Everyone wants smoky eyes! They are sexy, alluring, and very appealing to the hunky chunk that might be looking your way! When you create a smoky look, your eyes will look deep, dark and smoldering. Yowsa! Since everyone has different eyes though, you’ll need to experiment a bit to find out what colors suit you best. Sometimes the obvious colors aren’t necessarily the best colors to use!
You can create a smoky look by combining black and white colors or by using gray and black colors. The shades you choose are completely up to you. A good rule of thumb is to use darker, deeper colors if you have darker colored eyes and hair. If you have light colored eyes and lighter hair, then use slightly lighter colors.
The key to the perfect smoky eye is proper blending. You want to make sure that colors are blended together flawlessly.
It's also important to pair light base colors with rich dark colors.
Remember, the look you get depends on your skin tone and hair color, so why not try a few different tones to see which ones suit you best?
What You’ll Need
Small eye shadow brush.
Black eyeliner – Use pencil liners under the eyes and on the rims of the eyes.
Black eyeliner – Liquid liner works best. Use liquid liner to line the top of the lids.
Dark eye shadows in grays, blacks, and/or whites.
Highlight shimmer for the brow bone.
Black mascara. Obviously choose a quality brand to avoid clumping and 'spider eyes'.
A good eyebrow pencil. Try to select the most natural shade that blends well with your brow hair colors.
Eyelash curler.
How to Create Smoky Eyes
Apply foundation, under eye concealer, and powder. If you're using a eye primer, apply it too. Wait for about 10 minutes to make sure makeup and powder is 'set'.
Using your black eyeliner pencil, start from the front corner of your eyelid. Draw a soft smudge line to the end of your lash line.
Use your eyeshadow brush to apply your dark eye shadow over the top of the eyeliner pencil smudged line for a soft smoky look. Ensure that the edges are neatly blended.
Use liquid eyeliner and apply as close to your lashes as you can on the top lid only. Make the line as thick and pronounced as you wish, but make sure that the line is thickest at the outer corner, and thinner as you go inward. Allow to dry thoroughly.
Apply a coat of eye shadow along the liquid eyeliner line to blend harsh edges. With your shadow brush, blend darker eye shadow to your eye crease. If you have a small angled shadow brush, apply a small bit of dark shadow under the eyes. This really makes the eyes pop! Don't draw a straight line though. Use mini up and down strokes below the lower lashes. Smudge out with your ring fingertip.
Apply a shimmery highlight in white or other highlighting color to the brow bone down to the crease. Use your eyebrow pencil to make your eyebrow curve more pronounced. Curl your eyelashes, then apply thin coats of mascara, building layers gradually to avoid clumping.
If you don't want to use typical black and gray color, use a gold base with deep brown on top, champagne base with bright blue colors, or peach base with green colors. True smoky looks can only be achieved though, by using typical white, black, and gray colors.
My favorite new trick for smokey eyes is to use different colors that have white in the shadow blends that you buy. Apply the darker colors in a line along the outer, upper lashes, but stop half way. Then apply the white shadow colors in a line along the inner, upper lashes, but stop half way where your darker color has been applied. (You will end up with half dark and half white colors along the upper lashes.) The darker colors enhance your outer eyes by making them appear larger. The white color brightens up your inner eyes. You get the best of both worlds!
You can also blend the line of demarcation if you like for a blended look. This new trick really makes smoky eyes more versatile and gives you a new look! Try darker colors like purple, blue, and green but always use white along the inner upper lashes. That's it! That's all there it to it. Now you can use a smoky eyes look whenever the mood strikes you!
Smokey Eyes Video
This is a new take on smokey eyes that I found on youtube. The young lady who did the video lives in Australia and is as cute as they come. She has a really unique way of creating smokey eyes, so I thought it'd be great to include it! Enjoy!
