The secret to smokey eyes is, there is no secret. You just have to be creative and experiment with textures and colours. When a client asks me to do a smokey eye, I always say "be more specific" because there are so many variations of the smokey eye. Whether you want a smouldering black or soft shades of brown or grungy or feathered eyeshadow winged out, there's no right or wrong.
Grab a shadow brush, a couple of blending brushes, a bullet brush, maybe a few kohl pencils, mascara and just blend and blend!
This is my version of an electric blue smokey eye with a caramel base shadow which is feathered out around the edges to the end of the brow.
This is my version of an electric blue smokey eye with a caramel base shadow which is feathered out around the edges to the end of the brow.
Because I have blonde hair, the vivid cool blue shade works for me. If everyone were to stick strictly to the rules of colour theory, I wouldn't choose a blue eyeshadow with blue eyes. However the caramel eyeshadow blended underneath and gold in the inner corners, balances out the look making the colour of my eyes pop.
Smokey eyes are a heavy look to pull off so keep everything else really simple. light contouring and highlighting and a nude lip; I'm wearing blankety by MAC. I chose to leave out the blush but if it's desired, use a natural pink that'll bring life back into your cheeks.
The products I used for this look are as follows:
- Illamasqua, cream pigment in hollow (contouring)
- Illamasqua, gleam in aurora (highlight)
- Mehron, concealer wheel
- Mehron, Celebre HD Pro cream foundation in LT/2 & ME/1
- MAC, prep & prime, finishing powder
- Urban Decay, primer potion
- Smashbox, face primer
- Illamasqua, eye shadow in Vernau
- Illamasqua, brow cake in Motto
- Urban Decay, Brow Box in Honey Pot
- MAC, lipstick in Blankety
- Avon, true colour, glitz and glamour palette
- and mascara is just mascara
TIPS FOR YOU: Good tip for those of you with brown hair, use green, it'll really highlight your hair and brow colour and mix different hues (as shown) to find your balance. MAC do some amazing loose pigments in green metallics. Those of you with dark skin tones, you want to choose a warm colour palette, earth/black, berry/plum shades and shimmers will work fabulously. Remember, just experiment and have fun.
Thank you for reading,
Charlotte Louise
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