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Despite the red-carpet tradition of pairing a smoky eye with a bold red lip, many of us around these parts tend to lean towards one or the other. The red-lip girls like just a little mascara, and the smoky-eye girls prefer a nude lip. But, now that awards season is upon us, we're feeling inspired to turn the volume up on our faces. After all, if the stars can pull it off, so can we, right? Celebrities: They're just like us (only with invisible pores).
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00:09I love my red lip look and I'm hoping James can show me how to wear with a smoky eye.
00:13So you always wear a gorgeous red lip and finding a perfect eye to pair with it can be a
00:19little daunting.
00:21What I would love to do is show you a simple smoky.
00:23Something you can do in a few steps that will give you great balance for the beautiful red lip.
00:27And I'm going to start using all pencils to create this eye.
00:32And I'm starting with a soft charcoal.
00:34You can blend this with your finger or you can blend it with a brush, however you feel comfortable.
00:38But the trick is to hold it like a pencil and then I'm just going to smudge it along the
00:42top and bottom lash line.
00:45Next step, we're going in with a black pencil.
00:48Now I love a deep black water line with a smoky eye and with your beautiful eyes that's really going
00:54to work.
00:54So again, hold it like a pencil, use the whole tip, just look right up, blink if you need to.
01:00So step three, again we're keeping it really simple with pencils.
01:03And this one is a beautiful metallic shade.
01:06I love that with your eye color.
01:08I'm going to keep it really subtle.
01:09And we're going to bring that just on the eye from crease to lash.
01:12You can go in with your finger or with a brush and just sheer that down.
01:18And that little touch of metallic is going to open up the eye and give you a really easy, beautiful
01:25smoke.
01:26So the last step is mascara.
01:28And you've got beautiful lashes.
01:30Because we're keeping it smoky, I'm going to go with black.
01:32And this mascara has both lengthening and thickening properties.
01:36But the trick with the smoky eye, keep it really close to the roof.
01:39And we're not putting any mascara at all on the bottom.
01:42We're really focusing on the top.
01:44I'm going to do the other eye and even you out and then I'm going to let you take a
01:48look.
01:48How does that sound?
01:49Okay, I'm excited.
01:50I'm a little scared.
01:55I love it.
01:56Now, I know you're scared of smoky, but I feel like this is something that pairs perfectly whether you're wearing
02:02a bold red or no lip at all.
02:04Thank you so much.
02:05Thank you so much.
02:06I appreciate it.

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