Tips for sexy eyes that can’t be beat

From smoky to doe eyed, we’ve assembled a few easy-to-follow tips for sexy eyes that can make even an amateur look like a pro. Whether you’re going on a first date, to the office, or even a ballgame, now you can look your best under any circumstances, no matter the look you’re trying to achieve.

Smoky Eyes

Smoky eyes are best suited for a sultry nighttime look. A word of caution, though: if you have small eyes, you can get buried in this look, and the end result is less than stellar. To start, choose a color palette with three or four varying shades of browns and taupes or golds to work with. Next, dab a bit of foundation onto each lid to set a base to work with. Using the tip of a moistened makeup brush or Q-tip, draw a line of the darkest color across your upper and lower lashes as if you were applying eyeliner. Now look up and blink while it’s still moist. This creates a line on your upper lid to use as a guide for your next color. Brushing from the outer edge in, fill in this space with the medium shade in your palette. Then, stroke on a light coat of your next palest shade above the crease and onto the brow bone.

You’re Almost There

If you have a final shade of highlighter in the palette, sweep the color lightly around the corners of your eyes paying special attention to the outer corners just below the eye with an inward sweeping motion stopping about mid pupil. Now, using your darkest color again or a kohl smudge stick, retrace the eyeliner and carefully smudge with your fingertip or Q-tip. Finally, for super sexy eyes, curl lashes and apply your darkest black mascara to upper and lower lashes, and viola!

Cat Eyes

Cat eyes are back with a vengeance over the last few years, thanks in no small part to songstresses Amy Winehouse and Beyonce. To get these sexy eyes, once again start by dabbing on a small amount of foundation from the edges of your upper lashes to just beneath your brow bone and below your lower lashes. This helps with smudging for a cleaner, crisper look that lasts longer. Now gently place your fingertip on your upper lid and lift, exposing the inner rim just below the lashes, and apply a few coats of waterproof black liner. Repeat the process for the lower lid. Next, line the top of your upper lashes starting from the inside out and drawing up in a slight sweeping motion as you reach the end of the lid. You can make the tail as long or as short as you like. Apply mascara, and you’re set.

Doe Eyes

For these sexy eyes, start with foundation as well. Using your tri-color palette again, brush a small amount of shimmery highlighter on either side of the bridge of your nose just outside the inner corners of your eyes. Next, take your fingertip and pat a dot about the size of a dime on the center of your upper lid just below the crease. Using a medium to light shade, brush a light coat towards the highlighted center starting from the outer corners of the eye feathering in. Now, take a peach or burnished brown pencil liner and sweep across the inner rim of the lower lid corner to corner and then from the outer corner of the upper lid about a half inch in, remaining very close to the upper lash line. Finish with mascara, and you’re done.