What does your go-to smoky eye look like? What products/colors?
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I use MAC Silver pigment as a base, and then I layer with Electra, Silver Ring, and Carbon.
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I use Annabelle Carbon on my lid and outer V, and then use NYX Silver in the crease. I also use other colors when doing a smoky eye- I think as long as I use black eyeshadow, any color can be a smoky eye look 🙂
Lots of smudge out black liners, then I use either UD 24/7 liner in gold or EL highlighters for inner corners, rice paper or claire de lune for below brows and sable, deep truth or milani java bean for crease.
I use UD Spare Change (it’s very old, but a fabulous dark silver) or Electra all over my lid, and blend Carbon into the crease and outer corner. I like Phloof on the browbone and inner corner as my highlighter, or sometimes a little bit of Forgery. I finish everything off with Prestige black liquid liner.
My go to smokey eye is blue smokey eye, either use my 120 palette or my HIP showy duo or MAC sea & sky with NYx Black or Maybelline brown in crease and outer corner.
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MAC blackground paintpot
MAC Ploof e/s tearduct
MAC Knight Divine e/s lid
MAC Carbon e/s crease/outer v
MAC Smolder eyeliner water line
UD Perversion liquid liner
MAC Blanc Type highlighter
MAC #7 lashes or Ardell Whispies
I think a smoky eye looks best when it’s somewhat simple. I like a black creme shadow base, a matte black eyeshadow, and I love Phloof for a highlight. Blend it all together, line with black liner, and that’s it.
i prefer a satin or matte looking smokey eye, so i use MAC Print or NARS Brumes lately. If i want something different i use MAC Signed, Sealed or Graphology.
black or white base.
mac sliver ring on lid and either matte black on the crease or black tied on the crease
NYX black bean as a base
NARS Ashes to Ashes
NARS Night Clubbing in the corner/crease.
Very basic but still smokey and good for an at the office look.
I’ve been leaning towards the classic 50’s look only with a little more color in the crease. I like using a chocolate brown and a matte black in the outer corner. Top it off with black liquid liner and I’m good to go. ^^
I usually do a purple smokey eye with satellite dreams all over the lid and just stopping at the crease, then nocturnelle blended in the crease, then i put a little bit of sketch in the inner V of my eye and dab some in the tear duct to add more dimension. Lastly I put a tiny dot of carbon where the sketch was placed to darken it up a but more. I heavily line the bottom lash line with nocturnelle and then go over it with prunella liner… then finally use BT fluidline for the waterline and top lash and i’m done! Its great for my hazel eyes.
i line my eyes with mac smolder khol, very thin, then i dip the mac pencil brush in carbon and smudge it out, so i have a haze of dark shadow around my eyes. then i line my eyelid very black liquid eyeliner, very thin, and add mascara. sometimes i add silver highlights or glitter.
I use MAC Blacktrack Fluidline as base, then Smoke and Diamonds all over the lid, on outer corners and crease I use The Balm Sexy Stacy, then I use MAC Copperplate for above crease to blend. I use a matte white colour from NYX for brow bone highlight and MAC Vex to highlight inner eye corners. To finish off I use MAC Blacktrack to line eyes to and bottom, Maybelline Colossal Volume mascara and false lashes.
my signature smokey eye that i pretty much wear whenever i want a sexy sultry eye consists of:
lancome eyeshadow in backstage pass on my lid
lancome eyeshadow in waif in my crease to blend out backstage pass
vanilla pigment as my highlight
sometimes i add a little bit of UD zero in my outer v if i feel like it, otherwise im fine without it
smolder eye kohl smudged all crazy-like on my upper and lower lashline
and then i add some more backstage pass on my lower lashline for added intensity.
this is a purple-y brown smokey eye. ive tried smoked out eyes with mostly black but it did not sit right with me. i love purples and they look amazing on me, so i stick with this.
MAC smoke & diamonds with black shadow in the crease and lots of black liner smudged with the black shadow. + highlighter on the brow bone obv. 🙂 sometimes i add something like sweet sienna pigment for interest.
Pincurl, smoke&diamonds, khight divine, print all MAC
Lately I’ll just use one eyeshadow to do smokey eyes…. MAC Illusionary Burning Ambition MES, NARS Cordura (the darker side), NARS Brumes.
I just bought the smokey eye palette from UD and I am in love! So easy to do and all the colors even brows are in it.
Simple.I found Physicians Formula- Baked Smokes trio to be amazing. It can be used wet or dry AND it is great for sensitive eyes like mine! I Aveda Jet eyeliner because its soft and blends easily. I line upper and lower lids and the waterline. I curl my lashes and load on Givenchy Phenomeneyes Mascara in Black.
green or brown