Getting the Smokey Look

The trend has no mood of going out of fashion. Smokey eyes are a perfect club or party make-up. If done wisely it can be carried on in day time as well. The best part is it takes just a few minutes to get the effect.Things you will Need

You will need an eye concealer, eyeliner, eye shadow, eye shadow brush and mascara. Always choose the best quality products. Top quality cosmetics not just make sure that minimal harm occurs to your skin but also, the eye make-up will remain intact for longer hours. Sweat around the eye area can smug perfectly done make-up.

Choice of Colors

The rule is to use a light colored base with a relatively darker eye shadow. For example, a peach eye liner would go well with coffee brown eye shadow. A light golden base will blend well with deep brown and black. Sea green liner matches perfect with deep purple or turquoise blue.

Purple and brown shaded smokey eyes are much in fashion and look great on all types of skin. Those will a fair complexion can experiment with pink, yellow and peach.

The silver liner and black eye shadow blend is completely out of fashion. Try avoiding it unless you plan to go on a customer party.

Step by Step Procedure

Dab on some concealer on the eye lid. This will help the eye shadow to spread smoothly and blend easily with the other color.

Let us take example of a purple eye liner being used with a deep pink eye shadow. Once you have put the eye liner on the upper and lower eye lid, make the line a little thicker on the middle area of the upper eye lid.

Now, using the eye shadow brush apply it from the middle to your eye brow bone, til the end of your eye brow.

Using the brush, blend these two shades, using the purple shade from the area of the middle of the upper eye lid.

You may apply a very thin coat black color eye liner to bring up lighter shades like peach, baby pink and little purple.

Now, using your ring finger you can blend them as if one color is changing into another.

Apply several coats of mascara for that stunning look!