Smokey Eyes

There are a few ways of doing smokey eyes... but here is my way:) 

Firstly it doesn't really matter what colors you choose... but there should be at least 3. A dark, medium and light shade. 

Here's Mei Lee to help me show you.... 

We start fresh faced... and the first thing i do is tweeze her brows a bit. Taking away what I call the 'tad pole' eyebrow shape with the clump of hair at the start... the line on  the underside of the brow should be straight to the highest point, curve and taper down. I also use some brow powder to shade in the brow a bit to make them fuller. 

Starting with the darkest color I place the brush on the outside corner of her eyelid and work inwards. (Where you start with your brush is important because that's where the product will be most concentrated)

I shadow along the lash line and where her eye crease is. Almost like a sideways V. Depending on your eye shape this will need to be adjusted... but stick with shadow in the crease and just above the crease. Try to blend out the color with a concealer brush so you don't get a harsh line.

When you have done the same to both eyes you can take your medium shade and blend it onto the rest of the lid and into the edge of the dark shade. If this color has a lot of shimmer go really lightly over the the entire lid keeping a bit of space from the lash line though. The lightest color (usually a pearl or even white) goes on the inner corners of the eye and on the brow bone. Reasons being the inner corner of your eye is the deepest part on your face to bring it out and give focus on your eyes this is a MUST. Also along the brow bone where your arch on your brow is give you lift and an eye opening effect. 

Tips :

Start with the darkest color so if you make any mistakes it can be easily removed without wrecking your makeup. 

Use an eyelid primer so your makeup doesn't run or crease, Bare Minerals has a GREAT one that I can't live without:)

Try using colors that make your eyes stand out:) The easiest way to figure that out is to look at this color chart. Find your eye color... then look on the complete opposite side. There are colors that are going to make your eyes stand out. I have blue for example... the opposite would be orange. I could use golds, peaches, warm browns to make my eyes pop.