Color In, Two Jaw-Dropping Smoky Eyes You Can Do at Home

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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.

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After you've applied the brown eyeshadow (pictured is a matte brown shadow from the Coastal Scents 28 Neutral Palette), go over it with some black eyeshadow, blending just above the crease but just under where the brown was blended up to. Ravndahl uses MAC Eye Shadow in Carbon.

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Next, use your fluffy brush to blend all of the outer edges and to layer more brown eyeshadow for depth.

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MAC Haute & Naughty Lash mascara and NYX Lashes finish off the rocker smoky eye in a way that's way more glamorous than Taylor Momsen eyes, but with the same badass appeal.

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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

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