Walk the Line, Two Jaw-Dropping Smoky Eyes You Can Do at Home

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Use a smudger brush or a small angled brush to apply gel eyeliner, such as MAC Fluidline, to the lower lashline. Extend the eyeliner out past the corner of your eye, flicking upward.

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Blend your eyeliner out as much as you'd like, creating a soft blurred effect. You can also use a pencil brush to apply additional gel liner in between all your lower lashes.

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Using either your shader brush or the pencil brush, line your upper lashline, stopping before you get to the inner corner of your eye. "Again, no one cares if it's messy."

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Let your gel liner sit for a bit so it has time to dry, then use the pencil brush to blend the liner out. Now you can blend the liner from your upper lashline down into the inner corner of your eye.

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Apply brown eyeshadow to the entire eyelid, using a fluffy brush to blend up just above the crease. "If you're doubting your makeup skills at this point, you're doing it right," says Ravndahl, who explains the rocker smoky eye basically looks like a mess until you get to the final product.

Smoky eye makeup is a standard look for a night out, a special occasion, or hey, just because you're feeling sexy. However there's a fine line between a masterfully smudged and blurred smoky eye and an eye makeup look that's simply a mess.

Angela Grigoryan and Samantha Ravndahl, the beauty bloggers and freelance makeup artists behind Bat a Lash Beauty, break down two smoky eye looks step-by-step so you can get it just right. After you've mastered the basic smoky eye, move on the a whole other level -- the rocker smoky eye. You'll be a pro in no time.

Two Jaw-Dropping Smoky Eyes You Can Do at Home

Intimidated by eye makeup? Try this foolproof tutorial for sexy, smoky eyes

Walk the Line

Smoke & Smudge

Mess It Up

Blend, Blend, Blend

Color In

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