Benefit Cosmetics Smoking Eyes Kit

Remember in my post about the Festive Nails or more appropriately, “Party Nails”, I said I’d show you – finally – how to do the smoky eye look. And that I have my secret weapon? Well, as promised, here it is. But, please don’t judge too harshly as it’s my second time ever doing this look. It’s not as intense as others I’ve seen on other people, because a) I’ve got smaller eyes so the darker the colours, the smaller it makes my eyes b) I really rather not look like I’ve been punched in the eyes.
What’s my secret weapon? It’s Benefit Cosmetics Smokin’ Eyes kit. I got this from the MBBE goody bag I received in November. Basically, it’s an all-in-one kit, with the shades you would need to create the smoky eye look, plus highlighter (eye bright), and even something to tame your brows with the brow zing shaping wax and tweezer. There’s also a double-ended brush, one a fluff shadow brush and the other side an angled brush. Finally, there’s the smokin’ eye pencil.

Why is it fail proof? There’s an instruction sheet inside! So, with gusto and full of confidence – ok I didn’t have those, but I thought I’d give it a go anyway.
I’ve already prepped my face with concealer etc. and done my eyebrows too.
First step:
Apply the Pewter based eyeshadow on your lids.

Second step:
Apply the Deep Charcoal eyeshadow, starting from the outer corner, going inside, then halfway, go upwards towards the crease/top bit of your eye socket. This gives it depth. You can add more of this shade if you preferred a darker tone.

Third step:
Using the Pink Highlight shadow, highlight underneath you brow area, as well as towards the inner corner of your eyes.

Fourth step:
With an eye liner pencil, draw your lid line and then with the angled brush, apply the dark charcoal shadow on top of it – just to darken it a little bit more. Draw your lower eye line 3/4 of the way with the eye liner pencil too. Using your eye shadow brush, apply the dark charcoal underneath your eyes too – just a little and just lightly.

Finally, apply lashings of mascara. I’ve used They’re Real that I bought a few weeks ago.
To complete the look, apply some blush and a light, almost nude coloured lipstick. I’ve applied Face of Australia Mineral Lip Shine in First Kiss. 

The complete look:

So I hope that sort of helped a little in demystifying the “art” of applying smoky eye look. It was pretty easy and if I had the guts I would probably add some intensity with the dark charcoal. You can also try the smoky eye look with other shades if you’re game enough. This is a great look also for parties, or why not vamp it up with the rock chic style hair style?
P.S: I did try to apply some false eye lashes, but thought I looked a little like Liza Minelli with a lash extension job gone wrong. So I decided to give those a miss.
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