Create Perfect Smoky Eye Makeup on Single Eyelids


Updated 04/01/11 12:08 PM · Posted by BellaTV · 2 comments

How to Create Smoky Eye Makeup

Smoky eye makeup is a versatile look that works for day or night, but creating it isn't always so straightforward, especially if you have single eyelids. We asked celebrity makeup artist and Style Eyes author Taylor Chang-Babaian to show us how to compose a smoky eye that works with any eye shape, and she delivered with a layered look that has a pretty pop of color, too. So check out the video Read more

Tyra Banks's Gold-Flecked Smoky Eye: Love It or Leave It?


Updated 05/20/12 1:17 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Tyra Banks's Smoky Eye Makeup

Tyra Banks mixed multiple runway makeup trends for her look at the 2012 Moth Ball, featuring metallics, smoky eyes, and a bright lip shade. But it was the modeling maven's avant-garde eye makeup techniques that truly made an impression. A deep charcoal shadow extended to her brow bone and diffused outward for a winged shape, while gold dust accents along the lash lines picked up the bronze Read more

Mint-Tinted Shadows Are Having a Moment


Updated 05/24/12 5:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Green Eye Shadow Trend 2012

St. Patrick's Day has come and gone, but certain stars have been keeping the lucky streak alive with green-tinged shadow. Santigold and Nelly Furtado both opted for minty shades, the latter placing the pastel hue in her inner Vs, the former using the cool tone on her lids and creases. Kat Graham, however, went for a bolder, more vibrant take on the look, with a deep mint color on the lower areas Read more

Get Charlize Theron's Sexy, Smoky, Cat-Eye Makeup Look


Updated 05/15/12 2:17 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Charlize Theron's Smoky Cat-Eye

Charlize Theron was a vision in a black, ultrasheer Christian Dior Couture gown at yesterday's London premiere of Snow White and the Huntsman. And it was her deep, smoky charcoal eye makeup that brought her sexy ensemble to a whole other level. Bright emerald earrings kept it from skewing too goth, and a cat-eye makeup effect made it all the more sultry. Get tips for re-creating Charlize's Read more

What We're Sweet On: The Gloss That Looks Good on Everyone


Updated 05/21/12 10:53 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Review of Intelligent Nutrients Lip Gloss

Some lip glosses are so waxy, your lips feel as if they're suffocating, while others are so shiny, they practically blind the person standing next to you. Such is not the case with Intelligent Nutrients' Lip Delivery Antioxidant Gloss in Pink Hibiscus ($24). Free of synthetic waxes and oils (and fragrance and colorants), the subtly tinted gloss lends just a hint of sheen to the lips. And the Read more

How to Get a Soft, Smoky Eye


Updated 04/15/11 4:00 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Do a Soft, Smoky Eye

Smoky eyes are always a go-to, but sometimes they can feel a bit heavy during warmer weathered months. For a lighter take on the look, check out Lake Bell's version of a subtly smoky eye, which she recently wore to an event in New York. What makes her eye makeup so pretty is the fact that the shades used are within the same color family, but with different textures and varying intensities. Easily Read more

Get Chanel Iman's Chic Gray Smoky Eye and Neutral Lipstick


Updated 03/28/11 11:25 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Get Smoky Eyes and Neutral Lipstick Like Chanel Iman

Model Chanel Iman turned the drama way up for her appearance at the 2011 Juno Awards. Diffuse gray smoky eye makeup paired with rose gold neutral lipstick made for unexpected but pretty contrast, and the look had more pop than standard gray-black smoky eye and beige lipstick combinations. To get a palette similar to Chanel's, just check out the widget below. Shop Read more

The Secret to Getting the Fastest Smoky Eye Ever


Updated 05/03/12 3:15 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Easy Smoky Eye Makeup

For Lea Michele's makeup look at the recent Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' screening of Glee, celebrity makeup artist Melanie Inglessis was able to create a beautiful palette in minutes. "We had very little time to do this look, so I worked fast and with my favorite product to do a smoky eye: the fat kohl pencils," she explained. See the exact brand and shade used, along with tips for Read more

5 Tricks For Applying Eyeliner Right Every Time


Updated 05/17/12 2:54 PM · Posted by · 7 comments

How to Apply Eyeliner

We're pleased to present this tip-tastic post from celebrity makeup artist and founder of Mally Beauty, Mally Roncal. My BellaSugar beauties, you know what's hot? Perfectly defined peepers. What's most definitely not hot? Raccoon eyes. Nailing eyeliner is an art form — and of course, practice makes perfect. But don't think you have to spend hours in front of the mirror to get a flawless look. Read more