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Smoky Eye in Four Easy Steps

June 8, 2010 by Madison Pados Leave a Comment

Brett Freedman has made up some of the most beautiful faces in Hollywood including Gwyneth Paltrow, Brooke Shields, and Jessica Alba. He has perfected the smoky eye look, which many celebs love wearing on red carpets. Going out on the town or on a date night? Re-create the look! Brett has given Modernmom a step by step guide on how to do it the same way the celebrities do. Here it goes:

Brett Freedman has made up some of the most beautiful faces in Hollywood including Gwyneth Paltrow, Brooke Shields, and Jessica Alba. He has perfected the smoky eye look, which many celebs love wearing on red carpets. Going out on the town or on a date night? Re-create the look! Brett has given Modernmom a step by step guide on how to do it the same way the celebrities do. Here it goes:

 

The Eye Kit

What’s Included

* 3 shades of coordinating colors – 1 medium and 1 dark satin finish shadow and 1 shimmery light shadow. You can use navy, plum, burgundy, copper, neutrals….a smoky eye isn’t limited to charcoals! * eye shadow brushes – a medium size and a smaller, tighter brush * dark eye shadow pencil

First…

Start with the medium shadow and the medium brush. Rim the eye around the lash line and up into the lid, almost to the brow. Brush up and out and feather to blend. This should be a big broad application of color– use this shade to ‘recess’ and sink the lid in.

Second…

Next pick up the darker shadow and the smaller brush. Remember – as the shade gets darker, the size of your brush should get smaller! Apply the color really close to the lash line and lightly up into the crease, but not as far as the medium shade. You want the two shades to blend seamlessly.

Third…

The lightest shade should be pale and shimmery to contrast. Brush along the tail of your brow and feather down into the darker shades on the lid. This will really make your brow bone pop.

Last…

For the final touch, take a dark liner pencil and lightly line the eyes, staying really close to the lash line and slightly winging out at the corner of the eye.

About Brett

Brett Freedman, LA-based make-up artist, has been obsessed with cosmetics and the cosmetics industry since he was a child. Growing up in Pittsburgh, Brett charmed his relatives (and horrified his father) with his skills playing "Avon Lady" and giving his sister’s Barbie dolls impromptu makeovers. Brett began climbing the beauty ladder doing makeup for the local "Glamour Shots" in the late 80’s. "We turned housewives into hookers," Brett says. In the early 90’s, Brett moved to Miami’s South Beach to break into fashion. There he worked nights and weekends at a local makeup shop tweezing brows and painting drag queens. By day, Brett was fast becoming a sought-after makeup artist for photo shoots, doing everything from beauty editorials to covers for some of Europe’s top fashion magazines. "When I did my first Cosmopolitan cover, I really thought I’d ‘made it’! I grew up being mesmerized with Cosmo… and that I was working on a shoot… I was DYING inside! A real personal victory!" By 1996, Brett was ready to move to a bigger market. Always fascinated with Hollywood, he had LA in his sights. The change paid off in spades as Brett was soon working with some of the world’s most beautiful and glamorous women. Brett is currently the owner/creator of VANITYMARK cosmetics… one of the beauty industry’s hottest new ma

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About Madison Pados

Madison is a prolific writer who has been contributing to ModernMom since 2010. She has 4 children and has taken a long hiatus from her 'real job' as an educational psychologist to spend more time with her kids. She loves cooking, organizing, exercising, traveling and stealing a little me-time when she can.

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