How to Apply Smokey Eye Makeup

When you want to look your best, you pay special attention to your makeup. Smokey eye makeup is a quick and easy technique to use when you have someone to impress. Follow these simple steps and you'll soon have a sexy and smoldering look for a night out on the town.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Eyeshadow
• Eyeliner
• Mascara

1. Select your color. Violets and blues are good for brown eyes and grays, browns or blues are good for blue eyes. You'll need three colors of the same shade, a highlight that is a shimmer and flesh toned, a mid-tone that is a matte and a shade darker than your skin tone and a contour color in a matte or shimmer that is the darkest color you'll use.

2. Apply the highlight, or the lightest color, directly on your brow bone down to the crease of your eye. Dab a bit of the highlight color in the duct of each eye.

3. Put the mid-tone on your eyelid. Start at your eyelashes and work your way up to the crease of your eye, blending with the highlight color.

4. Spread the contour color on your eyelid. Again, start at the eyelashes and smear the color toward the crease of your eye. Take care to blend it with the mid-tone. Apply the contour along the bottom lashes.

5. Pick an eyeliner color that matches your eyeshadow. Line your top and bottom lids with the eyeliner and apply a coat of mascara. Clean up any smudges you might have made and your sexy new look is complete.

Tips & Warnings

• Curl your eyelashes before applying any eyeshadow or mascara for even more of a sexy look.
• Make sure your eyebrows are well-groomed so the entire eye area looks immaculate.
• Start with just a bit of eyeshadow. It's easier to add more than to take it off.
• Don't go overboard with the darkest color or you could end up looking more like a raccoon than anything else.

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