The most desired evening look seems to be a smoldering smoky eye. This sexy look evokes glamour and intrigue, but no matter how many times you see it on others, the perfect smoky eye can seem to allude you. Not anymore. I am going to first explain how to create a perfect, and perfectly easy, smoky eye, but there’s one-step trick we will also touch on at the end of the article.
Smoky eyes can be created with any color you want, but the most common colors to create a smoky eye with are gray or brown. Choose whichever color you prefer, but today I will be explaining how to create a brown smoky eye. You will need a medium brown, a dark brown, a nearly sheer, shimmery color, and a dark brown or black eyeliner. The products I will be using in today’s post are: Bobbi Brown’s Shimmer Wash Eye Shadow in Bronze and Black Plum, MAC’s Naked Lunch eye shadow, Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner in Espresso Ink, and Dior’s Diorshow Waterproof Mascara. Let’s get started.
Step 1: Cover your entire lid from the lashline to above the crease (your crease is the part of your eye where the skin folds into when you open your eyes) with the medium brown shadow (BB’s Bronze).
Step 2: From where you end the medium brown color up to your eyebrow, fill in with your sheer eyeshadow (MAC’s Naked Lunch).
Step 3: Step 3 is our most complicated step. There are several ways to create the contour needed for a smoky eye. You can take a small eyeshadow brush and rub your dark brown eye shadow (BB’s Dark Plum) into your crease or you can run it along your lash line. Either way is fine; it just depends on your preference. And if you are more advanced in your make-up techniques, you can create a “tail” to your dark shadow by swooping it down from your crease to your lashline (or vice-versa – up from your lashline to your crease) in a backwards C motion.
Step 4: I choose to use a gel eyeliner like Bobbi Brown for a smoky eye because the thicker gel naturally smudges itself creating the smoky effect you are intending. Take an eyeliner pencil, and run the eyeliner from the inside corner to the outside corner of both your top and bottom lashes. The eyeliner may naturally smudge itself, but you can also smudge it with the eyeliner pencil.
Step 5: To soften up the look a little more, take an angle brush and run your medium brown shadow along the bottom of your eye along the line of your eyeliner. This will soften up the sometimes harsh appearance of eyeliner.
Step 6: Apply mascara.
I know some of you skipped right to the bottom of all these instructions to get our quick and dirty tip for a smoky eye. Too many brushes and colors or just too much work! If so, you can create a smoky eye by taking a dark shadow like Nars Night Breed and running it along your upper lash line. From there, work the color out onto your eyelid. The darkest color will be concentrated on the lashline, getting lighter as it goes upward. It is an easy and quick way to create an evening look.
Accent your smoky eye with pale blush and nude lipstick. Bright lipstick is just a bit too much too look at. If bright lipstick is more your thing, we will be covering holiday red lips tomorrow. Be sure to come back.
Smoky eyes can be created with any color you want, but the most common colors to create a smoky eye with are gray or brown. Choose whichever color you prefer, but today I will be explaining how to create a brown smoky eye. You will need a medium brown, a dark brown, a nearly sheer, shimmery color, and a dark brown or black eyeliner. The products I will be using in today’s post are: Bobbi Brown’s Shimmer Wash Eye Shadow in Bronze and Black Plum, MAC’s Naked Lunch eye shadow, Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner in Espresso Ink, and Dior’s Diorshow Waterproof Mascara. Let’s get started.
Step 1: Cover your entire lid from the lashline to above the crease (your crease is the part of your eye where the skin folds into when you open your eyes) with the medium brown shadow (BB’s Bronze).
Step 2: From where you end the medium brown color up to your eyebrow, fill in with your sheer eyeshadow (MAC’s Naked Lunch).
Step 3: Step 3 is our most complicated step. There are several ways to create the contour needed for a smoky eye. You can take a small eyeshadow brush and rub your dark brown eye shadow (BB’s Dark Plum) into your crease or you can run it along your lash line. Either way is fine; it just depends on your preference. And if you are more advanced in your make-up techniques, you can create a “tail” to your dark shadow by swooping it down from your crease to your lashline (or vice-versa – up from your lashline to your crease) in a backwards C motion.
Step 4: I choose to use a gel eyeliner like Bobbi Brown for a smoky eye because the thicker gel naturally smudges itself creating the smoky effect you are intending. Take an eyeliner pencil, and run the eyeliner from the inside corner to the outside corner of both your top and bottom lashes. The eyeliner may naturally smudge itself, but you can also smudge it with the eyeliner pencil.
Step 5: To soften up the look a little more, take an angle brush and run your medium brown shadow along the bottom of your eye along the line of your eyeliner. This will soften up the sometimes harsh appearance of eyeliner.
Step 6: Apply mascara.
I know some of you skipped right to the bottom of all these instructions to get our quick and dirty tip for a smoky eye. Too many brushes and colors or just too much work! If so, you can create a smoky eye by taking a dark shadow like Nars Night Breed and running it along your upper lash line. From there, work the color out onto your eyelid. The darkest color will be concentrated on the lashline, getting lighter as it goes upward. It is an easy and quick way to create an evening look.
Accent your smoky eye with pale blush and nude lipstick. Bright lipstick is just a bit too much too look at. If bright lipstick is more your thing, we will be covering holiday red lips tomorrow. Be sure to come back.
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