Try a High Ponytail and Smokey Eyes for a Sexy Party Look!

One of the hottest hair trends this season is the high ponytail.  It is chic and sophisticated and when paired with smokey eyes, it will definitely give you a glamorous and sexy look that will turn heads at your next holiday party.

Below are some easy steps to follow in creating your look.

Styling the High Ponytail:

1.  You want to prep for this the day before by air drying your hair since day old hair works better than freshly washed hair.  You'll need to take some Moroccanoil and smooth it into your hair.  Moroccanoil makes hair silky and shiny.

2. Grab all of your hair and brush it back tightly into a high ponytail and collect the hair at the crown of your head. Secure it with an elastic hairband.

3. You can then use a flat iron (I like the T3 manetamer because you can straighten large chunks of hair at one time) to straighten out the pony and give it a super-sleek appearance. 

4.  I add shine serum again for a glossy pony.

Crafting Sexy Smokey Eyes:

1. I like to apply an eyeshadow primer to keep my eyeshadow in place for hours (Tarte Cosmetics has a great one called "Clean Slate 360").  Let it set for a couple of minutes before putting on your eyeshadow.

2.  You want to create a base first by using a beige shade of eyeshadow.  Make sure to apply it all over your upper lid and work it into the lid using a blending brush.  Sweep the shadow up into your brow bone.

3. Use a bright blue eyeshadow and tap the shade onto your lid using the blending brush.  Sephora has an awesome eyeshadow palette that has all the colors you need including some fabulous blues that work so well for a smokey eye.  

Make sure you really focus on the ball of the lid and blend the color well into your crease.

4. Brush a dark blue or black shadow from the outside crease to the center of the crease using a windshield wiper type of motion.

5. Using that same dark blue or black color, smoke out the bottom corner of the eye in a very thin line.

6. Lastly, apply 3 coats of mascara to the top and bottom lashes to complete your eyes.  As I've mentioned in the past, Diorshow mascara is amazing and will give you luscious lashes.

With such dramatic eyes, I like to leave my lips a more neutral color so that the attention goes right to my eyes.