Mmmm...do you ever use a black eyeliner pencil? you can line your lid and smudge it with a pencil or smudge brush. Start off by doing that and build from that. You can move onto a dark gray eyeshadow that is borderline black or go straight for a black. If you really want Tall Dark and Handsome I'd say wait for the swatches and reviews and if you are still attracted to it then go for it and pull our your brushes! Also, smokey eyes don't necessarily have to be done using black eyeshadow only. You can do it with any color. Greens, blues, purples, and browns all make really nice smokey eyes. Remember, your face is a canvas and feel free to experiment when you have the time!
Agree with all those ideas. Also, you can layer black over another color to make it look smokier and darker. You can also use it over a lipstick to change the color. Even mix it with clear gloss to make a black gloss. The possibilities are multiple...I use black a lot in the crease (butt or V) of the eye
I have Dark Dare coming to me in the mail. I hope I like it!
Thanks! Actually, I never wear black liner. It looks too harsh on me. I wear brown/black mascara and colours like Dipdown, Local Wares, Dark Diversion and the like as liner.
I'm with you on this one. I got Dark Dare EDES because it was the easiest way I've ever found to do smokey looks. I'm STILL going to haul Tall Dark and Handsome because the idea of pearl means its different enough for me to get it.
I think a sparkly or shimmery black will be a little easier to deal with than something super matte and dense, because it will look better if you blend it out to a very sheer finish, so you can start by trying it sheerly then adding more for a deeper, darker look as you get more used to using it and how it looks. Matte black is much trickier to blend out and not look smudged (and imo, usually looks best really dense and smokey anyhow). It's more of a dressy, evening color usually anyhow, unless you are into a punk, strong eye just in general.
Blacklit has been my black sparkly love, with that amazing green iridescence. I'm assuming TD&H will be more of a non-colored shimmer. I'll probably get sucked in, even though I feel like Dark Dare and Blacklit are all my eyes need, considering how much I love black shadow looks.I'm with you on this one. I got Dark Dare EDES because it was the easiest way I've ever found to do smokey looks. I'm STILL going to haul Tall Dark and Handsome because the idea of pearl means its different enough for me to get it.
ooo thank you! i didnt even realize! im going to add it to my cart when marilyn monroe stuff drops. Hopefully its still available when that happens
No, I'm not blonde. My natural colour once upon a time was a chestnut brown. It's a red-brown now. I have strong warm undertones and am nowhere near neutral - if you remember 'seasons' I'm an autumn. I look a lot better with brown instead of black liner, but I could probably play with a black shadow in a sheer way in combination with other colours. Maybe I'll pay at Sephora at some point in the next couple of weeks. It was just a thought really; it's one shadow colour I've never even attempted.
WOG and Albatross are not similar at all.I tried to swatch them side by side:
Sorry for the poor quality but I hope that it helps anyway....
If you're on the warm side, I could see how the typical really strong black liners could be a little meh on you - since they're usually cool black instead of warm or neutral. I'm neutral to warm leaning and some blacks, especially the ones that are a little closer to charcoal grey, look really blah on me, especially when blended out. I'm not a big fan of Blacktrack, but Wholesome f/l is gorgeous. Carbon shadow is really yuck on me too, if I try to smudge it or use it by itself without pencil underneath. I've got black hair and dark eyebrows, and I like a punked out look, though, so I do really like all sorts of black overall.
In fact I'm pretty sure I'll be buying all the eyeshadows.
