Makeup Tutorial 2: Basic Smokey Eye

Step 1:

After prepping the eyelid with concealer and foundation, apply a neutral colour eyeshadow to set the foundation (it minimises creases on the lid)



Step 2:
Using a small tipped, oval shaped blending brush, apply grey / black eyeshadow all over the eyelid. No system is required here. Just blend the pigment all across the lid as iluustrated below..

Step 3 & 4:

Using a small flat tipped brush, and still using the same colour eyeshadow as above, blend it on along the lower lash line. To create a bold smokey eye, line black eye gel or liquid liner along the upper lash line. See below illustration..

Step 5 & 6:

To complete the basic smokey eye look, apply black kohl eyepencil in along the bottom lash line and inside the wet of the eye. Using a black mascara, add length and volume to your eyelashes. You will notice that this look can be very messy because of the dark pigment that spreads all across and around the eye area. Continue to the following steps for an extra tip.

Step 7:

The final step is to clean up around the eye area. As mentioned above, eyeshadow pigment tends to be very messy. So what you need is a clean tissue or cotton pad (for smaller areas or mess, use a earbud), some concealer and yellow colour corrector. Using the tissue/ cotton pad/ earbud softly dab the dirty spots away. Then with a bit of concealer on the fingertip, cover the the under area, up to the temples. Thereafter, you'd want to apply another fingertip's yellow colour corrector, to highlight under the eyes and the cheekbones. See below illustration...

On completion, this is one way of wearing a smokey eye...

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