Beauty Inspiration: Grey & Gold Eyeliner a la Anna Kendrick

Posted on June 8, 2012

Filed in: Eyeliner, Eyes, Eyeshadow, Makeup, Tutorials

For this tutorial, you will need:

An Eyeliner brush - I used one by Aymie B.
An Everyday Shadow Brush - I used one by Sephora
A Blending Brush - I used one by Sephora
Gold Shadow - I used Urban Decay Half Baked
Grey Shadow - I used ULTA Eyeshadow in Granite
Mascara - I used Maybelline Great Last Mascara

Smoky metallic eyes are always a perfect way to dress up an outfit for a big night out and the combination of the gray/copper and gold shadow on Anna Kendrick’s lids compliments all eye colors and skin tones. To master this look, all you need is a powder eye shadow in gold and gray, an eyeliner brush, an everyday eye shadow brush, and a blending brush.

Take your eyeliner brush and wet it the slightest bit and then run it through the gold shadow. This will create a brighter and more durable pigment on your eyes and make it especially easy to apply the shadow as a liner. From the inside corners of your upper and lower lash line, drag the gold shadow all the way across your eye.
Rinse the gold off of the eyeliner brush. Re-wet it and dip it into your grey shadow. Now, starting about halfway across your lash line, draw on the gray shadow on both the top and bottom lash lines.
Using your every day shadow brush, sweep the gold onto your eyelids, carefully avoiding overlapping it with the gray liner.
Next, using the blending brush, sweep the gray shadow onto your creases in this motion: from the outer corner to the middle of your eye and back again. Keep the grey subtle so it simply adds dimension and the focus stays on the eyeliner.
Apply mascara and admire your sultry new look!

- Taylor Pany

Tags: Anna Kendrick