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Get sexy, smoldering smoky eyes in just 60 seconds

Simple step-by-step tips from makeup artist Michelle Rosen on how to master sweet and sultry smoky eyes

Everything you need:

  • Primer
  • Shadow Brush
  • Blender Brush
  • Eyeshadow Palette
  • Angled Liner Brush
  • Cake Liner
  • Highlighter
  • Mascara

Try some of our favourite brushes, liners, highlighters and shadows to master smoky eyes home:

Smoky Eye minute

Primer

If you have fine lines around your eyelids, or want your shadow to last all day add this crease-free cream base into your routine. Apply under your shadow to boost staying power and smooth imperfections. 

Beauty Couture Eye Primer, $34, Yves Saint Laurent.

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Shadow Brush

Shade, blend and define with this multi-purpose brush. You will love that is both percise (the fine rounded tip) and forgiving (the flat front).

Good Karma Shadow Brush, $26, Urban Decay.

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Blender brush

Soft natural bristles make this brush ideal for applying, softening, diffusing and blending eyeshadow pigments.

Blending Shadow Brush #17, $30, Lancome.

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Eyeshadow Palette

We love this shadow palette because you get all the shadow shades you need to create a soft day time look and a smoldering smoky eye.

 
Smashbox Full Exposure Travel Palette, $26, Sephora.

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Angled Liner Brush

You will love how easy it is to control application and draw fine lines with this light angled brush. It's percision right down to the very point.


Clinique Eye Liner Brush, $25, The Bay.

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Cake Liner

This liner lasts (and lasts and lasts). Apply it with a clean wet angled brush along the lash line for a richly defined eye.  


Tightline Cake Liner, $24, Laura Mercier.

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Highlighter

You can use this little pot of magic to highlight just about anywhere. It's perfect for illuminating the corners of your eye, and we have also been known to gloss it under the brow, on the cupids bow, and along the cheeks.

Living Luminizer, $38, RMS Beauty.

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Mascara

Add rich, glossy colour to your lashes with this wet-look mascara.

Maxi Lash So Volume Mascara in Black, $34, Guerlain.

Get sexy, smoldering smoky eyes in just 60 secondsMascara

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