How to choose the right base shade for smoky makeup? This article will give a detailed answer to this question. In addition, you can see examples of Smokey's Eye makeup for different shades and types of eyes: with a darkened or brightened moving eyelid. The first is suitable for girls with big eyes, the second is necessary for owners of small “soul mirrors”.
Smoky makeup: technique
The sequence of actions when performing smoky eye makeup is quite simple: in fact, any shadows or pencil are shaded so that a smooth transition of color to “zero” is created. But, despite the apparent simplicity, many girls have difficulties with the implementation of the “Smokey Eyes”: they can’t make a smooth transition of color, the makeup does not look languid, but dirty, messy and does not decorate at all. What is the matter?
It is important to choose the right shadows and brushes - the quality of makeup depends almost entirely on them, and not at all on the hands, "growing where you need to." The shading brush has the shape of a barrel, it can be seen on the brands Sephora, Mac (the famous 217 shading brush), Sigma, EcoTools. High-quality smoky makeup shadows are very soft, saturated, give a bright color with one touch, have a very fine grinding, and always matte! Only a matte makeup product can achieve the effect of a subtle haze. Any, even the smallest, shimmer makes the shadows coarser in texture. In addition, you need to choose the right shades. They do not have to be different, from dark to light. Even with some black shadows, but of good quality, you can make a breathtaking smoky eye makeup. The photo below proves this convincingly.
However, choosing the right base color is very important.
Smoky makeup for brown eyes
Brown eyes are suitable for gray-black, brown, saturated green and violet-purple gamma.
You should be careful with light gray - it does not go to
brown eyes, it looks alien. But if it has a greenish or brownish tint - this is a completely different matter. For evening smoky make-up, in addition to the above-mentioned colors, it is quite possible to take bright blue shades - they will contrast very well with warm brown eyes.
Owners of eyes of other
shades (blue, gray and green) can rarely afford “smokey's eyes” in blue tones.
In the photo below, the evening version of "smokey" for brown eyes using shimmer shadows. They are applied last with a flat brush with patting movements.
Smoky makeup for blue eyes
You can take dark brown, black, purple, violet and, finally, the most universal for blue eyes - gray shadows. As you can see, the choice is very decent. Smoky makeup generally suits blue eyes with their transparency. Sky and fog - nature itself created this combination, but she is not mistaken.
The original, but difficult option - "smokey" in orange tones.
The only exception is blue and green shades - they rarely go blue-eyed, because they extinguish their natural beauty, make their eyes faded and inexpressive. However, gray-blue or violet-blue makeup products can look simply amazing, and both blue and blue can be beautifully presented - the main thing is that their shade does not match the color of the eyes.
Smoky makeup for green eyes
The blue-blue and green colors should be doubted, but the rest of the owners of green eyes are almost unlimited, although much depends on the shade, it can be very different. If the iris is very bright, and the squirrels are snow-white, then classic black will be the most successful choice. For green eyes with a gray tint, dark gray, cold lilac and taupe shades are suitable.
In this case, warm browns should be discarded - they will add age. Green eyes with a warm tone seem even more beautiful in the frame of saturated brown, copper shades. Kerosene blue or gentle blue-violet can look very interesting and original. And, of course, plum and purple tones are a must-have for green eyes. As for green shadows, you can make very beautiful makeup with them, or you can get the effect of a slurred green spot, so you should be careful with them.
Smoky makeup for gray eyes
Gray eyes, as you know, are chameleons, the possibilities for makeup are very wide. Therefore, when choosing the main shade for smoky makeup, there are more gray-eyed women than in any other case, you should look at the skin tone and hair color.
Typically, all the cold gamut goes to such ladies, but this is not such a strict rule. Girls with gray eyes and red hair can even use copper - but this is a very complex color. Smoky makeup in
turquoise color can also look amazing
. In general, you should pay special attention to
green shades of shadows.
If you have achieved mastery in shading and creating a plain “Smokey Eyes”, you can try to create smoky makeup in several shades - in the West it is called “butterfly eyes”.
This is a very effective and self-sufficient, not even makeup, but an accessory. Learning how to do it, you will stop worrying about choosing evening dresses - they can be quite modest. A girl with a successful smoky make-up already looks stylish, sexy, mysterious, dangerous and intriguing.