smokey eyes....?

Question

how do i do smokey eyes with black eyeshadow

Answer 1

good girl how it works out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

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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 ¾in wide. You can get one from Rubinstein, BeneFit, Prescriptives, Lauder, Sisley, Fenwick, etc. They cost anything from £10 and will be an extremely worthwhile investment.
Mascara.
Optional: A wing and a prayer!


If you are of the cosmetically challenged variety, choose a shade that is halfway between the light and dark shades 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!


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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!


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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.

And there you have it. This look takes a bit of practise, but when you get the hang of it, it looks stunning. So, go on, what are you waiting for?

Answer 2

I love doing smokey eyes and if applied correctly it can make your eyes look very sensual and attractive. Here is a step by step tutorial with pics on how I do smokey eyemakeup. You can easily do many variations by just changing the green color with purple,teal,blue,gold or even grey! Hope you like it :)
http://www.heartbowsmakeup.com/2013/12/green-smokey-eyemakeup-tutorial-new-year-eve-makeup.html

Answer 3

Check out this smokey eye video tutorial. Cool chick who does MAC make up

Answer 4

You will need: silver and black eyeshadow, powders work best. A black thickening mascara and black eye liner.
First: cover your entire eye, lashes to brow, with silver, keeping it light around you brow and heavy on your lids.
Second: Starting in the center of your top lashes make a diagonal line to the outer edge of your eye brow and down to the outside corner of your eye. Fill with the black shadow. Lightly tap with a tissues to blend and make the shadow appear to fade as it reaches past the corner of your eye.
Third: Apply a thick line of black liner along your lash line of your top lids, wing it slightly past the corner of your eyes (think an underexagerated Cleopatra)
Finish with your mascara and a slightly thick coat of liner to your bottom lids!
Viola!!! Hope I helped!!!

Answer 5

Just the shadow on the top and bottom of your lids--but only use a bit on the bottom. Make sure you use your finger to blend it well so it looks soft and shaded. Then you can create little "wings" on the outside corners of your eyelids to make it look even more sexy. Last, don't use liner on top of your lids--put it on the inside of your lids under the lashes, on the top and bottom. This will just make your eyes pop. Make sure to use at least two coats of mascara.

Answer 6

Put the black in the crease of your eye lid and brush up with a brush toward your eye brow.
Also, go to your nearest M-A-C store and ask their ladys for useful tips.

Answer 7

Dot ur top lid with black eyeliner and rub it in with ur finger... then put eyeliner on ur lower lids (where u usually wear it) and take ur pinkey and rub it gently side to side.... and make sure u wear a good mascara ao that u dont look like u got a black eye.... good luck

Answer 8

Virtual Makeover. It's free, super easy and fun. You can play with colors and find a look you will love. Then it shows you how to apply your new look. Just click http://marykay.com/mgunther2

Answer 9

try doing it darkest on the lower part of the lid then little by little going up it should be lighter in color

Answer 10

just the other day i was wondering the same thing so i googled it and i found a website where i found a clip where they showed you how to do it. here is the website:
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-create-a-smoky-eye-effect