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Smoky eye looks don’t have to be difficult. If you have patience and are willing to blend, you can do it! You don’t have to be a professional makeup artist to create it, I’m definitely not. It also doesn’t have to be black, it can literally be any colour you want it to be.

What I would normally use to create a simple smoky eye is:

A cream shadow
A powder eyeshadow in the same or a similar colour.
An eyeliner (something waterproof).
A brush to pack colour on and a couple of blending brushes to..blend 🙂
A warm shadow (or a bronzer even) for the crease.
I use a taupe shade in the crease too, but that’s optional
A highlight shade for the brow bone and inner corner.
Mascara and or lashes.
Patience 🙂

There will probably be alot of fallout when you pack dark colours onto the lid, so I suggest doing your foundation or at least your concealer after you finish the eyes.

I did throw on a bit of foundation, did my brows, primed my lids and set them with powder beforehand.

I first grabbed one on the Maybelline Color Tattos in ‘Timeless Black’. I forgot how much I love these!

I applied a good amount of this all over my lid with a synthetic brush.

When the colour was opaque on the lid, I cleaned off the brush and blended out the edges.

Having the primer and powder underneath makes it easier to do this step.

I used the sparkly black from my Pro Collection Palette from Fuschia Makeup.

With a flat brush, I packed this onto the color tattoo on my lid, tapping the excess of my brush as I go.

It’s looking scary I know, don’t click off yet 🙂

On a blending brush, I took some of this taupe shade, again from the Fuschia Pro Collection.

I blended this into the crease of my eye, bringing the black into it to help soften the edges.

To add a bit of warmth on a clean brush, I took some of the matte contour shade from the Seventeen Define & Conquer Contour Palette ( I have a full review of this here).

I applied this over the taupe shade in the crease of my eyes with a tapered blending brush.

With all the blending (you need to do alot of it), the intensity of the black shadow may be lost. Don’t be afraid to apply more to the lid…and yes blend it into the crease colours.

I think smoky eyes are all about layering and light continuous blending. Just take your time.

To help the blending process even more, I took a bone matte shade (again from the Fushcia pro collection).

And used this on the brow bone.

Things are still looking really messy, but don’t give up! You can see the difference between the blended and the unblended eye below.

Ok time to bring this smoky eye together now 🙂

Time some liner on the top lash line.

This is Perversion from Urban Decay.

It just adds extra darkness to the lash line and if you’re adding lashes hides the band. Again, you can see the difference between the eyes below 🙂

To clean up the fall out just use a wipe or come micellar water.

I apply concealer (and usually foundation) at this time, and then onto the lower lash line.

I used some of the dark grey from the Essence All About Greys palette and applied a good amount under my eyes.

Lashes time! These are some of my very faves from Amazing Shine and now they’re available in Mr Price, score!

Completely optional, but I always tight-line my upper and lower water line.

Too add more light to the dark eye look, a little bit of shimmer in the inner corner never hurt anyone either 🙂

And there you have it a non makeup professional smoky eye, of course with rest of the face makeup applied. Especially bronzer for us pale girls, a dark smoky eye can really wash us out 🙂

Thanks so much for reading (and reaching the end) 🙂

xxx

I am a makeup lover, not a makeup artist. But I do enjoy slapping the slap on, so I thought I would start doing little step by step posts. Hopefully they will do down well 🙂

I did a really easy Autumn appropriate eye look using my favourite (I think) from the Naked Palette the Urban Decay Naked 2.

First up in this Urban Decay Naked 2 look, I primed using their Primer Potion, I would be nowhere in makeup land without primer! I just used my finger to add a small amount all over the lids.

Then I used the Maybelline Color Tattoo in ‘Pomegranate Punk’ as a base colour on my eyelid.

I just patted this on with my fingers, not taking it above the crease of my eye and used a synthetic blending brush to blend away any harsh edges.

Time to crack open the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette 🙂

To ensure any shadows I was going to use blended easily on my lids, I just used the same synthetic brush to add a wash of ‘Foxy’ from the crease up, it’s just a matte skin coloured shadow.

Using a Nima ‘Debs’ brush.

I dipped it into the shade ‘YDK’ from the palette.

I applied this on top of the Maybelline Color Tattoo.

This shadow has alot of fallout, in fact most Urban Decay shadows do because they are so soft, so I suggest waiting to do your concealer or even your whole face until after the shadows are applied.

Once I was happy with the colour on the lids, I cleaned off the Nima brush and dipped in into ‘Tease’

It’s a matte purpley taupe shade so works lovely as a crease colour.

And so I added this softly into the crease in window wiper motions and built up the colour in stages. easy peasy right?

For an added little bit of dimension, I took a smaller brush, this is the Real Techniques ‘Essential Crease Brush’.

I went into the shade ‘Busted’ and just added a small amount to the outer V of my eyes.

Not necessary, but adding in a bit of darkness makes it look a little more dramatic I think.

I then took the lightest shimmery colour in the Urban Decay Naked 2 palette ‘Bootcall’ and applied it to my brow bone.

Probably not a step everyone likes, you might prefer a matte, but for me I like a bit of shine there sometimes 🙂

Instead of lining my lid with a black or brown, I chose this Barry M pencil in ‘Bold Purple’. It’s a true purple with a bit sparkle running through it.

I applied it from the pencil, it’s nice and soft, and then I got it right into the lash line with a little liner brush.

I applied some mascara to my upper lashes and then for the lower lash line, I just blew out some ‘Busted’ shadow under there and left it at that.

I lined my waterline with L’Oreal Infallible pencil in ‘Night Day Black’. This is a dark grey colour.

If I knew I was out for the whole night I probably would have switched up this step and used a gel liner instead.

I added mascara to my bottom lashes then.

Final touch, again unnecessary and not for everyone, I used a pencil brush to apply some of the ‘Bootycall’ shade to my inner tear duct. I love doing this step, I think it just brightens my eyes and because I used purple shades it covers any purple under tones that might be visible on my skin there.

And there you have it, my really simple and of course unprofessional cool toned purple look using the Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette.

xxx

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Smoky Eye Makeup Look

Smoky eye looks don’t have to be difficult. If you have patience and are willing to blend, you can do it! You don’t have to be a professional makeup artist to create it, I’m definitely not. It also doesn’t have to be black, it can literally be any colour you want it to be.

Urban Decay Naked 2 Easy Eye Look

I am a makeup lover, not a makeup artist. But I do enjoy slapping the slap on, so I thought I would start doing little step by step posts. Hopefully they will do down well 🙂

I did a really easy Autumn appropriate eye look using my favourite (I think) from the Naked Palette the Urban Decay Naked 2.

First up in this Urban Decay Naked 2 look, I primed using their Primer Potion, I would be nowhere in makeup land without primer! I just used my finger to add a small amount all over the lids.