The Beauty Reed: Step By Step Tutorial: How to Get The Classic Smokey Cat Eye :)

The eyes really are the windows to our soul, so why not make them stand out? I am going to show you just how to do that with the classic smokey cat eye :) Here is my eye makeup tutorial:

Step 1: Prime your lids:

Start with a clean eye. Then take an eyeshadow primer and prime your lids just using your finger. I like to use Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer:

Step 2: Wash your Whole Lid with a Neutral Shadow:

I like to use the light grey shadow from the Revlon Colorstay eyeshadow palette in Siren. I use my finger to color my whole lid.

Revlon Colorstay Eyeshadow: Siren

Step 3: Add Some Depth:

Add a darker grey shadow from the Revon Colorstay Palette to the outer corner of the lid.

Step 4: Fill in the Crease or Create a Crease:

I fill in my crease with MAC Carbon eyeshadow, and I use my Real Techniques Eyeshadow Crease Brush.

MAC Carbon Eyeshadow

Step 5: Line your Bottom Lash Line with a Black Eyeshadow:

The goal here is to get the line as straight as possible. You do not want to follow your natural eye shape (we do not want a rounded look here). Draw a very straight line with your shadow and go past your natural eye shape. End with a slight wing, but keeping it mostly straight. You want to elongate your eye. I am using my MAC Carbon eyeshadow and my Real Techniques liner brush.

Step 6: Line Your Bottom Eye with Liquid or Gel Liner:

Now you want to intensify the line you just created with a liquid or gel liner. Here I used Stila Stay All Day Felt Liner in Intense Black. Make sure you keep the line very straight :)

Step 7: Line Your Top Lid with a Liquid or Gel Liner:

For this look, I used both a liquid and gel liner to line my top lid. You want to start with creating a wing on the outside corner of the eye. You want to make that wing meet with your bottom wing that you created in step 5. Then fill it in and make the line thinner as you get to the inner corner of your eye. You should start to see a "cat-eye" effect happening. I first created the line with my Urban Decay 24/7 Liquid liner in Perversion and then I made the line darker by going over it with my Inglot AMC 77 Gel liner.

Step 8: Darken your Crease with a Darker Shadow:

Darken the crease you created earlier with a darker shadow. Then smoke out that crease so it falls nicely on top of that wing. I used Urban Decay Blackout EyeShadow.

Step 9: Apply Mascara and Lashes (Lashes are Optional):

You can finish this look with just mascara if you like, you do not need to apply false eyelashes. If you want to intensify the look then you can definitely add lashes! I used Katy Perry Eylure lashes to get that cat eye look. And I finished off with some Loreal Voluminous Mascara in Black :)