How To Create A Smoky Brown Eye Effect
PurseBuzz brings VideoJug users with a film showing you how to make your eyes look smouldering by creating a smoky brown eye effect. Create this smouldering, smoky brown eye effect in no time at all with VideoJug's help.
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Introduction
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Hi there! Thanks for joining me here today on Pursebuzz and more. I’m going to show you today how to create a smoky eye look by using browns. So we’re going to call it the smoky brown eye look.
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Base
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The very first thing we’re going to do is put a base on your eyes. What I have chosen is the MAC cream base in nude. It’s just a nude color, no shimmer, no fuss, no muss. Just a basic cream. We’re just going to apply this all over my eye, like this. All over, all the way up till you reach your eyebrow. You know, I’ve received some questions about highlighters, and how I’ve forgotten to use it. It’s not that I’ve forgotten, it’s just that I’ve used the base as the highlighter. So, that’ll work out well, too, saving some time. Sometimes I will add an additional shadow to it, but sometimes you can just use the base that you have under it.
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Llama
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All right, so I have that all covered up. And the next thing I’m going to do is I’m going to use Llama, right here. It’s just a cream colored, matte shadow. Very basic. And I’m going to be using this with my 252 brush, this flat brush right here. I’m going to take it and apply it all over my lid. All the way to the top. It’s a very natural color, very light. Like that.
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Symmetry
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And the next thing I’m going to do is I’m going to use a brown, and it’s called Symmetry. It’s kind of like a mocha color. I’ve used a lot of it; there’s a hole right there in the middle. OK, so what I’m going to do is I’m going to take my 224 brush and I’m going to take a little bit, and I’m going to apply it this whole middle area right here, skipping that little part by my eye. Skipping that little part. So we’re just going to apply it here in the middle. Just like that, back and forth. It’s a very natural look. Just something to define your eyes, but nothing to bring too much attention to it, I guess you can say. OK.
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Charcoal Brown
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The next thing I’m going to do is I’m going to take this other brown called Charcoal Brown. It’s a little bit darker, also a matte color. Also using my 224 brush, I’m going to create a line right here, kind of outward, like this. A little bit past my eyebrow. Then I’m going to go right over this part right here in the middle, like that. And I kind of lift my brush as I’m going to the middle, towards the inner part of my eye. Just kind of lift it up, like that. That way I don’t have any color right there. Just kind of a, run it over with that color, but not actually purposely putting that color right there. So I’m just going to go back and forth and blend the colors. Like that. OK.
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Shadow
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Now what I’m going to do is I’m going to take my shadow here, in Smut, which is a dark, dark brown. I don’t know if you can see it. Right here. Just a very dark brown. I’m going to take here my 217 brush. I’m going to just take a little bit. I’m going to just blend it in, like that. Over your other colors, just on the outer part of your eye. Just like that; just blend it in. This color’s a kind of brownish, kind of black, like smut. OK. So all these colors here are matte. It’s a very flat color. There’s no frost or shimmer whatsoever. You can see it, there.
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Eyeliner
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And the next thing I’m going to do is I’m going to line my eyes. What I like to do is I like to just use a brown eyeliner. Like this, this is just an olza [sp], a deep brown, and I’m going to line the bottom. Like that, just half way. Now, this look is a lot of layering, but it looks very simple once it’s completed. You’re going to the same thing just half way with this liner. Just a dark brown. You can see that? OK.
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Rich Ground
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Then the next thing I’m going to do is I’m going to take my Rich Ground fluid liner and I’m going to grab my angle brush, it’s number 266. And I’m going to go over the line that I just did, on the bottom and on the top. Just like that. Very simple. So I mean, you can choose to just put some mascara and leave it the way it is, or you can just add a little bit more to it, which I’m going to do.
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Fairy Light
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So, the next thing I’m going to do is I’m going to take my pigment in Fairy Light. Like this. It’s nude, but there’s a little shimmer to it. And I’m going to take, the best brush is the number 252, for what I’m going to do. Take a little bit of it, dab it, and I’m going to put it all over my lid, including the darker part. What this is, it’s going to blend all the colors and give it just a little shimmer. I’m just going to dab it everywhere. Like that. OK.
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Smudging
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And then what I’m going to do is I’m going to take my 219 brush, and I’m going to smudge. So, I’m just going to kind of blend in my eyeliner here. Since that fluid liner is really soft, it’s going to blend right in to the liner, really nice, to create a medium brown. And I will do the same with the bottom. Now, if you don’t have this brush you can always use a sponge brush that comes with, like the bottom of your eyeliner. I’ll grab mine here so I can show you. Look, here it is. OK, and for the bottom, just smudge it, just gently rub it in. Like that. See that? And if you want a little bit more color, you can just grab your shadow, like it’s Smut, and put a little bit more on the bottom. The powder shadow, like that. And on top. See that? OK.
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Touching Up
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And then the next thing I’m going to do is I’m going to put just a little bit of the Fairy Light on the inside corners of my eyes. What I’m going to do is I’m going to use my sponge brush here, again, and I’m going to just put a little bit. I’m not going to wet it, because I don’t want it to be too shimmery, but I want it to be a little white so that it’ll brighten up my eyes. Just a little color. Don’t forget to wipe off your brush after smudging the inside.
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Blending
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OK, so you’re going to take a step back to see if it’s even and if you like it. And what I also recommend is if you take a clean, round brush, just something like this, just a generic brush, and kind of make a little circle right here to blend your highlighter with your darker color. Just soften that line. Like that. OK?
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Finishing Up
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We’ll put some mascara and some lash primer on, and I will be all completed with my look. Now, this is an everyday, smoky brown look. Just something a little bit more than natural. There, just brush my lashes up.
There we go, that is my smoky brown eyed look. I’m going to finish up the other eye and you can see what it looks like when it’s completed. Thanks again for joining me here at Pursebuzz and more.
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