smokey eye- how do i get it?

Question

without looking like a racoon or a domestic violence victim?

Answer 1

Well I am a Makeup artist and just to let you know the Smoky Eye look is IN right now. I love doing the smoky eye look and the best way instead of wearing all black is to do the same preperartion just use color from pink to blue, just make sure you cordinate with the outfit. Try that and I will bet you will try it again and again. I just dont like using black alot.

If you do this look make sure, you with use eye liner in pencil or liquid you can get that in color also.

If you eyes are: Blue

Try: Brown and rose. Warm shades contrast the coolness of blue eyes, making them stand out. Apply from lashlines to creases and top with black mascara.

If you eyes are: Brown

Try: Green and gold. Both shades will pick up the colored flecks found in brown eyes. Choose a slightly shimmer texture, and apply from lashlines to browbones, blending well.

If you eyes are: Green

Try: Lavender and mocha. Purple shades contrast your color, making eyes look dramatic; warmer shades of mocha complement green, giving a natural effect. Wear mocha for day, lavender for night, and top both with brown mascara.

If you eyes are: Hazel

Try: Deep green and pale yellow. Depending on your mood, choose a shadow shade that matches different flecks in your eyes. For a twist, apply shadow, then line eyes with the same color, using a liner brush dipped in water.

Anyone-Can-Wear-'Em-Shades: Charcoal, chocolate, black. (Tip: Since they can look heavy on the lid, use these colors as liners to complement any shadow hue.)

To apply pencil liner precisely, gently pull the outer corner of your eyes so your lashes make a straight line. Angle the tip of the pencil toward your lashes and lightly draw from inner to outer corner.

I hope that works.

Answer 2

SMOKY EYE MAKE-UP!!!


So what do I need?

Two eyes - though one will do if you are that way inclined.
A few good brushes.
Eyeshadows... doh. One should be as close to the colour of your skin as possible. That is not an essential, but it will make it easier if you are cosmetically cack-handed. You will also need a dark shade. If you are of the cosmetically challenged variety, also choose a shade that is halfway between the light and dark shades. Once more, not essential, but it will make your life easier.
A dark eye lining pencil.
A liquid liner if you would like one (and can use it without making a mess, like I usually do).
Either some cotton buds or a flat lining brush. A flat lining brush looks nothing like the sort of brush that comes with a liquid liner. It should be flat and slim, approximately 푝n wide. You can get one from Rubinstein, BeneFit, Prescriptives, Lauder, Sisley, Fenwick, etc. They cost anything from ?0 and will be an extremely worthwhile investment.
Mascara.
Optional: A wing and a prayer!


Ready, steady...

With a soft brush (or a little sponge applicator), fill your entire eye area with the light colour. Use loads - the more of this shade you apply, the easier it will be to add the darker colour. This is why it helps if the colour is close to your skintone: it will allow you to be liberal without looking heavy-handed.
Line your bottom eyelid with the eye pencil. If your eyes are smaller, only go about halfway. If your eyes are quite large, you can go nearly to the inner corner. Blend the liner with either a fingertip or the sponge on the end of the pencil (if there is one). This will be infinitely easier if you choose a really soft pencil.
Use the cotton bud or the liner brush and go over the liner with your darker shadow. The idea here is to make the line really smudgy and to take the hard edge away, leaving a shadowy definition. If you have already gone halfway, now take the shadow about two-thirds of the way. If you have lined nearly to the corner, go even closer to the inner corner with the shadow. The advantage of the flat lining brush is that all you need to do is touch into the dark shadow and then touch along the lashline - hey presto! If you're really adventurous, skip the pencil and do all of the lining with eyeshadow and the brush. That was why I was saying this was a good investment. Any eyeshadow can now become your eyeliner.
Once you are done with the previous step you can vary the width of the line by placing the brush into your bottom lashline and then quickly drag it down, widening the line. It will take only a little practise, and you will find it easier than falling off of a pair of four-inch stilettos!
For the next step you can either use the middle shade (which you will eventually cover with the dark one), or the dark shade. The advantage of using a middle tone is that the more layers you apply, the easier it will be to use the darkest shade. Powders blend the most easily over other powders. If you don't use enough of the base and then go straight onto the dark shade, it will stick and you will have a mess that only eye make-up remover will fix!


Blending

Tilt your head back slightly and raise your eyebrows. Look out for the natural shadow on your eye where the bone of the eye socket is. (For a more detailed explanation, check out my Beauty TV demonstrations.) Using this natural guide, darken with the middle tone. It will depend on your personal eye shape as to whether you use the crease, the outer corner, or both. The ideal with this look is to be able to use both. For the crease, run a brush from the outer corner towards the inner corner. Don't go the entire way or you'll appear perpetually cross - not the look you're after.
Blend over the eye socket. If you are only going to do the corner, fill under the bone in the outer third, blend in and then looking yourself straight in the eye, blend up over the socket. If your eye will take both, do the crease first, and then fill in the corner. When you are happy, blend your dark shadow over the top of the middle one to give depth. The key word here is layering. When you have picked up the shadow on the brush, soften the colour off on the back of your hand first. That way, you have control over what is on the brush before it's too late and you've put a huge splodge on your eyelid!


