In this video I show you the easiest smokey eye ever. I realise that’s quite a claim, but I honestly can’t see how an eye look could be any simpler than this: you draw on the eye crayon (it even uses a crayon, for Pete’s sake!) and then smudge it out with a brush. It almost seems silly to even write it down, or make a video about it, but people always ask what I’ve done with my eyes every time I do them like this, so I thought it might be helpful to go through it step by step.
There are two steps. Draw and blend.
I suppose if you wanted to really get into the nitty gritty of it then you could talk about colour placement, ie where you actually draw the crayon, but I cover that in the video – I apply the shadow towards the outer corner of the eye, and mostly on the outer third of the lid, so that the eyes are drawn outwards towards the brow a little. Sometimes, after I’ve blended that in (I use the Zoeva Luxe Petit Crease Brush in this video, find it here*) I take the crayon (Rimmel Scandaleyes, here*) and make a tiny flick from the outer corners. Only about 5mm or so, and then I pat it in with my fingertip to soften it. If I have lots of mascara on then you can barely even see this flick, but it does help to give that feline, sexy look. Watch the video below – it’s only a few minutes long – and you’ll see exactly where I place my shadow to get the sultry smokey eye. I don’t use any liner on the waterline he...