In terms of eye makeup, is there anything sexier and more sophisticated than the classic Smoky Eye Look?
There sure isn’t! That’s why almost every page of today’s magazines has a picture of a beautiful model or a celebrity sporting (what else?) – the smoky eye look!
So, if you feel you are ready to join this fabulous team, and you too want to master the Smoky Eye technic, you came to the right place!
Simply follow the 7 easy steps below and before you know it, you’ll be rocking the gorgeous Smoky Eye Look yourself!
Step 1 – Getting Your Eyes Ready
Begin by applying a light shade of concealer to the under eye area, and all over the top lid. Your mineral makeup foundation is a great concealer for this step and prepares your Eyes for the eyeshadow that you are going to apply.
Step 2 – Using the Liner
First, line both the top and bottom rims with an eye pencil, paying close attention to going into the lash line itself.
If you have small eyes apply liner starting from the middle of the under eye to the outside of the eye. If your eyes are large feel free to line from corner to corner.
Hint: If you are using liquid liner you can place dots on the lash line and then follow the dots to get a perfectly straight line. I knew those connect the dot puzzles I did as a kid would come in handy some day!
Step 3 – Adding the Shadow
With a small eye shadow brush or a q-tip, soften the edges of the eye pencil line.
Apply a dark shadow using a sponge-tip applicator, smudge brush or a q-tip directly over the penciled area and smudge. (If you prefer, you can use your finger tip.)
The shadow helps to set and soften the look.
haha, that’s deadly.. I love the smokey look :)
Hi Manal,
Whether you are using a brush or a pencil to apply your liner press the brush or pencil as close to the edge of your lash line (near the root of your lashes) as possible filling in any bare spaces. Similar to painting a wall and getting as close to the ceiling as possible. Do this to the bottom lid along the lash line underneath the lashes and above the lashes on the top lid.
Dont go back to the 60’s and line the inner eyelid that rests near your actual eye! You are just looking for an infection! Not only that it will just eventually smear and you will have a Raccoon look!
If you have any real hard lines from using a liquid or heavy pencil liner you will want to lightly smudge the line so it is softer and less harsh looking. You can check out the step by step pictutres on the website under articles!
Have Fun and be sure to protect yourself from all those men throwing themselves at you!
this was easier than I thought! i especially liked the tip for small eyes!! thnx : D
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WOW!!! those tips seriously helped me! thank you SO very much!!!!♥
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Anyway but if you have a prefect eye you can see that are a lot of things there hand made
Hiia these tips were mint but what colour eyeshadow do you use?
Daisy, anything dark will work. I always use black-grayish eye shadow. Very dark brown works, too.
how can i have a make up like rihanna or hillary duff ??
Love this look. Although it creases loads unless you use a good primer like UDPP or a cream like the eye cream from http://www.emu-oil-well.com
xxx
Hey Jess,
Thanks a ton for that tip. I’m petrified of trying out the smokey eye look on myself. I always end up looking like a racoon. I should really try these steps…
well, i like the article!!
but don’t you think we should apply first the light gold or silver all over the eye and then apply the dark black or brown on your lid ??????????????????
Nadine,
If you applied the lighter color first, don’t you think it would get lost under all the dark black or brown??
no i think its the perfect way so that u could see the dark and lighter shade!!!
check some tutorials on youtube!!!
thats how they do it!!
Nadine,
Hmmm maybe you’re right. I’ll check out some Youtube videos just to get it right :) Thanks a lot!
oh you’re welcome!!
just let me know if i’m right or wrong!!
but this is just how i do it!! hehe!!!
thanks for ur great articles as well!!! =D
check out the professionals videos and not the amateurs ones!! =)
Nadine,
Well since I’ve never done it right, I’m going to try it your way next time. I’ll let you know if it works! :)
thank you so much for those tips, i used them on the night of homecoming and my eyes looked so bold on the dance floor(:
Kalyn,
That’s so great!!! I bet all the boys went crazy….and the girls too (with envy!)
Ohh-mm-gee! This looked so great on me! I have really light blue eyes, it looked amazingg! I can’t wait to try something else! It was absolutly fabulous! All my friends have been asking how I did it I showed them this site and they were all like ” this was so easy and quick”. All my friends keep telling all there friends they l-o-v-e it! Thanks, :)
-christinaa
Hey christinaa,
glad that you and your girls loved it. Do try out different colors and try out some different styles of getting the smokey eyes.. it should help vary up the look a little.
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