Green Smoky Eyeshadow for Christmas

I have this gorgeous dark green sweater that I wore for Christmas 3 years ago in Germany, and when I rediscovered it last month, I immediately decided to wear that again this year and create a green eyeshadow look that would match the sweater. Yes I know you're not supposed to match your makeup to your clothes, but I like the matchy matchy look, and anyway the sweater is such a deep green that it wouldn't clash with any shade of green eyeshadow.

So began my journey. I have always loved green eyeshadow and I have bought entire palettes just for a great shade of green. The shade Vestment in the Kat von D Saint and Sinner holiday palette for 2017 was a great example (it was half-priced in Sephora's post Christmas sale), and the entire green row in the Wet and Wild Comfort Zone palette too.

Kat Von D Saint and Sinner Palette

Wet and Wild Comfort Zone 

However, those two palettes didn't make the cut for my limited luggage when I moved to Germany last month (or so I thought), so i was in a position where I had 90% warm-toned palettes and no good green. On my first attempt, I used the greens from my new Makeup Revolution Reloaded Iconic Division palette, but it wasn't pigmented enough and I blended myself into a raccoon.

Makeup Revolution Reloaded Iconic Division

I also made the mistake of trying halo eyes with gold and I should have known better. Not once had halo eyes looked good on me, and definitely not with a fussy colour like green. So after that failure, I had to look more closely at the limited palette collection I have with me. I found some greens in my Jaclyn Hill Palette, I realised I actually have the new Wet and Wild Comfort Zone palette with 10 shades, and with these colours, I blended close to 10 different greens until I got a smoky and wearable look that I was satisfied with.

Morphe Jaclyn Hill Palette

Wet and Wild New Version Comfort Zone

Green is so hard to work with because it clashes all most skin tones, unless you have a lot of olive in your skin. I used a mustard yellow and brown colour to blend it up into my crease, and a darker navy green to smoke it out in the outer corner. I think a warm brown is vital for the look to be natural and wearable, otherwise it might just look like I pasted green haphazardly onto my eyes. The blending is also difficult because you need the green to fade into a warm brown and then into the brow. The intensity of the colours and the blendibility of the shadow is really tested.

The last time I wore green eyeshadow was on NYE last year, and I used the beautiful green duochrome from the Saint and Sinner Palette.

Arm swatches of Saint and Sinner palette. Fourth shade from the top 

If I had it here, I would have used that for sure. I guess once a year for green eyeshadow is good enough for me :) Anyway, I hope I can successfully recreate this look again on Christmas, Merry Christmas y'all