If you want, line the top lid with either the pencil or the liquid. Once more, you could employ the liner brush and do this with the dark shadow. You could also wet the brush, blend it into the darker shadow in one of the corners of the cake, and touch the straight brush along the upper lid to create a liquid line. This is my preferred method as I am admittedly useless with traditional liquid liners, but I can do a micro thin line using pretty nearly any eyeshadow and a flat liner brush. If you want to go the whole hog, do it dry and smudgy first, and then go over it with the wet lining brush very close to the lashes. These brushes are naturally super-thin when they are wet and are magic!
Now, look yourself in the eye and see if everything is balanced. Do any blending and balancing with your eyes open - that is how others are going to see you (unless you are narcoleptic, and that is not really my area of expertise!)
Add as much mascara as desired. OK, let me qualify that statement. Try to avoid it looking like there are spiders crawling over your lids. Comb your lashes through to keep them well separated.

Answer 3

You need black and either white or silver eyeshadow. Apply the lighter color all over your eyelid and up to your brow bone. Then apply the black eyeshadow on the outer half of your eyelids, making a triangular shape. You need an eye brush to blend the two colors together. Make a sweeping motion back and forth until the colors are blended properly, and then sweep the shadow up and out away from your eye (towards the end of your eyebrows) for a more dramatic effect.

Answer 4

Get a kohl pencil, black or gray. Heat it gently with a hairdryer. Make sure it isn't too hot, then apply it to your eyelids. Get under the lash line, above, and into them. You need to go just a bit heavier than a normal lining for day wear. Next, take a creamy brown eyeshadow and blend from the lid to the brow bone, and a bit below each lower lash line. The key to not looking like a boxer who has gone nine rounds is to blend blend blend. Use qtips on the lower lid to really work it.

Answer 5

THE SECRET IS ALL IN THE BLENDING,BLENDING,AND BLENDING......THE RIGHT COLORS...........THE RIGHT WAY TO PUT THE COLOR ON......AND ALOT AND I MEAN ALOT OF PRACTICE.....BUT WHAT THE YAK...YOU HAVE ALL SUMMER TO DO NOTHING SO IF I TELL YOU HOW TO DO THIS YOU WILL PRACTICE EVERYDAY...SO BY THE TIME YOU GO BACK TO SCHOOL IN THE FALL YOU CAN DO THIS IN YOUR SLEEP? GREAT....LETS GET STARTED......YOU WILL NEED A PENCIL IN THE COLOR OF CHARCOAL,KOHL OR,MEDIUM TO DARK BROWN...YOU TAKE THE PENCIL AND DRAW A THIN LINE ON THE BOTTOM LASH FROM THE OUTER CORNER TO THE MIDDLE OF YOUR EYE...ON THE TOP YOU DRAW A LINE LINE FROM THE INNER CORNER TO THE OUTER CORNER...NOW COMES THE FUN PART....TAKE A Q-TIP AND BLEND THE BOTTOM LINE OUT TO THE EDGE OF YOUR EYE..AND I MEAN BLEND.....IF IT'S TOO WIDE USE THE OTHER END OF THE Q-TIP AND REMOVE SOME OF IT...NOW ON THE TOP YOU WANT TO DO THE SAME THING FROM THE INNER CORNER OUT..THE MORE YOU LEARN HOW TO BLEND IT THE BETTER YOU WILL HAVE IT LOOKING...BUT THAT'S IT...I WISH I COULD BE THERE WHERE EVER YOU ARE TO TRY TO SHOW YOU BUT I HOPE WHAT I HAVE SAID HERE WILL HELP YOU OUT.........REMEMBER PRACTICE....BLEND....PRACTICE......BLEND .YOU'LL GET THE HANG OF IT SHORTLY......

Answer 6

put on your makeup like normal. USE black eye pencil for both top and bottom instead of liquid liner. next thing you do it take a smudger pencil, you can buy at walmart or target, and smudge top and bottom and blend until soft. to make it look more cleaner and not like a beat up wife, then take a tissue and wipe away excess shadow or marks around the eye to give it a more defined area. You can touch-up your makeup around that area with your face powder.

Answer 7

what i do is put on a thin line of black eyeliner on the bottom of my lid and then on the outer lid i put black eyeshadow and sweep it into the middle so it's on half of my lid and then i blend silver starting from the inside and have it blend in the middle with the black!! thats the best details i guess i could give you! good luck!

Answer 8

Here

http://www.kevynaucoin.com/

Click on Makeup Lessons

Also on the the archives

His book "Making Faces" is very good.

Answer 9

Here you go
http://www.healthandbeautyinfo.com/smokey-eye-makeup-how-to.html

Answer 10

Go to this site it really helped me and it explains it well.