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Bronze Smoky Eyes are hot for Summer! With celebrities like Jessica Biel bucking the trend of black, grey and navy, the bronze eye is lighter and more playful. I’ve got a variety of products to share with you today to help you recreate the trend at home.
For lighter shades try Sand Glow, Easy Baked, Baked or Dope. For darker shades try Smog, Cocoa, Shimmering Bronze, Bronze, Bronze Have More Fun, Galapagos or Wolf.
Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Easy Baked– $18
light bronze shimmer
Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Baked– $18
rich bronze shimmer
Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Smog – $18
deep coppery bronze
Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Eye Colour in Sand Glow – $24
soft bronze shimmer
Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Eye Colour in Cocoa– $24
chocolate brown with bronze pearl
Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Loose Color Concentrate in Dope – $14
deep bronze shimmer (looks midtone, not deep to me)
tarte Amazonian Clay Waterproof Cream Eyeshadow in Shimmering Bronze – $22
shimmering bronze
Illamasqua Powder Eyeshadow in Wolf – $20
matte dark neutral brown
NARS Single Eyeshadow in Galapagos – $24
rich bronze with gold flecks
tarte SmolderEYES Amazonian Clay Waterproof Liner in Bronze – $22
bronze
Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in Bronze Have More Fun – $20
antique bronze
To achieve the look, you want to start by lining the your upper lash line with a deep brown or bronze shadow or liner, then smudge it upwards a bit. Then choose a lighter bronze shadow to apply to the lid, blending it out into the crease. Line the outer half of the lower lash line with the deeper shade, then smudge the lighter shade along the entire lower lash line.
You can smoke it out as much as you like or keep the color concentrated near the lash line.
Next week I’ll have a bronze smoky eyes tutorial for you!
Edit: All products except Benefit are cruelty-free. I learned after writing this that Benefit is no longer cruelty-free.