When it comes to creating smoky eyes, there is more than one technique, from the
color you use to how dark or light one does it.Yet when it gets down to it , its
really the way you blend your eye shadow colors that creates the perfect set of
smoky eyes.
There are two major problems when blending, how it’s done
and what you use when you are doing it. We are going to tackle both problems and
by doing it your eyes will become the sultry set we both know you can create.
What You will need:
Highlight color
2 different colors
eye shadow one dark and one light
Mineral eye shadows work great for
this
Blending Makeup Brush
Angle Makeup Brush
Eyeliner
Eye Shadow Primer/foundation
Black Magic Mascara or any black
mascara you like to use.
Magic Lash Eye Lash Enhancer
If you
have never used a eye shadow primer, then its time you thought about it. Its a
great way to keep your eye shadow was disappearing.
Start off with your
primer and wait a few minutes then cover your eye lid to the crease with your
white eye shadow. For true smoky eyes, use a pale gray not white. Then place
your dark eye shadow starting halfway on out to the outer corner of your eyes.
You can stop there. Or you can keep going out about one fourth of inch to put in
the place the eye shadow needed to create that amazing V. Now that is done is
further into this article.
You should have the dark eye shadow up to in
to the crease of your eye as well. When you look at your eye it looks like you
have a half circle from the inner eye lid to the middle with the white eye
shadow and followed by the other half of the circle being the dark eye shadow.
The dark should start when you look straight ahead, the dark should start at
where the dark of your eye are.
Now using small brush strokes with your
blending makeup brush, you blend going from the inner lid out. But it must be
all in one direction or its going to become muddy.
You start blending at
the line out over your lid to meet up with the outer corner of your eyes.
It’s up to you just how much you want to blend. You can blend till there
is no line between the dark or white or you can leave some, it’s totally up to
you. What ever you do just don’t go back and forth like windshield wipers
because will for sure create black eyes not smoky eyes.
When it comes to
blending one should use a makeup brush created just for that because of the way
the brush is built. It will blend the eyeshadow along the top lashes better
because it can get closer to the base of the lashes. Use the angled brush to put
on your dark eye shadow as eyeliner if you don’t care to use an eyeliner pencil.
Sometimes a eyeliner pencil can be harder on your lid by pulling at it where as
eye shadow is go in place.
Now if you want the V at the corner of your
eyes, then take your eye shadow dark color out as far you want your V to be.Then
blend it so that it doesn’t look hard. You can even turn the tip up as to create
cat eyes smoky eyes. As you blend make sure you are brushing out not back and
forth because again you will make it look muddy.
Start with a little of
the dark color blend the line till have it as dark as you care for it to be.
This technique can be done with any two colors. Teal and purples are showing up
as the in colors to use as well as shades of blue. Smoky eyes are whatever color
you want it to be there is no fast rule that it must be black.
Too many
women have tried to create smoky eyes only to end up either looking like they
slept in their makeup or black eyes. Whatever you do the best thing you can do
for your lower lashes is not to line on your eye lid. It may look really cool on
those models in the pictures but they are not wearing it all the time. You can
get eye infections by doing so.
If you are using mineral eye shadow and
you get some on your cheek, take a Q-tip dipped in either moisturizer or even
just water to remove it. You can even take a round sponge and pick up the eye
shadow without getting it anywhere more.
After you have your eye shadow
just like you want it, now its time to put on your mascara. You got to use a
eyelash curler because it helps make a major difference is the way your eyes
will look.
First off pre-curl your lashes. Put on a thin layer of
mascara then put on your Magic Lash Eye lash Enhancer just on your outer lash
tips. Then put on another layer of mascara. The Magic Lash will give you
Hollywood style lashes as if you are wearing fake lashes but without the fuss
and mess.
Take a good look at your eyes in natural light once you are
done to make sure that the look you are going for is there. Creating the perfect
smoky eyes is a breeze once you have done it a few times. We offer helpful
stencils if this doesn't give you better ideas on how to do this.
Don’t
forget that you do not need a dark color lips because you want your eyes to be
what is noticed not your lips. If you wear dark lipstick then forget the smoky
eyes.
Now go put on your favorite outfit, walk through your favorite
perfume and off you go!
Copyright 2007 Kim M Snyder Owner Overallbeauty.com where the ideal is that there is beauty in
everything.
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