MakeupbyDeb: Smokey Eye attempt

So I was at my house and my bff Lorena came over. We're talking about all sorts of things, and she mentioned how I should teach her how to do the Kim Kardashian Smokey Eye Look. I told her I had tried about 4 times before and could never get it right. I for some reason don't like wearing straight out BLACK, I just think it looks too much on me, unless applied the right away. Since I rarely use any black, I don't really know how to play around with it. So, I started putting makeup on and trying to look like KK, in the end I thought it looked like it a little bit. I mean, it was only an inspired look!! I didn't put as much black or as dark because I can't yet! But this is how the look turned out! What you think??

***TIPS***

- When working with a black shade, make sure to use the right brush. If your're gonna use the black eye shadow to deepen your eyes, use an eye crease brush. With the shorter hair, has almost an angle towards the tip... This is one of the most common eye crease brush. If you don't have one, you should invest!

-If you are using a mineral color. I use the MK eye shadow COAL, all the makeup is mineral. When you pat your brush into the black shadow, don't automatically apply in your crease. THIS IS IMPORTANT: Tap your brush so the excess of the shadow falls from the brush. Black is such a hard color to work with when you don't know all these little tricks already. So start with less color, if you need more then add to it.

**Tip for smoking eye: Don't add the black shadow above your crease. After you applied the black to your crease, get a smokey brush and start smoking the black up. The brush is a bit longer and has way more movement then the eye crease brush. If you put the black above your crease when it's time to smoke the look the black will end up all the way in your brow. We don't want that, silly!