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HCJMU You Tube: An Autumn/Winter Smoky Eye

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Kelly Ford Student Contributor, James Madison University
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Alexa Johnson Student Contributor, James Madison University
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at JMU chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.
Many different things inspired me to create this smoky eye look this week. Britney Spears’s new music video for her song “Criminal” was released, my addiction for all things cheetah-print is at its all time high, and it finally snowed (yay!). I knew that I wanted to do something that was appropriate for both fall and winter – since it seems that Harrisonburg weather can’t make up it’s mind!  At first I was going to do an all black smoky eye, as seen in Spears’s music video, but to tone it down a bit and incorporate some wearable brown shades, I picked out colors from my favorite cheetah-print scarf and voila! This was the result…
Alexa is a junior from Cream Ridge, New Jersey.  She is studying Media Arts & Design with a concentration in Corporate Communication and minors in Creative Writing and Anthropology.  She works for the JMU Office of Residence Life as a Program Adviser and as the Graphics Editor for The Breeze.  She loves watching The Bachelor, pinning to her fashion boards and running outside.   Alexa aspires to work in the glamouous fashion magazine industry in New York City or LA.