Remember this? The lighting plays the colours a touch differently here, but I bet you still recognize it! Well... some of you wanted to know how I assembled this, and I gave a tutorial a shot. If you're interested, check it out!

Follow up:

I started out by putting MAC Bare Canvas all over my lid, as it is my shadow base of choice. Use whatever suits you! I then proceeded to tap a sticky black base over the lid. I'm using an old MAC product called Tarmac eyeglass, but a black CCB or the greasepaint stick or any similar product from another brand ought to work well, too.

I loaded up a flat, stiff brush with NARS Night Clubbing (a black shadow with olive gold glitter) and pat it all over the lid on top of the black base. The reason for the black base is to make the glitter stay - otherwise, in a couple hour? Just black shadow. Oh, and glitter on your cheeks. Ahem. Trust me on that one!

The problem with using a sticky base on PART of your eye is that the edges are a bitch to blend out. What I'm doing here is grabbing a bluish medium matte grey (in my case, MAC Greystone) and blending the edge of the black as best I can using a crease brush (smashbox
15).

If your shape gets out of control, don't be afraid to go in with a wipe to tame it! Don't forget to reapply a bit of base and blend the edge to soften it again, though. Oh, and as for wipes? I favour baby wipes for sensitive skin!

I choose to stick my highlight shade on now to help make it easier to blend things later. I'm using Blanc Type, a matte shade close to my skintone, because the glitter on the lid gives plenty o' bling. Gots to have some balance!

So, my camera focused on my brow for this shot. Hot. Sorry, dudes. Anyhow, it's starting to get fun! I use a crease brush (MAC 226 here!) to apply the always-lovely MUFE #92 through my crease and in the outer corner. As you blend it in, the colour fades into the grey/black underneath, so don't be afraid to grab more colour as needed. A bit of deepening is something I like because otherwise I feel the purple is a bit over-bright for this, but I certainly don't want it to vanish! Y'know?

Here I grab a fluffy brush (MAC 224) to apply a frosty silver (Electra) above the crease to blend the purple into the highlight. Unfortunately, this brush is a bit big for my purposes, so...

I wind up needing to go back in with the 92 and crease brush to keep the silver from taking over. Maybe if I'd used a 222 or had a smaller brush this step could be skipped? Ah, well.

Liner time! Grab the liner brush of your choice and some black gel liner and slap on a semi-thick line on the top lid. Om nom nom. Again, camera suckage.

Now! Pencil brush dipped in both the grey and purple I used earlier. Use it to smudge along the outer 2/3s of the lower lashline.

This step is subtle and can totally be skipped, but I like it. I grab a brush I used earlier and use it to apply a touch of Mink & Sable eyeshadow to the outer lower corner to help connect the upper and lower lids. Don't have M&S? Try Sumptuous Olive!

For some reason, a picture ran away. The picture was simply of me blackening my waterline. I suggest doing that. In this picture, I'm using a wee fluff brush with a golden frosty white shade (NARS Spellbound) to highlight my inner corner. You can also smudge a touch under the purple/grey mix if you like.

Here's where I finally fill in my brow! You were wondering, weren't you?

Then... the finishing touch: mascara! Ka-blam! Use black, yeah?

And that, my friends, brings us back to...

I'd absolutely love to hear what you think! Feedback is more than welcome, too.