How To-Dramatic Smoky Eye Look

Today I was going to go to the bike trail at my school and take some nature pictures, but it started raining so I decided to do a makeup tutorial instead. Instead of imitating a look I found on the internet, I created my own version of the dramatic smoky eye look. This makeup look is really good if you want to enhance the shape and color of your eyes without going too over the top with eyeshadow colors.

What you will need:

White eyeshadow

White pencil eyeliner

Black eyeshadow

Black pencil eyeliner

Black liquid eyeliner

Any other powder, foundation, lipstick, etc. that you use

Step One:

Apply white eyeshadow to your entire eyelid. Make sure to apply enough so you can see it well (I put about 3 or 4 coats on). Then put white eyeliner in the inner corners of your eyes (a couple mm or longer on the top and bottom), and draw a thin line about 2 mm long going out from the inner corner of your eye.

Step Two:

Apply a couple layers of black eyeshadow (enough to be visibly dark) on the outer half of your eyelids. Use a slightly damp eyeshadow brush to blend the black and white eyeshadows together where the two colors meet so you don't have a noticeable border. (I blended the right eye in the first picture so you could see the difference, but accidentally did it too much. If you accidentally put the black too far over like I did in the picture, just add a little bit of white eyeshadow over top to fix it).

Step Three:

Apply a very thin layer of black pencil eyeliner to the bottom of your eyes, making sure not to draw over the white eyeliner. 

Step Four:

Carefully draw the outline of a wing using the liquid eyeliner, then fill in the outline. I did not put liquid eyeliner over the whole top of my eyelid, just wings in the outer corners.

Step Five:

Add any extra makeup (powder, foundation, lipstick, mascara, etc.) and enjoy! This is the final product:

One last comment: if you get any excess eyeshadow on your face while you're applying it, Neutrogena makes these awesome makeup removing cloths that are only a dollar at Walmart. They work really good and you don't have to scrub at and possibly irritate your face to get extra makeup off.