Easy Smokey Eye Makeup

by Jose
(Chicago)

This is my best anti aging tip!
I have found an easy way to do dramatic eye makeup.
I have always loved to experiment with eye makeup but it does get more difficult as we get older and the skin on the eyelids becomes more and more crepy.
Eyeliner is almost impossible and eye pencils are sometimes too hard and don't go on easily.

The pencils that I have found are inexpensive so you can try out a few of the colors. My main reason for buying them is that they are really soft and smooth. They glide over the eyelid and there's a sponge on the other end to smudge and blend with.
First apply a light matt shadow over the whole eye lid.
I apply the eye pencil at the lash line from the outside to the inner corner. Draw a wedge thicker at the outside getting thinner toward the inside corner. Then take the sponge on the other end and smudge the makeup color as much as you like. Re-apply for a more dramatic eye makeup effect.

You can trace a soft line under the eye too but take it easy, otherwise it makes the eyes look smaller.

Some women might need to practice this for a while. Try using a light shade first and go to a darker one when you have got the technique. Use your eyelash curlers and apply a nice coat of mascara. That's it a soft but dramatic eye makeup!

The Pencils are from Prestige. Soft blend eye pencils.