How to do a smoky eye?

Post by **Bear** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:11 pm

I've literally watched soo many youtube videos and read blog posts about how to do one, but somehow, I always end up looking like I smudged black stuff on the outer corner of my eye, and it just looks weird :[ I even tried using tape make it that sharp "v" thing, but it didn't work. Does anyone have any suggestions? & what brushes should I be using for the crease and outer corner part? thanks so much!

Post by **Jas** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:36 am

I don't really have any suggestions, but it's definitely possible that your eye shape just doesn't work well with a smokey eye. I have that issue. I have fairly round eyes, and I find that no matter what technique I use it ends up looking messy and sharp.

Post by **Bear** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:17 am

yeah i thought about that LOL

but idk what my eye shape is, so it's hard to look up makeup ideas for it! maybe i should try to figure that out lol. thanks

Post by **sophiebops** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:25 pm

Bear wrote:yeah i thought about that LOL but idk what my eye shape is, so it's hard to look up makeup ideas for it! maybe i should try to figure that out lol. thanks

look up goosmakeupartist ! he has an awesome video to help you identify what your eye shape is!

Post by **veronika_bird** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 3:18 pm

I also think that not all forms are well suited for smoky eyes

Post by **bettibulb** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 12:28 pm

Lisa Eldridge has a tutorial on smoky eyes. Really helpful. I've always struggled with eye makeup before I realized I have small, hooded eyes and therefore most techniques I see on gurus are gonna look really bad on me. But I tried Lisa's technique (and it's so refreshing to see a tutorial with only two eyeshadows and not 93849 different shadows from different palettes lol) and it looked very nice

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