The return of an old favourite – Club Smoky Eyes. Lately, I’ve been drawn back to the old classics and my past favourites from MAC. I’m not sure why, but I have yet to be wow-ed by the new launches from many of the brands out there, may be because there were just so many products but with very little variations between brands. So, I decided to look back to what has worked in the past, and I found myself drawn to Club eyeshadow again.

Alright, so I went back to Club because I’ve a lot of people (clients, models, friends, family) who kept saying they can’t figure out how to create a nice smoky eyes without looking like they have a black eye, or that they felt smoky eyes are just simply too complicated.

I am here to let you know that this Club Smoky eyes makeup look is very simple. All you need is an eyeliner (or a black cream eyeshadow), Club eyeshadow from MAC and mascara. That’s it!

I also have a video tutorial on my instastory for this look if you’d like to check it out RIGHT HERE.

The Club eyeshadow is a duo-chrome – it looks brown AND green in certain lights or when you have a different coloured base placed under it. So if you’re just using a neutral primer/base, this eyeshadow looks brown. However, when you use a black base/primer, you’ll get this very gorgeous emerald-ish green instead. So in a way, you get a 2-in-1 colours! So in this case, you don’t need a separate “transition” or “crease” colour for this look at all.

Alright, let’s get to the tutorial so you can see what I’m talking about.

1. Optional: apply primer to prime your eyes, but if you don’t need it you can skip it.
2. Apply a black eyeliner all over the eyelid. Apply a thin layer to avoid it from creasing. I actually applied MUFE Aqua Black to make this eyeshadow last for the whole day. Also apply this on the lower lash line.
3. Apply Club eyeshadow all over your eyelid using an eyeshadow brush, all the way to your crease. If you have a hooded eye, you want to make sure this colour is applied slightly above the hooded part so the colour can be seen when your eyes are open and relaxed.
4. Apply the same colour on the lower lash line using the tip of the flat eyeshadow brush.
5. Optional: apply a silver metallic pigment on the inner corner of the eye to brighten up the look.
6. Use a clean blending brush to blend out the edge of the crease as well as to soften and feather out the edge of the lower lash line.
7. Apply eyeliner, tightliner and waterline with a black eyeliner.
8. Curl your lashes, apply mascara (and add falsies if you’d like) to finish up the look.

For my face, because the eyes are so bold and strong, I try to keep it light and fresh. I do added a bit of contour on my cheeks as well just to make this look a little bit more edgy and chiseled.

Product breakdown:

• Foundation – YSL All-in-One Glow foundation in B30
• Contour – MAC Sculpt powder
• Blush – Marc Jacobs Beauty Air Blush Soft Glow Duo no. 505
• Highlighter – Becca Champagne Pop
• Eyes:
  • Base –
  • Eyelid & lower lid – MAC Club Eyeshadow
  • Inner Corner – Pat Mcgrath Metamorphosis in Sterling
  • Eyeliner – L’oreal Voluminous Smoldering eyeliner
  • Mascara – Chanel Inimitable waterproof mascara
• Lips – MAC Mull It Over powderkiss lipstick