I like the blacks and the greys and whites, and most of all I love my black eyeliner. I like the look of the smokey eyes for night time and I was wondering how to do it. I have hazel eyes and I find that the blacks and whites, as well as the browns look best with me.
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The key to the perfect smoky eye is proper blending. You want to make sure colors are blended together flawlessly. Also, it’s important to pair light base colors with rich dark colors. Nice mixes include: Soft gold base with deep purple on top, champagne base with bright blue and peach base with green hue.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 5 minutes
Here’s How:
1. Prep the lid. The key to keeping eyeshadow from melting into your eyelid crease as the day goes on is to kept eyelids oil-free. To do this start with an eyeshadow base (also called “primer”). I prefer to dab at bit of MAC’s ‘paint’ on lids before shadow application. Or try Fresh Freshface Perfecting Eye Primer.
2. Apply eyeliner. If you’re going for a typical black, brown or gray smoky eye, apply liner in one of those colors above the upper lash line, drawing line thicker in the middle of eye. If your opting for a jewel-toned eye (violet makes a gorgeous smoky eye), line eyes with a purple, blue or deep green liner.
3. Blend in color on bottom lashes For color on the bottom (a key smoky eye look) you’ll want a lighter eyeliner. The key is to “smudge it. ” You can also apply a bit of shadow to get full smudge effect.
4. Apply light base color Again, the key to a smoky eye is pairing a lighter base with the darker hue. I prefer a nice cream shade for my base. Sweep a light, shimmery shadow over the lids to your browbone. I love Stila’s whipped eye shadows $20. The moist “mousse” consistency seems to stay on forever. My favorite colors are taupe and pearl.
5. Blend in darker color, but keep dark color below the crease. Now that you have the base and eyeliner on, it’s time to get the smoky effect. You need a darker eyeshadow shade. Using an eyeshadow brush blend in color starting at your lash line, blending up. Make sure to blend color into the lash line so the eye liner disappears. Stop deep color at crease.
6. Doublecheck your work Make sure eyes match and blend color with a Q-tip if need be.
7. Finish with several coats of volumizing mascara. Tried and true mascaras (featured in “Elle” magazine’s March 2006 issue) include DiorShow Mascara & L’Oreal Paris Volume Shocking Mascara. Elle’s writer says they are the best volumizers she’s tried.
Tips:
1. Remember to keep lips nude. When applying strong makeup (like smoky eyes or red lips) put the focus on either eyes or lips, never both. (Think Angelina Jolie: She either plays up her huge eyes or her huge lips, never both. If she did, she’d look like a clown).
2. For a bit of fun, try a blue or purple mascara. It will make blue eyes “pop. ”
3. Liner doesn’t have to come in pencil form. Makeup experts know eyeshadows make some of the best eyeliners. To do this take an eyeliner brush (available at Sephora, MAC or any dept store), wet it, then dab wet brush into the dark shadow. This allows for a deep, precise line. You can also use the dark shadows without wetting brush first. Either way, eyeliner is necessary for smoky eye.
4. This season go jewel-toned (blue is great for you blue-eyed girls) and keep your eyes smoky but stay away from dark browns and black. Instead, go for a deep purple, a gold-brown or any of the many vibrant colors in this year.
What You Need:
* Eye primer (you don’t need it, but it’s great for keeping shadow in place)
* 2 Shadows: One light, one darker
* Eyeliner
* Makeup brushes
* Mascara
its really easy. . . just start with a frosty white color all over your eyelids. starting from lash line all the way up to your brows. . . .
then add the black in the crease of your eyelides kind of sweeping inward toward your nose. make sure to blend he two together. use the black eyeliner on top and bottom lashes. when lining bottom ones try this: line the INSIDE of your bottom eyelid. . . . it looks cleaner i think/
I have hazel eyes too, and I am also part Asian, and I love black eyeliner with the ends going up and outward to make them look more oriental and prettty! To get the smoky look, draw a nice bold thick line of black or grey eyeliner on your top lid and bottom, line as close to the eye as you can. then use the pad of your middle finger to smugde it gently back and forth across the eye lid, (without diminishing the line all the way, you are just spreading the color around the eye, do just a tiny bit on the bottom line and there you go! If you want a dark gothic smoky eye, really cake on the eyeliner and wear it overnight. The pillow will do the work for you but then you gotta put it in the wash! lol to make it easier just use an eyeshadow that matches the eye liner color or slightly lighter, like black eyeliner with gray eyeshadows smudged all over the lid, remeber to work in the direction out of your eye to the outer tip to make it look catty and sassy! hope this helps, have fun and experiment! hint” if you are going out at night, line your eyes with a silvery glitter to make them pop liie fireworks when you are going out on the town!
I swear by this girl. . . she shows how to do everything
http://youtube. com/watch?v=OE4-39W44oE
http://youtube. com/watch?v=OatxVdxKHpI
here is my smokey eye. . . step by step and simple as can be. . . (feel free to substitute lighter shades for the ones i mention)
start with a clean canvas. . . concealer, foundation, and/or powder in place. apply a thin layer of shadow base or eye primer to the entire lid (urban decay primer potion, mary kay eye primer, merle norman automatic shadow base, or mac eye primer)
black or dark grey shadow in the shape of a sideways V on the corner of the eye, working into the crease (i use merle norman shadow in ebony and a palladio flat shadow brush)
lighter grey shimmer shadow over the lid, blending into the first darker shade (i use mac shadow in idol eyes and a mark contour brush)
silvery/champagne shimmer shadow under the brow bone and dotted on inner corners of eyes with full shadow brush (i use merle norman luminous shadow in sun beam and an essence of beauty shader brush)
black liner all the way across top lid, slightly thicker on outer edges, and 3/4 way across bottom (avon glimmersticks liner in blackest black)
sweep thin line of medium shimmer grey under lower lash line, below and slightly over black liner
curl lashes and add 2 coats of volumizing black mascara (maybelline volum’ express turbo boost 7Xs mascara in black)
-you can also do a smokey eye with shades of brown, purple, green. . . any color.
here are the shades i recommend from a few different brands for the basic black/grey. . . .
-from mac: black tied, charred OR idol eyes, and shroom
-from lancome: the new black, style section OR volcano, and off the rack
-from merle norman: ebony, zinc OR stay steel, sun beam
-from avon: night sky, steel OR slate, iced silver
stila (at sephora) has a smokey eye kit that has 4 shadows in a palette. . . push a tiny button and a voice speaks instructions to you. there is also a holographic image of an eye that shows where the different shades go when you turn it. $40
also available at sephora are hard candy and smashbox. hard candy makes a shadow quad called “techno” that sells for $28, and smashbox makes a shadow trio called “twilight” that sells for $30. both are good for grey smokey eyes.
for drugstore palettes, try revlon, loreal, covergirl and maybelline. i know all of those lines carry them, but not sure of the names.
always keep lips light. . . glossy nudes are great with sexy smokey eyes.