Michelle Loves You: Current Events #1 Smokey Eye

For women doing a smokey eye can be difficult. The smokey eye is a very popular eye makeup style designed to look natural according to the color of your eyes. A smokey eye makeup design uses three different colors. To make a smoky eye look right though, you need to know how to do the perfect blending techniques using really light colors and really dark colors. I am going to take you step by step to making a perfect smokey eye!

The first thing to do before you put any kind of eye shadow on, is to put on you primer. Put the primer across your eye making sure it is thoroughly rubbed in. What primer does, is it keeps the eye shadow from melting into the crease of your eyelid.

Second, if you are going for a gray, black, or brown smokey eye you will want to apply eyeliner above your eyelashes in gray, black, or brown. Then smudge the liner in with you finger or with a brush as shown in the picture below.

Next, take your lightest shimmery color and apply it over your lid to your brow bone.

Now, take your darker eye shadow, using an eye shadow brush, blend in the color starting at your lash line. When blending the eye shadow, make sure it blends so the eye liner disappears. Stop the darker color at the crease of your eye.

Finally, apply your mascara. Make sure you apply a few coats of mascara so your lashes are thick to make them noticeable. If you don't have long and naturally curled lashes, before applying your mascara, use and eye lash curler.