Perhaps the oldest trick in the book, smokey eyes never go out of style. Many people shy away from them because they think it's not for them or it's too complicated but that's not true. Here's how we break it down for you.
1. Colours:
The first thing to know is that smokey eyes doesn't necessarily mean black, so you can start with a nice natural brown and move on to black, olive green, purple, navy and brick. Most Indian skin tones can carry off all these colours. remember to not pick fluorescent shades, instead pick deeper, earthen shades and you won't go wrong with it.
2. Eye shadows or pigments?
You can use the regular pressed powder form of eye shadows or pure pigments for your eyes. Pigments do give more intense colour and that's why people like to work with them. In pressed eye shadows MAC and Makeup Forever truly gives you great colour on pigments as well as eyeshadow. No other eyeshadow comes close in terms of colour intensity having tried - Inglot, NYX, ELF, VOV, Bobbi Brown, Clinique, Faces
3. Applicators
I find that a regular eyeshadow brush from Vega (Beauty Centre) suffices, the sponge (ear bud like tip) applicator has never seemed to work. For eye shadows I even like to use my ring finger directly but that may not work for everyone.
4. Application:
The best way to get started is to stretch your eyelid outwards, this lets you get a stretched even surface for application. Apply only on the eyeballs, not the arc of the eyebrows. You can then slowly start moving outwards, I like to create a winged shape with smokey eyes but depending on your eye shape, you might want to experiment with some shapes. I usually leave the waterline empty as this makes my small eyes look slightly bigger, filling it in doesn't work for me and also looks way too intense with the smokey eyes. After you have the desired shape, you can use a highlighter, illuminator or simply a dab of Vaseline on the brow arc to add a slight dewy effect that goes really well with the smokey effect.
5. Handy tips for smokey eyes:
1. Colours:
The first thing to know is that smokey eyes doesn't necessarily mean black, so you can start with a nice natural brown and move on to black, olive green, purple, navy and brick. Most Indian skin tones can carry off all these colours. remember to not pick fluorescent shades, instead pick deeper, earthen shades and you won't go wrong with it.
2. Eye shadows or pigments?
You can use the regular pressed powder form of eye shadows or pure pigments for your eyes. Pigments do give more intense colour and that's why people like to work with them. In pressed eye shadows MAC and Makeup Forever truly gives you great colour on pigments as well as eyeshadow. No other eyeshadow comes close in terms of colour intensity having tried - Inglot, NYX, ELF, VOV, Bobbi Brown, Clinique, Faces
3. Applicators
I find that a regular eyeshadow brush from Vega (Beauty Centre) suffices, the sponge (ear bud like tip) applicator has never seemed to work. For eye shadows I even like to use my ring finger directly but that may not work for everyone.
4. Application:
The best way to get started is to stretch your eyelid outwards, this lets you get a stretched even surface for application. Apply only on the eyeballs, not the arc of the eyebrows. You can then slowly start moving outwards, I like to create a winged shape with smokey eyes but depending on your eye shape, you might want to experiment with some shapes. I usually leave the waterline empty as this makes my small eyes look slightly bigger, filling it in doesn't work for me and also looks way too intense with the smokey eyes. After you have the desired shape, you can use a highlighter, illuminator or simply a dab of Vaseline on the brow arc to add a slight dewy effect that goes really well with the smokey effect.
5. Handy tips for smokey eyes:
- You are bound to get powdery residue on the under eye so I always tape some facial tissue on my entire cheek. Or I don't put any foundation before hand and only after my eyes are done, I use a non-oily cleanser and wipe that area and then apply my foundation. The tissue idea works better for me.
- I always keep a ear bud dipped in makeup remover handy, this way I can erase and manipulate the shape of my smokey eyes without too much hassle.
- Always tap and lightly blow on your brush before application, this avoids extra spillage in the first place.
oooo those eyes are definitely SMOKIN HOT!!!
ReplyDeleteloved it girls...
to be able to do Smokey Eyes perfectly is a Dream(for Me). I hv tried it like a zillion times.. but it turns into a disaster each-time.. but u both look Smokin Hot !!
ReplyDeleteactually never tried thinking its too technical n complicated as you said.. but will try soon... :)
ReplyDeleteu both indeed look hot!
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Thanks for the great tips girls!
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hey jasleen...u seem to b a sikh gal..wat do u do with ur hair??how do u stylise it??i have usual mediumm length and straightened...but i m bored of ds look...how do u gv tht wavy curl look?i like dat :) u luk gud ;)
ReplyDeleteHey Jasmine I very much am. All sardarnis love straightened hair. Firstly, there's something called smoothing which doesn't make you hair poke straight bu leaves the natural shape. My hair is naturally slightly wavy but if I comb it it gets straight so I always comb my hair before washing and never comb it after. I also use a mousse or curling sprays from Body shop and John Freida on damp, towel dried hair to give it some more curls. Since you have straightened hair you wont be able to use this technique so you either wait for the effect to wear off or go for soft perm only on the bottom but of your hair. Also use curling iron for more curls but that is very time consuming and temporary. Hope this helps.
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ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this. I've always been wanting a good to-do on smokey eyes, and this is perfect. Definitely going to try some of these techniques. Thank you, lovely ladies.
ReplyDeleteLove, Miffalicious.