They say there is nothing sexier than a pair of sultry smoky eyes,
smoky eyes done so right that can cause a man to stop in his tracks.
But - do you know how to create a perfect set of smoky eyes?
What you need to get started:
Eye Primer
Loose powder
Dark Eyeshadow
Medium - grey eyeshadow
Black Mascara
Magic Lash
Now the idea is to be able have smoky eyes yet not look so
much like you forgot to take your eye makeup off last night. Even
though, that has been known as a turn on for a quite lot of
men, makes them wonder what you been up.
To
start creating the Look you must have a base for it. This helps to keep
the color in one place. Smooth on a eyeshadow primer, some say
foundation is good to use as
long as its color doesn't take away from what you are trying to
achieve. Now pat on loose powder setting the base.
The real secret to the smoky look is in the color eyeshadow you use.
Tips:
If your eyes are blue and you're blond, then go for greens instead, the
darker the better. If your eyes are green then go for
blues again the darkest shades of blues you like. If your eyes are
brown then you're just lucky with your choices of colors. Now purple
eyeshadow is a color that everyone can try. Just try it in Plum, Berry
and others like those.
Rim your eyes with a black or grey pencil drawing a line along both
upper and lower lash line. Starting from inner corner of your eyes
going outward starting a fine line going into
a heavier line as you draw outwards the outer corner. If black or grey
seems too harsh for your the Look you're going for, then try either
dark brown, plum or taupe instead.
Apply a medium - grey eyeshadow all over your lids, stopping at the crease.
Apply your dark eyeshadow into the crease, then take a angled brush and
apply the dark eyeshadow onto the eyeliner and then smudge it well with
a cotton swab keeping as much of the color
at the outer corner of your eyes. The angled brush is great for getting
eyeshadow up under your lashes on the bottom which in turn helps keep
your eyeliner in place.
Remember the smudging got to be done carefully. The idea is to blend
the eyeshadow and eyeliner together. If you wanted a more "feline" aka
cat eyes then using a liquid black eyeliner works better than
pencil.
Helping to contrast the darkness of your eyeshadow, sweep a pearlized
ivory eye shadow over your brow bones for a wide-eyed look. By applying
a little at a time, you are building up the effort gradually till you
like what you see. The wide-eyed look is where your eyes look open
bright yet smoking! Patience and practice will give you the look you
want.
Finishing off the look with one coat of black mascara, one coat of
Magic Lash if you want super long lush lashes to go along with this Look,
then one more coat of black mascara.
Dark colors trend to make small eyes look even smaller, you can open
them up by lining the rims from the inner to the center with a
light-colored pencil, rather than dark pencil, pat on pale eyeshadow on
the center of each lid. That should cause the small eyes to seem bigger.
For the rest of this ideal Look. Finish off by using a tawny blusher or a bronzing powder. Its
natural color won't complete with the rest of your makeup. Sweep it
over your cheekbone, blending away to the edges into your hairline.
Keeping your lips neutral gives this Look its real impact. Go for a
pinkish - beige shade of lip pencil and smudge it over your entire
mouth for a matte, justed been kissed yet understated effect. Now your
eyes are ready for whatever you might have planned. This Look can be
toned down for work but who would want to?
Copyright 2005 Kim Snyder Owner of Overallbeauty.com Great lover of
beauty care and products, never happy without trying to make the world
a little prettier for all. Visit
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