Eye Make-up Tips

Smokey Eye Makeup For Brown Eyes:-

 Choose your colors:

Any color can be used to create a smoky eye, although you will need at least three shades of a similar hue. The classic smoky eye is created with black or gray, but bronze and brown are also commonly used.

• Green eyes look particularly good with a gray and plum smoky eye, while blue eyes pop with gold or copper and brown eyes go great with shades of navy and gray .
• You should choose three shades of each color: a light, creamy color, a medium base color, and a dark smoky color.
• Avoid choosing colors that are too bright, or if you have very fair skin too dark. You want your smoky eye to accentuate your pretty face, not to distract from it.

Use The Right Supplies:

Although it may be quick and easy to choose the first three complementary shades of eye shadow you find with a sponge applicator, the perfect smoky eye is created using the right supplies.

• Using loose powders gives you the best blending ability, which is necessary for creating a great smoky eye. You have the ability to use pressed powders and cream shadows as well, but for the best look find loose eye shadow.
• Use pitch-black eyeliner to accentuate your smoky eye. You have the option of using a pencil, cream, or liquid eyeliner, and any will work just fine. Cream and liquid eyeliners give a very smooth finish, while a pencil eyeliner gives a softer blended look.
• Be sure to use good quality makeup brushes. Using dirty, old, or sponge brushes will create a smeared look that doesn't blend.

Apply your face makeup:

Before you put on your smoky eye, you should create your neutral palette. Apply concealer under your eyes and on any dark or red spots, and then apply a powder foundation over the top to set it.

• You have the option of applying blush or bronzes to add dimension to your face. For a bronzes, sweep it into the hollows of your cheeks with a large fluffy brush. To apply a blush, blend it into the apples of your cheeks. Remember to apply both lightly, for the most natural look.
• Make sure your eyebrows are well-shaped and colored, as the smoky eye will draw attention to them. Having brows that are too thin or light will make your smoky eye look too dark and unnatural.

Creating a Classic Smoky Eye:

Apply your highlighter. Your highlighter is the lightest of your three eye shadow shades. Using your eye shadow brush, dab it on the inside corner of your eyelid on both your Upper & Lower  lids. Sweep it directly under your eyebrows as well, from the beginning to the end of your brows.

Put on your medium shade. Take your middle eye shadow shade and sweep it over your entire eyelid. Be sure to blend it at the inside corners with your highlighter, so that there isn't a harsh divide between the two colors. Apply it upwards only to the natural crease on your lid, not all the way to the highlighter underneath your brows.

Begin adding your darkest color. Begin at the outside corner of your eyes, and sweep in a ‘C’ shape from the about halfway inwards (from the outside of your face) on the lash line, back up and around to about halfway inwards on the crease of your eyelid.

• The darkest part should always be the point at the upper edge of your lash line. Whenever you need to apply more of your dark shadow, start at this point and work inwards or upwards.
• Don’t apply the shadow too far in. You want the inside ⅓-½ of your eyelid to not have any dark shadow. This will help your eyes to look open and bright.
• To add a dramatic look to your classic smoky eye, sweep your dark eye shadow to a point (more of a “<” shape than a “C” shape) towards the end of your eyebrow. Make sure that the darkest point still remains at the outside corner of your lash line.
• Sweep a little of your dark shadow under your eye onto your lower lid. Again, start at the outside corner and bring it only about halfway in. This will help to balance the darkness out on the top of your eyes.

Add your eyeliner. If you want a smooth cat-eye look, bring you eyeliner from the inside corner lash line towards the end of your eyebrow. End it in a tapered line slightly before the edge of your eye shadow (where the darkest part meets your Un-shadowed skin). For a smudgy look, draw a thick line across the top of your lash line, and then use your fingertip or a small eye shadow brush to smudge and blur the line.

• To add more drama to your smoky eye, tight line your eyes. This is when you use your eyeliner to draw a line on the inner-rim of your eyes, located directly under your upper lashes and above your lower lashes. This can be difficult for some, as it involved using eyeliner very close to your eyeball.
• Tight line the inner rim of your lash line nearest your tear duct by your nose with a white eyeliner pencil. This will help your eyes to pop, keeping them looking bright even with all the dark smudging above.

Add your mascara. Carefully apply your mascara, wiggling your brush between your lashes to help define them. Add no more than two coats to avoid clumps and an unnatural appearance. Apply a single coat to your bottom lashes to define them without giving yourself raccoon-eyes.

Brush away any excess color. If any eye shadow or mascara fell onto your cheeks below your eyes, use a large makeup brush to brush it off in quick, broad strokes. If any of your mascara smeared along your eyelid or cheeks, use a q-tip dipped in makeup remover to take it off, and then your blending brush to fix any extra makeup that may have been removed.

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