These days every one seems to be looking for that smokey eye effect. It is a very dramatic look that looks good on women with any complexion.

Nothing can be more dramatic than the smoldering smokey eyes look. And yet it is one of the easiest looks one could achieve. However for any task, a few tips always come in handy and so follow the tips below to not mess up your eyes and to make them look the best they could!

Following are some of the tips you could follow to create the effect –

1) When doing a smokey eye, it is recommended that you start with the eye makeup first before applying foundation. This way, it is easier to clean up any fallen shadow without messing the makeup of your entire face. This will also help to avoid the dark raccoon look under the eye.

2) It is important to prep the eye by applying a concealer so that the make up does not melt and creates a perfect base for the eye shadow.

3) Crease the eye with a taupe or gray colored eye shadow and apply it to the eye. Define the eye well and make sure you create a blended effect. Use a lighter highlighting color to  finish to add more glamour to the look.

4) Sweep the same color around the corner of the eye and beneath the lashes and smudge a liner deeply into the lashes.

5) Finally coat your eyes with your favorite mascara. You might need to add many coats of it.

6) Make sure you powder your eyes after applying mascara, so that they do not stick together, because that will spoil the look.

7) To avoid the fading of the color and add a little shimmer to your eyelids put a cream shadow to the congealer and wait for 5 minutes before powdering a shadow.
Follow these tips to the T and you are bound to have a wonderful effect.

Creating smoky eyes without a mess

It is possible that while creating the smokey eyes there might be a lot of mess created, mostly if you have lot of oil on the lids. The trick to reduce the mess is to prep the eye with a product that reduces the mess. There are many brands that manufacture such products.

You Do Tend To Get Raccoon Eyes – Pay More Attention to the Following Tips

1.    Remember to apply eye shadow before any other makeup.

2.    Place a Kleenex folded in half below your eye for catching any shadow that falls.

3.    Apply white translucent powder below the eye. Dust it off after applying eye makeup. It will also catch any fallen shadow.

Use all the tips mentioned above and you cannot falter in getting the best smokey and sexy look for your eyes.

Tips for puffy eyes –

If you have puffy eyes the smokey eye make up will not look good. What you can do in this case is, splash cold water on your face at least 10 times a day for several weeks. This will reduce the puffiness to a large extent. Put a bit of moisturizer and under-eye cream before putting the smokey eye make up.