Sultry Smoky Eyes for The Holidays

Smudged liner and a hint of metallic shimmer eye shadow define this season's smoky eye. For a modern, glam look, Beth suggests lining your top and bottom lash lines with a black pencil and smudging with a brush or Q-tip to get this look. Try Prescriptives Soft Lining Pencil in Black. ($17.50, prescriptives.com) Then finish by sweeping a charcoal powder shadow across the lower lid and above the crease, almost to the brow bone as seen here. Try Bellatrix Eye Dust. ($16,Bettesboutique.com) Add a light dusting of loose shimmer powder over the entire eye, making sure to sweep under the lash line too. Try Pretty All Over Shimmer.

The Get in Line Kit Is At Lebec

Just to remind everyone looking for great beauty gifts this holiday season. My very good friend Lebec is now carrying the Get in Line Stencil Kit for perfect eyeliner at her beauty boutique in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

Talk about amazing customer care and hands on help with all of your beauty needs. She is a rock star when it comes to make-up. With years of experience here and in NYC, she is passionate about everything she does and it shows with each and every client who walks into her boutique.

It is the best place for custom blended beauty products because you have a seasoned artist whose training and talent alone are reason enough to make this your one and only beauty stop.

Plus you can check out the only kit, Get in Line for easy eye liner and creating looks like the pro’s, smoky eyes and cat eyes right off of the runway. Please make sure to keep your calendars free for a fantastic Valentines beauty event at Lebec and stay tuned for the date.

Her studio is fabulous and her smile and energy are contagious. The address for Lebec is: 8200 Haven Ave, Suite 2115, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Ph: 909-702-0902

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Dramatic Smoky Eyes

Halle Berry’s Holiday Smoky Eyes

This mom-to-be plays up her natural glow with shimmering metallic shadow, flawless skin and pale pink gloss. To get this look make-up artist Beth Bender says start with the eyes first and then move on to the face and lips.

For a smoky eye try a dark silver shimmer and apply to the entire eyelid making sure to blend up into crease. Try Bellatrix Eye Dust, $16 at bethbenderbeauty. For longer lasting color apply with a damp brush. Get a perfect smoky eye using the Get in Line Eyeliner Kit. Hold the stencil in place over the eye and fill in with color. Use the bottom eyeliner stencil for lining the bottom eye. Smudge with your brush for a softer line as seen here on Halle.

For an even more dramatic eye add a little gel liner in Onyx right along the lash line making the line slightly thicker at the ends. Finish with two coats of mascara. Try Here To Stay Mascara, $19.50 at Prescriptives.com. It lifts, separates, and defines for lashes that are gorgeous!

Keep the face sheer. I like using a tinted moisturizer because it gives you coverage without leaving your skin feeling heavy. Apply with a brush for very sheer coverage and a sponge if you prefer more. Try Laura Mercier’s Flawless Face Tinted Moisturizer, $42 at Lauramercier.com.

Finish with a lip gloss in either a pink beige or a pale pink. Try Paris is Burning Liquid Lip Color, or Ooh Baby Liquid Lip Color both $16 and available at beth bender beauty.

Look whose wearing Beth Bender Beauty

More beth bender beauty sightings…

Seen…Jessica Alba in NYC...seen, Time Square - MTV Headquarters. Taping a segment for TRL and giving her perfect pout some lip service with Chasing the Cash Liquid Lip color.

Seen…Nicole Richie at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Community serving food to the poor and homeless on Thanksgiving. She really is such a sweet thing. Not much room in her pockets but for a lip gloss and car keys. What gloss you might ask was she wearing? That would be Ooh Baby Liquid Lip color from beth bender beauty. I think she must have picked it for the name as well as the color.

Seen…New to beth bender beauty and just loving the Get in Line Eyeliner Stencil System is Mary-Kate Olsen. Seen at NYC's 7th on Sale gala and overheard by a guest saying how cool the stencil kit was. This is a girl who knows how to work a smoky eye. I don't think I have ever seen her without eye make up.

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