Here’s What Happened When I Tried To Do A Smokey Eye Without ANY Make-up Brushes!

A few years ago, I was one of one those girls who didn’t know anything about make-up. Neither was I interested in it. In fact, my idea of make-up was a swipe of kajal and a touch of blush. I could never wrap my head around putting a lipstick every day. Call it divine justice but as soon as I started studying Fashion Styling and Image Design, I had a module for make- up. This was my worst nightmare, I would do everything just to miss that class every single week. The idea of blending smokey eyes, foundation and so many layers of make-up just went way over my head.

Things changed when I attended a wedding the same year and thought that I should definitely use my make-up skills and try something new. After spending three hours on my dresser, multiple tries and 30 minutes of vigorous blending, I finally felt my look was complete. That is the day I realized that make-up is something I just LOVE and nailing the smokey eye look became my biggest make-up dream.

It took about 10-15 attempts to get my smokey eye just right. From blending it right to ensuring the gel liner doesn’t dry out, trust me, the struggles are real. Soon enough, I became pretty good at it and now I can pull off a smokey eye look within 30 minutes. Then came next level.

I recently had to get ready for a work party and wasn’t carrying my make-up brushes. The only makeup products I had in my kit was my eyeshadow palette, kajal, and a brown eye pencil. I attempted to create a full smokey eye in black without using make-up brushes and guess what…it worked!

So here’s how you can go about doing the smokey eye look without brushes.

Step 1

Dab a little bit of cream concealer over your eyelids. Then, apply a light colour eyeshadow (white or cream shade) to ease the blending of the visible line.

Step 2

With the help of your fingertips, sweep some dark brown eyeshadow on your eyelids. While blending, feel free to extend it a bit towards the outer corner of your eyes. Blend softly with your fingertips in circular motions till no lines are visible. Now, use a light brown eyeshadow on your crease line. Blend it in with the help of your fingertips to give a gradation effect.

Tip: Between all steps, wash your hands to ensure the eyeshadow colors don’t get mixed.

Step 3

For this step, using an eyeliner with an attached blender saves a lot of time. Apply a line of black eyeliner close to your lash line. Blend it upwards with the help of the sponge blender. Ensure you blend only in one direction.

Step 4

Using the brown eye pencil, blend the black eyeliner as well as the brown eyeshadow to create a gradation.

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Step 5

Apply black kohl to your water line and a brown pencil beneath to create the smokey effect even underneath.

Step 6

Take a light colour eyeshadow (preferably white, gold or silver) and apply it on the inner corner of your eyes. This will help to make the eyes look bigger!