smokey eye tutorial

Well, i assumed you have learned the basic of how to apply eyeliner. Now here is a style lived long ago and is very popular named smokey eye. In this smokey eye tutorial, you are going to learn tips and trick how to apply the legendary smokey eye yourself. What is smokey eye? See the picture, this is the example of smokey eye. I’m sure you have seen it somewhere…beautiful and attractive isn’t it? The key to success is to blend well with the colors. Not too dark or too much contrast, light is the way to go… unless you want to look like a crown… or a monster. However, there is no or little danger going out of style in applying smoky eye. To apply smokey eye, follow this tutorial shown below.

Step 1: First, hold the skin of your upper lid taut, apply eyeliner start from the inner corner of the eye then to the outward. Next perform some strokes into the eye lash line. Try to make the middle part of the line a bit thicker than the edges as smooth as possible.

Step 2: Use a cotton swap, brush or your finger to spread or blurs the liner.

Step 3: Next. Put eyeshadow brush into a deep-hued eyeshadow and start applying onto the eyeliner to make a line. Before you do that, be sure to blow on the brush first to remove any excessive shadow.

Smokey eye tips: Layering liner with shadow is the secret to a nice perfect smokey eye.

Step 4: Blend the shadow well, then follow on with the eyeshadow. Like many expert says, for a natural looking smoky eye, color should always diffuse from rich and dark near the lashes to almost sheer as it will extends the crease.

Hope you have learned something in this smokey eye tutorial. The thing to remember is to blend well, as long as you are comfortable with the look of your smokey eye, you are good to go. We will discuss more on applying smokey eye makeup up next.