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It is easier than you might think to create professional looking,
'sex kitten', smoky eyes. This vampy look can be as subtle or dramatic
as you wish. The tips below will create a more powerful look in
black, but to achieve a more understated look simply select light
grey, burgundy or dark khakis instead. Remember, a lot depends on
your skin tone and hair color, so why not try a few different tones
to see which suits you best?
Ingredients for powerfully sexy eye makeup:
- Black eyeliner - pencil. Ensure that it is sharp.
- Black eyeliner - brush. The thinner the liquid eyeliner is
the better.
- Eye shadow brush. Thin stumpy bristles are best to maintain
control.
- Dark eye shadow. Irridescent rather than flat matt (too hard),
or shiny (too messy).
- Highlight shimmer for under the eyebrow. Avoid garish looking
'high glitter'.
- A good eyebrow pencil. Try to select the most natural shade
for you as possible.
- Eyelash curlers.
- Black mascara. Obviously choose a quality brand to avoid clumping
and 'spider eyes'.
Step-by-step instructions for smoky cat eyes:
- Apply your foundation, under eye concealer and powder.
- Using your black eyeliner pencil, start from the front corner
of your eyelid. Draw a soft smudge line to the end of your lash
line.
- Use your eyeshadow brush to apply the dark eye shadow over the
top of the smudged line for a soft smoky look. Ensure that the
edges are neatly blended.
- Then take the brush eyeliner and apply as close to your lashes
as you can on the top lid only. Make the line as thick and pronounced
as you wish, but make sure that the line is thickest at the outer
corner, and thinner as you go inward.
- Apply another smoky coat of eye shadow with the brush to blend
the harsh edges.
- Subtly blend your darker eye shadow up from your lashes to your
eye crease. Then apply a shimmery highlight in white or cream
under the outside corner of your eyebrow.
- Use your eyebrow pencil to make your eyebrow curve more pronounced.
- Curl your eyelashes, then apply thin coats of mascara, building
the layers up gradually to avoid clumping.
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