The “vape” eye

AS SEEN AT ELIE SAAB, ARMANI, VERSUS VERSACE AND LA PERLA.

MUCH SOFTER THAN A SMOKY EYE, I’M TALKING SOFT POWDERS AND CREAMS

IN COOL GREY, NAVY, MINK AND LILAC, TO CREATE A SUBTLE SMOKY EYE THAT MORPHS THE TONE WITH YOUR EYE COLOUR WITHOUT DOMINATING. JUST LOVING Nars Dual Intensity Eyeshadow in Titania, £21, WHICH GIVES A BEAUTIFUL WASH OF COLOUR YOU BUILD UP WITH A BRUSH TO SHAPE

AND DEFINE THE SOCKET. TAKE A FIRM BUT SWEEPING EYESHADOW BRUSH SUCH AS Real Techniques PowderBleu, from £14, AND WASH IT ALL AROUND THE SOCKET AND CLOSE TO THE LASHES. FOLLOW

WITH A BRUSH OF COLOUR ALL UNDER

THE BOTTOM LASHES AND INTO THE

CORNERS FOR A SMOULDERING SHAPE.

PRO TIPS FOR A SOFTER SMOKE

BEST EVER EYE MAKE-UP TIP

“I ALWAYS DO EYES FIRST TO AVOID HAVING TO CLEAN UP ANY FOUNDATION AFTERWARDS AND

REAPPLY,” SAYS MAKE-UP ARTIST FRANCES PRESCOTT, FOUNDER OF TRI-BALM, WHO CREATED THE LOOKS HERE. “IT’S A BETTER WAY TO MOP UP ANY DROP-DOWN SHADOW SO YOU GET A GORGEOUS PERFECT CLEAN BASE.” GREAT BASES COVERING ENOUGH TO DOUBLE UP AS A CONCEALER ARE Hourglass Vanish Seamless Finish Foundation Stick, £42, AND THE FAB IT Cosmetics CC Full Coverage SPF50, £35, AMAZING AT MAKING SKIN LOOK FLAWLESS YET TRULY COVERS REDNESS, INCLUDING ROSACEA.

FRANCES SAYS:

“START USING A PRIMER FOR YOUR EYES TO STOP EYESHADOW FROM CREASING AND HELP TO FIX IT. ONE OF MY FAVOURITES IS Benefit Stay Don’t Stray, £22, OR DOT FOUNDATION WITH A LITTLE POWDER TO GIVE A SMOOTH BASE. BEST POWDER FOR THE JOB? THE NEW Victoria Beckham Estée Lauder Skin Perfecting Powder, £62 – OF WHICH VB HERSELF SAYS,

“I’VE SEARCHED FOREVER FOR THE PERFECT POWDER AND SO I’M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. YOU CAN USE IT THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITHOUT IT FEELING CAKEY.”

BLENDING IS KEY, BUT DON’T WORRY ABOUT EYES BEING TOO PERFECT. A SMUDGY “SLEPT IN” LOOK IS SEXY AND SMOULDERING. THE TRICK IS TO KEEP YOUR BASE IMMACULATE, THEN YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH IT NOT BEING TOO PERFECT.

KEEP IT EASY. THERE ARE LOTS OF FAB CHUNKY, SMOKY EYE PENCILS OUT THERE. “SMUDGE ONE OVER THE ENTIRE LID TO CREATE A GREAT EFFECT,” SAYS FRANCES. “BLEND FROM THE LASHLINE OUT, BUT DON’T TAKE COLOUR RIGHT UP TO THE BROW.” FAVOURITE CRAYONS INCLUDE Nars Velvet Shadow Stick in Corfu FOR A FABULOUS ANY-TIME-OF-THE-DAY SHAPING

SHADOW, OR Dark Angel, A SEXY,

BURNT, DEEP BROWN THAT’S GREAT

WORN RIGHT INTO THE LASHES AT

THE OUTER CORNERS AND INTO

CONTOURS: £21 each.

QUICK TRICK: DON’T

FORGET YOUR LOWER

LASHES… THEY’RE THE “NEW

UPPER LASH”, GIVING A MODERN EDGE TO YOUR MAKE-UP. I WOULD ONLY

USE A “TUBING” MASCARA HERE, AS THEY’RE LESS PRONE TO SMUDGING. TRY Kanebo Sensai 38ºC Mascara, £22, BECAUSE IT SERIOUSLY ONLY COMES OFF IN HOT WATER.

LET YOUR EYE SHAPE PLAY A PART IF YOUR EYES ARE CLOSE TOGETHER, KEEP THE SHADE AWAY FROM INNER CORNERS. SMUDGE TOWARDS OUTER CORNERS TO EVEN THINGS UP AND DOT A LITTLE HIGHLIGHTER IN INNER CORNERS AND ON THE BROW BONE, SMOOTHING TO EDGES OF THE BROW.

IF YOUR EYES ARE DEEPER SET, DON’T PLAY UP WITH TOO DARK A SHADOW IN

THE CREASE. USE DARKER SHADOWS TOWARDS EDGES AND UNDERNEATH, AND

KEEP A SMUDGE LINE

CLOSE TO LASHES. AND USE LOTS OF MASCARA.

IF YOUR EYES TURN DOWNWARDS SLIGHTLY, BLEND SHADOW UPWARDS BEFORE

YOU GET TO THE OUTER EDGES AND LINE THE INNER WATERLINE ONLY WITH KOHL, NOT THE INNER UPPER LID. >>

always do eyes first to avoid cleaning up after