By Kim Snyder Owner Overallbeauty.com
They say there is nothing sexier than a pair of sultry smokyeyes, smoky eyes done so right that can cause a man to stop inhis tracks. But - do you know how to create a perfect set ofsmoky eyes? What you need to get started: Eye Primer Loosepowder Dark Eyeshadow Medium - grey eyeshadow Black MascaraMagic Lash Now the idea is to be able have smoky eyes yet notlook so much like you forgot to take your eye makeup off lastnight. Even though, that has been known as a turn on for a quitelot of men, makes them wonder what you been up. To startcreating the Look you must have a base for it. This helps tokeep the color in one place. Smooth on a eyeshadow primer, somesay foundation is good to use as long as its color doesn't takeaway from what you are trying to achieve. Now pat on loosepowder setting the base. The real secret to the smoky look is inthe color eyeshadow you use. Tips: If your eyes are blue andyou're blond, then go for greens instead, the darker the better.If your eyes are green then go for blues again the darkestshades of blues you like. If your eyes are brown then you'rejust lucky with your choices of colors. Now purple eyeshadow isa color that everyone can try. Just try it in Plum, Berry andothers like those.
Rim your eyes with a black or grey pencil drawing a line alongboth upper and lower lash line. Starting from inner corner ofyour eyes going outward starting a fine line going into aheavier line as you draw outwards the outer corner. If black orgrey seems too harsh for your the Look you're going for, thentry either dark brown, plum or taupe instead.
Apply a medium - grey eyeshadow all over your lids, stopping atthe crease. Apply your dark eyeshadow into the crease, then takea angled brush and apply the dark eyeshadow onto the eyelinerand then smudge it well with a cotton swab keeping as much ofthe color at the outer corner of your eyes. The angled brush isgreat for getting eyeshadow up under your lashes on the bottomwhich in turn helps keep your eyeliner in place. Its thesmudging that got to be done carefully. The idea is to blend theeyeshadow and eyeliner together. If you wanted a more "feline"aka cat eyes then using a liquid eyeliner would be best. Helpingto contrast the darkness of your eyeshadow, sweep a pearlizedivory eye shadow over your brow bones for a wide-eyed look. Byapplying a little at a time, you are building up the effortgradually till you like what you see. Finishing off the lookwith one coat of black mascara, one coat of Magic Lash if youwant super long eyelashes to go along with this Look, then onemore coat of black mascara.
Dark colors trend to make small eyes look even smaller, you canopen them up by lining the rims from the inner to the centerwith a light-colored pencil, rather than dark pencil, pat onpale eyeshadow on the center of each lid. That should cause thesmall eyes to seem bigger.
For the rest of this ideal Look. Finish off by using a tawnyblusher or a bronzing powder. Its natural color won't completewith the rest of your makeup. Sweep it over your cheekbone,blending away to the edges into your hairline. Keeping your lipsneutral gives this Look its real impact. Go for a pinkish -beige shade of lip pencil and smudge it over your entire mouthfor a matte, just been kissed yet understated effect. Now youreyes are ready for whatever you might have planned. This Lookcan be toned down for work but who would want to?
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