!!! and Colgae and Oral-B !!!!
yeah..I know!! :-(( and I dont use these products any more now!! 😐 😐 😐
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
M, I loved the look. It’s beautiful easy and subtle. I would wear it for work. :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Thanks a lot Rati… Would love to see you do this with MAC Teddy and a nice golden pencil… *nudge* *nudge* *Do a tute* 😉 😉
Teddy is brown….errr…but I like goldens and browns…. 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
I’ll just do a look and will tell I copy catted, M. 😛 😛
geeeeeeeeee I tried golden brown on my sleepy eyes right now, it looks good. did all your steps. 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
I love brown and gold combo… And I knew it would look fab on you…
Photeeeeeeeeeeessssssss!!!!!!!
Oh I just did on sleepy sleepy eyes aise hi just to check the shades but i promised I’ll post the photees today.
I tried Deeptima’s wedding wali look. I posted the links in her comments section. 🙂
yeah Rads gave me all the wrong number. And I kinda looked like a fool hopping in and out of the store. But these guys understood I am dealing with a mad Hoooman. :giggle: :giggle: :giggle: :giggle:
First she gave me all shades of blacks and then she gave me all shades of puurrrrpless…now she wants both black and purrrrpless..She makes my life easy. 😀 😀 😀
MONKKKKEYYYYYYYYYYYY…but me feel so stupid..hehehee….me so glad I don’t stay in Delhi…tooo many pretty pretty things!!!
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
:X-P: :X-P: :X-P: :X-P: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :silly: :silly: 😀 😀 😀
Me waiting for swatches..evil Rati told me she will show me piccys and I can keep staring but she no send me anything :pain:
I think she might post!! :giggle: :giggle: :giggle: :giggle:
She being mean to me…Ratiii…Caliii..I tried Deeptima’s look….baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah 😥 😥 😥 😥 errr…well to start with they no same colour… 😥 😥 😥 😥 😥 and then me no Deeptima 😥 😥 😥 😥 😥 😥 😐
OMG OMG!! we want to seee :silly: :clap: :clap: :clap:
WEEEE do notttttt want to see…is dumb dodo rubbish..
post photeeeeeees!! :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
I have an empty :plate: for your tears. :X-P: :X-P: :X-P:
😐 😐 Me good to you but you need a teeny tiny :razzmad:
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Rads is so right!!! Me too can’t imagine how much makeup I would have if i had access to so many brands!!!!
oh the swatches aee ridiculous. I have a phone that is above my intelligence s I get all confoosed every time i try to use it anything beyond texting and calling people. i’ll send you the swatches. Figure out the shades yourself. :giggle: :giggle: :giggle: :snicker: :snicker: :snicker: :giggle: :giggle:
😐 Me no sayyyy annnnnnything to you…me good to you for a whole day 😐
:lying: :lying: :lying: :lying: :lying:
Ratiiiiii…now me always using the light coloured pencil thingie you taught in your office makeup look..me liking it berrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry much…thank you. Nice blog you have here..and beautiful pictures.
Love
Radhika :devil:
:pain: :pain: :pain: :pain: :pain: good comments :pain: :pain: :pain: :pain:
*dies** flaaawwers plzzzz 😐 😐
Hey lovely tutorial.. Would definitely try this for ethnic day at office.. You must be a fan of Maybelline products.. I always thought the blues greens and purples are very bright. Thanks for making it look so wearable..
Thanks Jaish… I am not exactly a fan of Maybelline.. But I do love some of their products..
Glad you found the tute useful… :-)) 😀
Nice look!! And thanks for all the info about animal testing…I had no idea so many brands do this. Is it even possible to find safe substitutes for all these drugstore brands? 😯 😯 ?:-) I tried to read PETA’s link but its so confusing.
Could someone do a post, maybe? Like not animal tested brands in India–Drugstore and high-end? Pleaseeee
Hey Meenal, We should ask Cali only to do that post.. Me too interested..
nice look u’ve created Mrun.. :yes: :yes: …il wear it for work n c my colleagues’ reactions.. :-/ :-/ ..
Thanks Preetha…
Waiting to hear the compliments you are gonna get… 😉 😉 😉
wow! that’s pretty interesting and easy to do as well! Never imagine using eye-liners this way. It looks great.. I think I will try it too. Have found powder shadows quite time-consuming to apply in the mornings.
Thanks Divya..
s this look does not involve powder shadows, it stays much long too..
Super pretty !!! u look sooo pretty !! :beauty: :beauty: :beauty: :beauty: i really want that gel liner… how much is it for ???
Thanks a lot Deeptima.. It’s nice to hear good comments from an expert…
YOu can read my review for the liner here: https://makeupandbeauty.com/maybelline-eye-studio-gel-eyeliner-review/
Me no expert !!! thnx soo much !!
Thanks a lot Nivedita.. I’ll try to do more.. :-)) :-))
Nice Nice…the look highlights ur eyes prettily.and so simple too :yes: :yes: :-))
@ Rads :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: wen I read ur sweet letter
😀 😀 😀 😀
thanks a lot Sharon..:))
u look like doll in the last pic :-*
do a hair tutorial too
Awwww… Thanks Neha..
And Er… I didn’t do anything with my hair…
You looking very, very pretty, Mrun. And thanks for the super easy tute.
Thanks Sabrina… Sooooo glad you liked it.. :)) :))
omg your hair looks soo great!! did you like blow dry and style it or something? also eyes look great 😀
Thanks a lot Insiya… I very rarely use blow dryers.. I haven’t done anything special.. Just brushed them in place..
wow then you have great natural hair. Mine doesnt look that way even when I blow dry 🙁