How do i make smoky eyes ?

Question

I want to make my eyes smoky and mysterious. How do i achieve this ? Meaning how do i apply it. Be VERY specific please ! Thanx ! <3

Answer 1

The smokey eye is a pretty difficult look to achieve! :-) ... But it can be done. The best way is to try it a few times. NO ONE, and I mean no one, gets it the first time, so don't feel bad.

You want to start off by putting on some dark eyeshadow, just along the lash line, with an angle brush. Good colors include charcoal grey, deep plum (not a little girl "princess" purple, a more mature plum if you can), or a chocolate brown. You should extend it so that it's about an 1/8 of an inch over the corner of your eyelash line (on the outside), but make the line thinner as you approach the tear duct corner of your eye (completely fading away and ending the line before it reaches the corner heading towards your nose). This will make your eyes look HUGE and very mysterious. You want to do a *very thin* line on the bottom lash line as well, probably with just a black pencil or crayon. Make sure that you don't over-extend this line, as you should do to the top, because you'll look similar to how Egyptian women used to... and not smokey. Now, sweep on a shade of brown (no matter what color you used as the deepest lash line color), that's slightly lighter, only to the crease of your eye. Make sure that you don't place it directly where the other color ends, because then it'll look too harsh and not blended (i.e. smokey); overlap the two a bit. Now, to get the rest of your eye to look finished, sweet on a color that's the same exact color as your skin (you can even use facial powder) all the way up to your eyebrow, and blend it down a little onto the 2nd eyeshadow color. Finish by curling your eyelashes and applying 2 coats of mascara to each the top AND bottom lashes for a more open-eyed look.

Answer 2

1. prep the lid by keeping them oil-free and try using primer so it doesnt melt into ur eyelid crease.

2. apply eyeliner. if u go for black, brown or gray, go for a liner in the same color. apply above upper lash line, drawing it thicker in the center of the lid. if u go for purple or something jewel-toned like that, use purple, blue or dark green liner.

3. blend in color on the bottom lashes using a lighter liner and smudging it. u can add a bit of shadow with an angled brush and smearing it SLIGHTLY so you get a full smudged effect.

4. apply a light base color so you keep the main point of pairing a light base with a darker shade. Creamy, shimmery shades are nice. Smooth a shimmery, pale one across the space from ur lids to ur browbone. Whipped shadows work really well for this.

Answer 3

1st get: 2-3 shades of one eyeshadow color (i'd go with some dark color like gray - but it also depends on your skin/eye color); dark eyeliners pencils (dark blue & black) & mascara

ok.
first apply the eyeshadow - put the lighter color upto your eyebrow & blend it in - then put the darker color only on your lid (if you're using 3 colors, the middle color goes halfway between the other 2 colors) - make sure u blend all the colors in while still keeping them distinct - i'd recommend using a light glitter eyeshadow for the lighest color

then, do the eyeliner - top & bottom - on the bottom, smudge it after you've applied it so that your eyes look bigger - alternate colors b/t black and blue so it kinda looks like a mix of the two colors

finally, put the mascara on

& go to this site: you can play around & see colors for yourself:
http://www.covergirl.com/tips/eyetips/shadow_salon/utility.jhtml

Answer 4

take a black eyeliner PENCIL.. it must be a pencil not one of those twist up ones, (loreal eyeliner in Kohl is good) and make sure it's not very sharp... tighten your eyelid by holding the outside corner of your eye out, put on eyeliner as close to your lashes as possible but make sure it's thick....(not lash to eyebrow thick but almost like layers of eyeliner). Take a qtip or your finger even and smudge over the eyeliner. To make this look cleaner, take some gray eyeshadow and apply it over the eyeliner from lash to the first crease in your eyelid.

Answer 5

To create the smokey eye result you need to get darker eye shadow (2 diverse colorations works superb) and you're taking a lighter colour and you place it on the place it might usually bypass after so you might take the darker colour and fill contained in the empty areas each and all of the up on your eyebrows and to the corners of your eyes and then mixture the place to lighter and the darker colorations combination so it is not too drastic and make beneficial the colours are not to dark by way of fact you have dark eyes. wish i ought to help!

Answer 6

If you're like me, that don't understand it even if I'm reading this over and over, go to your nearest department store make up place. There are a lot of things to consider, like, your skin tone and your eye shape, etc.

I was taught at Carson Pirie Scott. I think I learn by seeing how to do it, instead of reading it. As a reminder, he even gave me a drawing of the different steps!!

Answer 7

Use a charcoal (black-brown) liner pencil color on your upper lids, VERY close to the lash line and BLEND!!! (Smudge it so it looks very natural. (Use a little on the bottom lid....A LITTLE...again, very close to the lash line.
Then use a "smoke" (brownish gray) color above the upper lid. Use a lighter color on the eyelid, one that looks nice for your compextion (very light shades are really in right now)Blend to look very natural and sensual.

Answer 8

buy kohl eyeliner - black

apply it along your eyelash hair line. it will smudge a bit but that's what makes it look smoky.

Answer 9

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 10

http://www.sephora.com/browse/tt/index.jhtml?categoryId=C14721&tt=school