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How To Smokey Eye Bobbi Brown

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Smokey Eye

Learn how to master the perfect smokey eye.

step 1

Start your smokey eye by applying Long-Wear Cream Shadow Stick in a neutral shade (used here in Dusty Mauve) from lashlines to creases and blend to blur any edges. Then smudge the same shade along lower lashlines.

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Smokey Eye Bobbi Brown
step 1

Start your smokey eye by applying Long-Wear Cream Shadow Stick in a neutral shade (used here in Dusty Mauve) from lashlines to creases and blend to blur any edges. Then smudge the same shade along lower lashlines.

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Moonstone

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24-hour cream eyeshadow stick

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step 2
Apply Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner (used here in Caviar) in a thin line close to lashlines, extending past outer corners.
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Smudge-proof, waterproof eyeliner

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step 2
Apply Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner (used here in Caviar) in a thin line close to lashlines, extending past outer corners.
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Black Ink

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Smudge-proof, waterproof eyeliner

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$36.00
step 3
The key to a perfect smokey eye is blending Eye Shadow (used here in Rich Brown) along the top edge of liner with the Ultra Fine Eye Liner Brush. Then smudge the shadow along lower lashlines.
Pro Tip:
Quickly layer shadow over liner before it sets to create a smokey eye effect.

step 4

Finish with several coats of Smokey Eye Mascara on top lashes, and then use what's left on the brush on bottom lashes.
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A highly pigmented, soft-matte powder eye shadow that glides on smoothly, lines or blends easily and can be layered for greater intensity.

Smokey Eye Bobbi Brown
step 3
The key to a perfect smokey eye is blending Eye Shadow (used here in Rich Brown) along the top edge of liner with the Ultra Fine Eye Liner Brush. Then smudge the shadow along lower lashlines.
Pro Tip:
Quickly layer shadow over liner before it sets to create a smokey eye effect.

step 4

Finish with several coats of Smokey Eye Mascara on top lashes, and then use what's left on the brush on bottom lashes.
Your match

A highly pigmented, soft-matte powder eye shadow that glides on smoothly, lines or blends easily and can be layered for greater intensity.


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