Smoky Eyes makeup: Celebrity Smokey Eye Makeup Look

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Celebrity Smokey Eye Makeup Look When doing a smokey eye, DO YOUR EYES FIRST.  Yes, before the rest of your face!  I know it sounds backwards but when working with darker eyeshadow colours, if there is any fallout under your eye or on your cheeks, you can just wipe it away with some makeup remover and avoid looking like a raccoon.

  

Smokey eyes can be done using any colour family.  You just need a medium and dark version of that tone… for example, black and grey.  But you can play with the idea of a smoky eye using browns, plums, greens…. Whatever colour takes your fancy!

Start with your eyeshadow base. Make sure it’s over your lid and above the crease of the eyelid.

Using a teardrop shaped eyeshadow brush, pick up the medium tone by swirling the tip of the brush into the eyeshadow one or two times.   Then put the tip of the brush into your eyelid crease and move the brush back and forth like a windshield wiper.  If you feel like too much colour has been deposited, wipe the brush off on a piece of tissue and use the “naked” brush to blend that colour down.  Don’t try to wipe it away with your fingertip… it’ll just get darker!!

Take the darker eyeshadow colour and use a medium flat paddle-shaped brush to apply the shadow over the lower part of the lid (from the lashes to the crease).  Use the teardrop shaped brush to softly blur the edge between the two colours.