Thursday, April 14, 2011

Lazy smoky eye - one color of shadow needed

This is my first ever tutorial. I shot the pictures a few months ago, and they aren't the greatest, but they give the idea. Ok, the pictures kind of suck. And I also don't have most of these products anymore, but that doesn't matter, because it's more a technique than a look. So, anyway, here's the final result:





Step 1: Apply some sort of primer or base, according to your personal eyelid needs. Here, I'm using Urban Decay's cream shadow in Moonshine.


Step 2: Thickly line your upper lashline with the smeary black liner of your choice. I'm using the dark gray-black cream shadow stick from Wet N Wild.


Step 3: Smudge the line you just made so it blends into your base.


Step 4: Apply an eye shadow of your choice from lashline to just above your crease. I'm using some random gray I had around, before I swapped it away because I don't like how gray looks on me. This also works well with a nude sparkly color.


Step 4: Line your lashline with the non-smeary black liner of your choice. I either used the Milani Minerals liner pencil or one of my Physicians Formula black gel liners. Then I did my mascara.


The result was the pictures at the top.

2 comments:

  1. Love this look! What an easy smokey eye! I'm going to have to try this! Thanks for the tutorial!

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  2. Hey! You're welcome. I've decided that it doesn't work on me when I do it with gray and black, but blue and brown and nudes all work great.

    I'm considering trying a brown base and Fyrinnae Nijiro...

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