When it comes to hot makeup trends that just don’t seem to be going away, the smokey eye has earned its spot on this list. The look is sexy, mysterious, messy and polished all at once and really helps your eyes pop. It’s also a look you can adjust to fit your eye color and skin-tone since you can do a smokey eye in black, grey, purple, or any number of other shades.
The smokey eye popped up all over spring 2011 Fashion Week fashion shows and doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. But many women are intimidated by the look and don’t know where to start. Fear not, Chrissy’s Beauty School is here with some tips from Chad Hayduk, Makeup Artist and Co-Founder of Three Custom Color Specialists. Read on for Chad’s step-by-step suggestions for creating a smokey eye and check out some products that help take the guesswork out of application below. Soon, you’ll be looking smokin’, ladies!
Smokey Eye Step-By-Step
Step 1:Prep your eyes and create a smooth canvas by applying concealer under the eyes and on the eyelids to eliminate any darkness or redness. Chad suggests using Three Custom Color Specialists’ Crème Concealer/Foundation.
Step 2: To create a modern smokey eye, you’ll want your color to be deepest at the lash lines and blended out, Chad says. Start by applying a black eye shadow along the upper and lower lash lines. Chad recommends Three Custom Color Specialists’ Cool Black Eye Shadow.
Next, apply a grey shadow and blend it up towards your brow bone. Chad suggests using Three Custom Color Specialists’ Cool Smoke Eye Shadow. To make the inner corners of your eyes and your brow bone pop, add a bit of highlighting shadow near your tear duct and under your brow bone. Try Three Custom Color Specialists’Champagne Eye Shadow.
Step 3: Add some intensity by lining the inner rims of your eyes and the upper and lower lash lines with eye liner. Chad suggests using Three Custom Color Specialists’ Opaline Crème Eye Definer in Aurora. Continuing the blending trend, you’ll want to blend the eye liner into your lashes with a small eye shadow brush.
Step 4: Add the finishing touches by applying a coat of mascara and taming your brows with a brow gel such as Three Custom Color Specialists’Tinted Brow Gel. Chad says that a groomed eyebrow helps make the smokey eye appear polished.
Smokey Eye In A Box
Still intimidated by the smokey eye and worried about going off on your own to apply it? Check out some products that walk you through the process!
Sephora Beauty In A Box Purple Smoky Eyes Tutorial, $36, Sephora.com
This kit comes packed with a handpicked collection of Sephora favorites plus a step-by-step how-to guide to help you create this fall’s hottest look, the purple smoky eye. The set includes four plum-hued eyeshadows, mascara, and eyeliner.
L’Oreal Paris’ Studio Secrets Professional Color Smokes Eye Shadow, $5.99, www.lorealparisusa.com
Not sure what smokey eye will best complement your eye color? Take the guesswork out with these kits and create the perfect smokey eye for your eye color. Each kit comes with step-by-step instructions—complete with photos—on the back for how to create the look.
Cover Girl’s Smoky ShadowBlast, $6.99, target.com
Chrissy’s Beauty School previously reviewed this product that lets you create the smokey eye with one double-ended stick. The Smoky ShadowBlast comes in several different shades, allowing you to customize your smokey look, and each stick comes with a diagram on the back of the package.
See the smokey eye in action! Check out this video by YouTube favorite Kandee Johnson on how to create the perfect smokey eye.
Sources
Chad Hayduk
http://www.threecustom.com/home.php