Smokey Eyes - Eid look

Hi all, happy Ramadan! I was requested to do a Smokey eye make-up look and I thought it would be the perfect time to do a make-up tutorial on it now, just in time for Eid! 

There are so many variations of the Smokey eyes look, you can go for the classic black Smokey eyes, keep it natural and add black to the ends, add colours and with different nuance of the colours. It's entirely up to you, go crazy with colours if you like!! 

In the tutorial I uploaded on my YouTube channel, I did my face first and then the eyes, but I used a make-up shield to prevent fallouts under the eye area. If you're doing this look for the first time on yourself, I would recommend you do the eyes first, as it can get very messy. 

Start off by applying primer or any concealer on the eye area. Some people have a problem with eye-shadows creasing and that happens if you don't use a base on your eyelid. You can use a nude eye-shadow if you don't have an eye primer. Using a base on the eye-lid helps you with blending, lasts longer and prevents it from creasing or smudging through the day. Once the eye area has been prepared, it's time to add highlight just under the brows. I used a cream shade from the Smashbox FAQ's eye-shadow palette as a highlighter on the brow bone. I've had this palette which I got from QVC a while back now and I think it was a limited edition, it has 5 lovely shades, a cream, orange/peach, brown and grey, I can't remember what the other one was as I dropped it and broke the mirror inside (ooooops bad luck) and the one of the shades popped out too! I used the MAC 239 brush to dab it onto the brow bone.  

To contour the eye, I applied the "Tease" shade from the Urban Decay: Naked 2 palette into the socket of the eye, I used the Sigma E25 Blending brush to blend it in from the outer corner area and took it into the front in circular motions. To make the black appear better in pictures, it's best to apply a gel liner as a base on the eyelid, therefore I applied Illamasqua's Precision Gel Liner in Infinity. I used the Sigma E35 Tapered Blending brush to apply the gel on the outer corner and faded it into the front of the eye, but not all the way. 

Using the shade #65 from Inglot, I applied it over the base. I applied this with the Sephora 10 brush again from the outer corner and faded it into the front. If you did the make-up on your face first, then make sure you tap the brush so that any excess powder falls off before you apply the shadow on your lid. It's your choice how high you want to take the black shade, personally on myself I don't like it too high up but if you prefer to, you can blend it upwards so it fades into your crease by gently going up in a circular motion.

If you want to add shimmer then apply an iridescent shade of your choice at the front or on the middle of your eyelid. I used the shade "Pistol" from the Urban Decay, Naked 2 palette and I applied this using the Sephora 28 shadow brush, you can use any flat shade brush to apply this. Then I blended the black into this as I didn't want the grey to show as much.

I applied the shade orange/peach from the Smashbox FAQs eye-shadow palette in between the crease and the brow bone as a transition colour to create that ombre effect. I applied this using the Sigma E45 small tapered brush.

Using the Sigma E10 small eye liner brush I applied Illamasqua Precision Gel liner in the water line and then at the top. Then I used the Sigma E20 Short Shader brush for smudging to minimise the harshness and make it look more smokey. 

Then I curled my lashes and applied the Tarte Cosmetics: Lights, Camera, Lashes mascara on the bottom lashes first as it instantly opens up your eyes, then I applied it at the top. I complete the whole look by applying false lashes from SalonSystem: natural lash, I used #120. 

Please check out my Smokey-Eyes make-up tutorial: 

http://youtu.be/ARYTFF9bbaU

Thank you