Freida Pinto hasn't been on the Hollywood red carpet scene in a while, so I was happy to see her—and her incredible eye makeup—last week. Pinto has been known to get playful with makeup colors before, and her green-gray eyeshadow was no exception. To make the green shadow more wearable and less Halloween-y, her makeup artist, Jeffrey Paul, applied a dark-greenish hued liner all over her lids as if it were a base eyeshadow. He then layered it with the silvery gray shades from Dior's Smoky Design Palette. By layering on the colors, the dark green pencil is visible only in certain light, giving it a sort of peekaboo effect. (Paul swears you could hardly see it when Pinto left his chair!) I love this layering idea because sometimes gray can look too heavy or just bland. But by tinkering around with some other eye makeup colors, it becomes totally wearable and full of life. If you want to experiment with this technique before taking the pricey plunge, try Victoria's Secret Makeup Eye Liner in Dark Forest Green ($8) and L'Oréal Wear Infinite Eye Shadow in Lush ($5).
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