Easy Daytime Smokey Eyes - Tutorial

 I have hooded, close set eyes. And when you have hooded, close set eyes, all you are attracted to is the quintessential smokey eye. But you can't do those, because
1. You barely have any lid space.
2. You'll look like you have a black eye.
3. It's so much work, it's easier not to do it.
Believe me, I am probably the only beauty blogger who stays away from smokey eyes, because I just cant get them right! Coupled with the lack of my skills, are my tiny eyes. So I've always done the bright lip and a wash of a light, shimmery eye-shadow all over my eye lid. It works fine, Trust me! Go check any of my FOTDs in the recent past, and that's what I've done. But then I couldn't help wanting a smokey eye look. This is what I'd term a day time, subtle smokey eye look, and it can be intensified to make a night time look, Or another easy smokey eye look, that I'll do another post on.

This brilliant way of illustrating the tutorial has been shamelessly copied from Cynthia of Indian Vanity Case. I hope I get half as good as her when it comes to doing makeup! Plus the fact that google keeps wanting me to buy storage space for pictures, helped me make this decision of putting them all together!

1. Apply Maybelline Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze (or any shimmery bronze cream eye shadow).
2.In the center of your eyelid, dab some MAC Rubenesque Paintpot (Or any other light gold/ colour from the same family as the base colour).
3. That is how it will look blended. This already gives the subtlest smokey eye. This actually gives an illusion of bright, big eyes. (The same theory when you dab lipgloss in the middle for a pout).
4. Line and tightline your eyes. (I haven't tightlined here. But that gives an illusion of fuller lashes).
5. With some loose powder, blend out the edges of the eyeshadow. (Ideally, you should do this before lining your eyes, before the shadow is set, but it dint matter here, sinc the colours are close to my skin-tone).
6. Add a dark brown/ black eyeshadow to the corner of your eye, and blend it in your crease as well. I've used MAC megametal eyeshadow in Unflappable.
7. Blend it out with some loose powder, so you have no harsh lines showing.
8. Apply a few coats of mascara. And that's all!

Remember

Ignore the stray hair. Eyebrow and otherwise.
Ignore the crazy explanation/ wannabe technical pictures.
Also, please ignore that I've applied mascara in step 5 and asked you to do so on step 8.
Do as I say. 

Tomorrow, I'll post a tutorial on an out an out smokey eye! Editing and re-sizing pictures take time and tutorials are killer! I'll do better next time!