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Watch 'Vivrant Thing': Master The Purple Sunset Smoky Eye By Learning This Blending Technique

YouTube Star Destiny Lashae teaches us a new eye makeup look and how to highlight and contour.
By Jazmin Brooks · Updated October 23, 2020
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Welcome to ESSENCE’S Vivrant Thing, your destination for all things Black beauty—where tutorials come to life and our melanin is celebrated in a way that only ESSENCE can. Obsessed with all things beauty? Click here to get your tickets for the first-ever ESSENCE Beauty Carnival tour! This episode of Vivrant Thing teaches you how to create the Purple Sunset Smoky Eye.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIm1Yidg5MQ
Bring together some of the most beautiful shades of orange and purple to produce a colorful yet sultry smoky eye. Destiny Lashae gives us an in-depth tutorial on how to create this look. Just a little hint: It’s all about blending. You’ll learn how to seamlessly combine eye shadows and sculpt your face by highlighting and contouring. Watch the video above for a step-by-step makeup tutorial. And make sure to watch Vivrant Thing every week to learn a new beauty lesson.