Smokey Eyes Effect
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
What You Will Need for Creating Smoky Eyes
(courtesy of geniusbeauty.com)
- Eye primer (eyeshadow base),
- 2 Shades of shadows: a light one and a darker one,
- Eyeliner.
- Makeup brushes.
- Mascara.
Step 1. Prepare Lids
Start with an eyeshadow base to remove oil from your eyelids and to keep eyeshadow from melting into your eyelid crease.
Step 2. Use Eyeliner
If you’ve chosen a typical black, brown or gray smoky eye, apply a soft eyeliner in one of the colors above the upper lash line. The line should be thicker in the middle of eye. If your choice is jewel-toned eyes, line your eyes with a purple, blue or deep green liner. Use the pencil liner from the inner eye corner to the outer. Smudge both lash lines with a cotton swab or an eyeliner brush.
Step 3. Color on Bottom Lids
To give your bottom lids the color, which will be the key to smoky eyes, apply the liner of a lighter color to the bottom lids: dot it between your lower lashes. The most important point here is to smudge it. To do it, apply a bit of shadow to get full smudge effect.
Step 4. Light Base Color on Upper Lids
Sweep light base color over the lids to the browbones. It’s better to use cream shade of mousse shadow. The shadow should also be shimmery. Thus, you have the eyeliner and the base.
Step 5. Apply Darker Color – Smoky Effect Itself
Choose a darker eyeshadow shade. Using a brush, blend in color starting at your lash line and then applying it into your crease, blending up and outward. Blend color so that the eye liner disappears.
Step 6. Correcting Smoky Eyes
Make sure your eyes match and use a Q-tip, if needed.
Step 7. Apply Volumizing Mascara
Finish your smoky eyes with some coats of black volumizing mascara you usually apply. That’s it!
I was looking for the simplest Smokey Eyes effect video and I found this.
posted @ 2:43 pm,
4 Comments:
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At 21 January 2009 at 22:23,
TaQuiLa said...
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will try someday!tx for the post..
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At 23 January 2009 at 09:57,
Just plain Sharon said...
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ya, senang ja tu Tet.
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At 29 January 2009 at 15:30,
Evelyn Laiyap said...
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Hey!! Nice info there.. tapi kan sia ni inda bermake-up.. nanti kalau sia pakai.. hubby katawa nanti.. :D
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At 30 January 2009 at 17:03,
Just plain Sharon said...
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Lyn: sia pun dulu jarang pakai make-up. Paling2 tu kudou kasi terang then pakai lipstick. BUt since umur sudah meningkat, bah, kasi paitong tu muka lah. hehhehe...but very interesting ni makeup ni.
