

Makeup Trends: Black Eye Shadow

Yigal Azrouël's fall 2009 show was full of black pieces—with eyes to match

"The clothes have a lot of leather and heaviness, so Yigal wanted something that was a little rock 'n' roll," says Polly Osmond, who invented the striking black-rimmed eyes for Azrouël's fall 2009 show. "I'm trying to move forward from the regular greasy look, so I've created a supermatte black eye using four different products, layering them on top of each other."

For an intense makeup look, Osmond utilized two black eye liners—an ultradark kohl pencil and M.A.C Fluidline gel eye liner in Blacktrack—as shadows, blending them over the entire lid. Next, she dabbed a tiny bit of gray eye shadow in the inner corners and mattified the lid with M.A.C's Greasepaint Stick, which hits stores in October ("It's not what it sounds like; it's actually very, very matte," Osmond says about the new product). So why all the layers? "Matte makeup is difficult to work with—it sticks and it stays there. A base underneath is necessary in order to create movement." To finish the three-dimensional black eyes, Osmond lavished lashes with a generous helping of black mascara.

View a photo gallery of black eye shadow here

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