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You will need:
1. Kohl pencil and mascara. We're using a Topshop Kohl, and Maybelline Great Lash.
2. Two eyeshadows: We're using the Soft Brown (top right) and Najm El Lail (bottom right) from the Rimal Dahabia quad by MAC.
When it comes to picking your eyeshadows, the choice is up to you. There is no one standard smokey eye, you can make it as dramatic, or a soft as you like. If it's your first time, it's hard to go wrong with a palette (like the Naked palette, or for a high street version, the Sleek Au Naturel pallette). If you don't want to invest in a palette, Revlon do a range of individually packaged shadows which you can click and slide to attach to each other.
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Roughly line your upper lash line with kohl, and blend using a brush.
You want your kohl line nice and strong, and very close to your lashes.
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Using the lighter of your two eyeshadow colours, bring it from the lashline to the top of the socket.
Aim for a kind of half-circle. This is your base. We'll be blending up to this, from the kohl through the dark eyeshadow colour.
(We're using a matt colour here, but you can experiment!)
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