A soft smokey eye is the perfect look for any season! It can be a subtle with simple definition and highlights or more of an evening look with sultry black winged eyeliner.
This is one of my favorite looks, it goes with almost any outfit and with a good eyeshadow base it can last all day!
I'm not brilliant at explaining things, especially when it comes to how to do things. But I've given it a go so here's a quick step by step guide on how to create this look:
1. Use a lid primer all over the lid, up to the brow bone and along the lower lash line. I used Smashbox photo finish lid primer.
2. Take a light almost white coloured eyeshadow all over the lid and repeat as above. (If you have pinky undertones in your skin use an eyeshadow base colour which also has pink undertones, if your a more olive skin use an eyeshadow base with peach or yellow undertones).
3. Take a matte medium brown eyeshadow over the entire lid and into the crease, use a 'windscreen wiper' motion to build the colour all the way along your crease, then blend it up and out onto the socket line - but no higher. Take the medium brown along the lower lash line and blend. I used MAC eyeshadow in charcoal brown for this (sounds darker than it is!).
4. Then take a matte dark brown into the outer third of your crease, and blend it onto the outer corner of your eyelid and a long a third of your lower lash line, this will add extra depth and definition to your look.
5. Ensure all harsh edges have been blended away, this is what will create the beautiful smokiness!
6. Take a highlighter in white along the brow bone and blend, you want it to look as natural as possible, I find pearlescent shades better than a shimmer for highlighting, but for this look I used a matte white. Also blend a bit onto the inner corner of your eye!
7. I used Bobbi Brown gel liner in Caviar ink a black-brown colour along the upper lash line and winged it out at the edges to create a more sultry look, start from the middle of the eyelid and draw a poker straight line to the outer corner, then go back and join it to the inner corner of the eye. Next take a small amount on the brush and tuck it under the lashes of the lower lash line and draw a line from there to the top of the point on the upper liner. Fill in any gaps!
8. Always curl your eyelashes before applying mascara, this will really open up your eyes and make all the difference to your look, then apply your favorite mascara! My personal fave at the moment is Smash box full exposure, it doesn't flake and you can apply a few coats without it going clumpy!
And that's it!
Hope it made some sence! I might do a youtube tutorial for this look, so watch out for that.
Anna x
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