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They say there is nothing sexier than a pair of sultry smoky eyes, smoky
eyes done so right that can cause a man to stop in his tracks.
But - do you know how to create a perfect set of smoky eyes?

What you need to get started:
Eye Primer
Loose powder
Dark Eyeshadow
Medium - gray eyeshadow
Black Magic Mascara
*Magic Lash (personally preferred by author for lengthening her lashes)

Now the idea is to be able have smoky eyes yet not look so much like
you forgot to take your eye makeup
off last night. Even though, that has been known as a turn on for a quite
lot of men, makes them wonder what you been up.
To start creating the Look you must have a base for it. This helps to keep
the color in one place.
Smooth on a eyeshadow primer, some say foundation is good to use as
long as its color doesn't take away from what you are
trying to achieve. Now pat on loose powder setting the base.

The real secret to the smoky look is in the color eyeshadow you use.
Tips: If your eyes are blue and you're blond, then go for greens
instead, the darker the better. If your eyes are green then
go for blues again the darkest shades of blues you like. If your eyes are brown
then you're just lucky with your choices of colors. Now purple
eyeshadow is a color that everyone can try new for this year.
Try it in Plum, Berry and others like those.

Rim your eyes with a black or grey pencil drawing a line along both upper
and lower lash line. Starting from inner corner of your eyes going
outward starting a fine line going into a heavier line as you draw
outwards the outer corner.
If black or grey seems too harsh for your the Look you're going
for, then try either dark brown, plum or taupe instead.

How sultry smoky eyes can be done!
Apply a medium - grey eyeshadow all over your lids, stopping at the
crease.
Apply your dark eyeshadow into the crease, then take a angled brush
and apply the dark eyeshadow onto the eyeliner
and then smudge it well with a cotton swab keeping as much of the color
at the outer corner of your eyes. The angled
brush is great for getting eyeshadow up under your lashes on the bottom
which in turn helps keep your eyeliner in place.

Its the smudging that got to be done carefully. The idea is to blend the
eyeshadow and eyeliner together. If you wanted a more "feline" aka
cat eyes then using a liquid eyeliner would be best.

Helping to contrast the darkness of your eyeshadow, sweep a pearlized
ivory eyeshadow over your brow bones for a wide-eyed look.
By applying a little at a time, you are
building up the effort gradually till you like what you see.
Finishing off the look with one coat of black mascara, one coat of Magic
Lash if you want super long eyelashes to go along with this Look,
then one more coat of black mascara.

Dark colors trend to make small eyes look even smaller, you can open
them up by lining the rims from the
inner to the center with a light-colored pencil, rather than dark pencil, pat
on pale eyeshadow on the center of each lid. That should cause the
small eyes to seem bigger.

For the rest of this ideal Look. Finish off by using a tawny blusher or a
bronzing powder. Its natural color won't complete with the rest of
your makeup. Sweep it over your cheekbone, blending away
to the edges into your hairline.
Keeping your lips neutral gives this Look its real impact. Go for a pinkish -
beige shade of lip pencil and smudge it over your entire mouth for a matte, just been kissed yet
understated effect.
Now your eyes are ready for whatever you might have planned. This Look can be toned
down for work but who would want to?

Copyright 2005 Kim Snyder Owner of Overallbeauty.com Great lover of
beauty care and products, never happy
without trying to make the world a little prettier for all.
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