For Your Eyes Only

You might think that since I have a blog about beauty everything that I spill all my beauty secrets to the world.  But, I must admit that I am a tad selfish and this blog is not full-disclosure.  However!  I have decided to reveal one of my absolute best beauty secrets because I believe that everyone needs to own this particular beauty product.  No, no…it’s my pleasure.

For the past six years I have consistently worn a particular shade of eyeshadow by Stila called Twig.  During my days at Nordstrom, I bought a makeup set by Stila, that benefited breast cancer research.  I initially purchased the set because it included the iconic Kitten eyeshadow, but never would I know that the real treat happened to be the Twig eyeshadow that was also a part of the set.

It actually took me months before I dared to try the Twig eyeshadow.  Twig is a rich, shimmery, earthy-brown color, something that I would never touch in the past for plain fear of application skills.  For any of you who do venture into smokey, dark shades of shadow, you know that some of them blend and some of them don’t…you can either walk out looking like a goddess or a street walker; there is no either or.  But finally, I mustered the courage and tried out the shadow and found the color utterly beautiful and a piece of cake to apply and blend.  The color did wonders for my blue peepers, but it wasn’t a shade that my fair skin could sport everyday…so I got smart, and started using it as an eyeliner.  Which just happened to be one of my best beauty decisions ever, right up there with purchasing a quality flat iron. 

Twig works so great as an eyeliner and it compliments so many different eyeshadow colors, not to mention the rich brown is a universally flattering shade.  If you haven’t already, you need to purchase a good angled eyeliner brush (I love mine from MAC) and just dip the brush in a touch of water and dot the brush on your eyeshadow (you can do this with all your eyeshadows that are dark enough, I haven’t bought liner in years) and then glide the brush on top of your upper lash line.  Results:  Bellismo!

Now go out and buy your Twig shadow…you can thank me later.