Eye Makeup. How to Create Smoky Eyes by Yourself
- Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 13:58
- Makeup
- 16 comments
Smoky eyes is a glamourous makeup, which has been one of the most fashionable makeups for a few seasons. It creates a refined and mysterious image. Wondering how to get it by yourself? The key to the perfect smoky eyes is to blend colors properly. Avoid blue hues, choose black, gray, brown or dark green shadows and liners instead. Here are 7 easy steps to create smoky eyes. Below you will find two videos, which will also help you to create it.
What You Will Need for Creating Smoky Eyes
- Eye primer (eyeshadow base),
- 2 Shades of shadows: a light one and a darker one,
- Eyeliner.
- Makeup brushes.
- Mascara.
Step 1. Prepare Lids
Start with an eyeshadow base to remove oil from your eyelids and to keep eyeshadow from melting into your eyelid crease.
Step 2. Use Eyeliner
If you’ve chosen a typical black, brown or gray smoky eye, apply a soft eyeliner in one of the colors above the upper lash line. The line should be thicker in the middle of eye. If your choice is jewel-toned eyes, line your eyes with a purple, blue or deep green liner. Use the pencil liner from the inner eye corner to the outer. Smudge both lash lines with a cotton swab or an eyeliner brush.
Step 3. Color on Bottom Lids
To give your bottom lids the color, which will be the key to smoky eyes, apply the liner of a lighter color to the bottom lids: dot it between your lower lashes. The most important point here is to smudge it. To do it, apply a bit of shadow to get full smudge effect.
Step 4. Light Base Color on Upper Lids
Sweep light base color over the lids to the browbones. It’s better to use cream shade of mousse shadow. The shadow should also be shimmery. Thus, you have the eyeliner and the base.
Step 5. Apply Darker Color – Smoky Effect Itself
Choose a darker eyeshadow shade. Using a brush, blend in color starting at your lash line and then applying it into your crease, blending up and outward. Blend color so that the eye liner disappears.
Step 6. Correcting Smoky Eyes
Make sure your eyes match and use a Q-tip, if needed.
Step 7. Apply Volumizing Mascara
Finish your smoky eyes with some coats of black volumizing mascara you usually apply. That’s it!
Videos How to Create Smoky Eyes
And here are two videos, which will hopefully be helpful to you in creating smoky eyes. The way these makeup artists create smoky eyes may differ a bit from that described above, these all are methods of doing it. So, feel free to choose the one you like most. Good luck!
That’s so useful! Thanks a looot! I must try it… or at least i’ll ask my sister to help me. That are very cool photos and tips. I want smoky eyes!
Thanks, Albey! I really hope, these tips will be helpful in creating real smoky eyes.
OMG IT WORKED .. kinda i need a little help from my mommy though
[...] eyes with a pencil. Brush up the foundation with the eyeshadow of appropriate shade to produce a smoky eye effect. Draw on your inner rims with white eye liner or with shimmering liquid shadow. Curl the eyelashes [...]
thanx these tips are really helpful
these instructions are amazing. I was able to do it while reading.
Aren’t those pictures from a book that’s been on the market for years?????
Its fantastic Abley and i luv ur smokey eyes as i m fond of a good eye make-up
i want to know that wats dat jet black thing dat people apply on their lower eylids?is dat liquid eyeliner or some type of pencil
First you use the pencil for the inner eyelid, not a liquid eyeliner, and then the same eyeshadow under to the outer lower eyelid to get the smoky eyes effect.
Thanx alot for ur response…but wat i wanted to ask was that in casual makeup when we going to university etc, we don’t use eyeshadows but wat should we apply on the lower eyelid for a jet black look?should we use kohl eye pencil or liquid eyeliner?(when we don’t want to use eyeshadoe)..wat would give a darker effect kohl pencil or liquid eyeliner?which of these should i buy?
nice! simple but wild
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nice?!!
simple but Wild>>..
I love it! This is a great write up and the examples/drawings are very helpful for me. I’ve lately become obsessed with the Smokey Eye look ever since I watched Kim Kardashian’s video on YouTube, lol.
Have you seen Smokey Eye Tutorial? I came across that site as well in my searches… you should definitely submit your article there!
these tips r nice! a weee bit confusing…but nice!
This is a great step by step tutorial! It sounds simple and easy! I’ve always had trouble creating this look on my peepers. IDK, it makes me look like I had a black eye or something. LOL… but I will definitely try this on my peepers.