How do I apply makeup for that 'smoky' eye look without looking like I have a black eye?

Please let me now colors and placements, and what color of eyes this looks best with.How do I apply makeup for that 'smoky' eye look without looking like I have a black eye?
Remember a little goes a long way. Use a slanted makeup brush for eyes instead of a sponge applicator. Make sure you prep your eyelid with some foundation or pressed powder so that your eyeshadow doesn't crease from natural oils on your lid. Dust a silver/grey shadow on your lid which is the part of the skin that covers your actual eyeball. Look at yourself in the mirror and tilt your head back as if you are a Queen looking down at her people. This makes it easier to see your crease which is the gap between your eyeball and your browbone. Little by little sweep the tiniest amount of black shadow into the crease of your outer eye. When there is no more shadow left on your brush blend upwards towards your browbone for a more smokier blended effect. Finish off with a black liquid eyeliner and two to three coats of mascara. Curl lashes. Dot and blend a shimmering beige highlighter in the inner eye area to make your eyes pop out drammatically. You can also email mac artists for your question and they will recommend the exact colors you need.How do I apply makeup for that 'smoky' eye look without looking like I have a black eye?
Before putting the black eye shadow, put a base first, try using a gold or copper shade of shadow all over your upper eye-lids, then use a brush when putting the black shadow, starting from the bottom working your way upwards, just a few milimeters above your upper lid crease, watch out on the sides you might over-extend and you might look like a cat. If you want you can also try using 2 shades of shadow, like a dark shimmery violet and black, You just place the violet shadow first extending above your upper lid crease , then apply the black shadow on the bottom part of your upper eye lid. For more dramatic results put dark eye liner on your upper and lower lids, specially on the lover lid try putting a little more. After doing everything thats the time you place the concealer on your eye bags so there will be no black-eye effect.
The smokey eye look is actually very easy to obtain. Get several shades of blue eyeshadow, ranging from light blue to dark blue (navy). Starting with the lightest blue, cover the lower portion of your eyelid from the inside corner to the outside. Follow with a middle blue shade and apply it along the crease of your eyelid, at about the half way point from inner to outer lid start sweeping the mid-blue shadow up towards the outer point of your eyebrow. Then take the darker blue and apply it about two thirds in from the outcorner of your eye, start near your eye lashes and sweep up to the crease, then put the very barest hint of it from the outer corner of your eye to the outer corner of your eyebrow. Take a make up brush and blend it together starting from the inner corner and moving up and out towards the outside of your eyebrow. If you're very fair complected try using neutral shades of light brown, beige and dusty brown. Hope this helps!
moops explained it very well, thats how i wear mine.
Achieving the smoky eye is more about the technique than the color of the eyeshadow. Divide your eye in three from top to bottom...1) Brow bone 2) crease 3) lid. Apply eye shadow using a sponge tip applicator on lid only in a packing on style then blend it using an eyeshadow brush blend it out up to the crease using a circular Motion (pivoting) next apply a lighter color on the brow bone and again blend using a circular motion. Outline your eye top and bottom with a dark eyeliner pencil then with the same eyeshadow you used on your lid blend with a q-tip. Finally apply tons of mascara!
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you avoid the black eye look by not using such a dark color.


One option is to soften the line of a liner therefore getting a smokey eye look:


2.Eye Liners:


Application Technique For The Liquid EyeLiner:


Test, on the back of your hand, the amount of pressure you should apply.Unless you are a real artist, it is best to steady your elbow on a flat surface.Work from the inside of the eye to the outside corner and keep the line light and even.If you stop at the corner of the eyes, the effect will be round and wide-eyed;if you continue the line and sweep it up and out, you would get a more exotic look.


Finally smudge the edges with a cotton bud to soften them.


Application Technique For The Pencil Eyeliner:


Pencils can be used in the same manner to define or extend the shape of the eyes, but they give a softer, more natural line.Keep them sharpened and ready for use, as blunted or broken points can spoil the whole effect.





If you want to get the effect with using eye shadow then choose a pallette of 4 light to darker browns (any eye color will do).:


1.Eyeshadow:


Application Technique:


The following steps are followed in the application of eyeshadow shades.


i.Using a fine, blunt-ended brush, gently apply the base colour to the entire lid from the inside to the outside corner and from the base of the lashes to the eyelid crease.


ii.If the eyes need extra definition, a deeper shade is blended into the crease line.This gives depth to the eyes.


iii.The brow bone is highlighted with a light shade.This gives the eyes a wide, open look.The colour is applied to the most prominent area and blended up towards the brow and down to where the contour curves down, toward the eyelid creases.


Before using them on the lids, always test the colours on the back of the hand to test the intensity.You can use even 3-4 colours, provided they are blended well.Remember pale tones emphasize, while deep sooty shades define.





Use the next to darkest color on a little brush, blow on it to get rid of clumps


lightly brush it under the eye VERY close to the lashes.


it should give you the smokey look you want.