get smoky

 You can choose any shade and if you apply it smoky it will give you the effect you are looking for. With this application technique, you will be able to create a sexy, smoky eye. Even though this is definitely a dramatic look, you control just how dramatic it is by choosing how dark your eyeshadow shades will be. You can use lighter shades and create a subtle effect, or choose darker shades for maximum drama.

1. Highlight shade: Apply to browbone only.
2. Midtone shade: Start at the base of your upper lashline and bring the color up and over your entire lid– all the way up to your browbone. Also brush it along the lower lashline: this will help to create definition and create more of a blend when you apply your accent shade.
3. Accent shade: Again, start at the base of your lashline and layer the color over your midtone all the way across your lid and up into the crease. Now sweep the contour color underneath the lower lashline as well. You’ll create a light-to-dark effect with the three eyeshadows, with the darkest shade applied closest to the lashline and fading as you go toward the brow.
4. With this look, make sure you line your entire eye all along the top and bottom lashline. Using a flat wide brush lay eyeshadow on top of your liner, then pull up with the brush, to blend the color and add intensity to the lashline. 

With the smoky eye look, of course your eyes are the absolute focus. If you choose deep, rich eyeshadow colors, make sure you wear a very soft, subtle lip color. You never want both your eyes and lips to be dark at the same time! Your lips should be as subtle as possible; close to nude would be best. It would look fantastic if you chose just to wear a really soft, beautiful lip gloss with this look.

get cheeky

            A fresh youthful glow, in my opinion is always in. This season you saw a beautiful flushed cheek on so many runways. To create this look it is not just about wearing blush, it is about how you apply it. You are trying to create a soft flush of color, a glow. For just a soft flush of color, you can try a technique called "popping your apples."

1. First, apply bronzer to your cheekbones. Make sure you have a nice fluffy full bronzer brush; this will help with your blending and give you the most natural application. Always apply your bronzer beginning at the back of your cheekbone and sweep it forward toward the apple of your cheek, then take the brush back towards your ear. This lays your color in place.
2. Now take you brush and use it in the opposite direction (up and down) to blend. Be sure and blend well or it will not look natural.
3. Then take a light, sheer, colorful blush (making sure it is not too dark). Smile and apply your blush color on the apple of your cheek blending back toward the area that you bronzed. This gives the apples of your cheeks a beautiful glow, because that is where you get the concentration of your color. Again, you’ll want to use a sheer shade of blush for this technique. A dark or intense cheek color can be too harsh and unnatural-looking when applied this way.

get dramatic

            For a standout look at me wow, bold liner was on a number of runways. I know most think that professionals can simply take liquid liner and just sweep it on to perfection, not exactly true. There is a simple full proof way to apply your liquid eyeliner.

1. Start by taking an eyeliner pencil and line the upper eyelid first to start your pattern (perfect line). Start at the inside corner of the eye and kick the liner upward at the outer corner. Make sure the line increases from thin to thick as you go toward the outer corner.
2. Next using a black shadow and an eyeliner brush go over your pencil and fine-tune it, making it the perfect shape.
3. Then follow the line with liquid eyeliner. By first creating the perfect pattern and then applying your liquid liner on top, if it is not perfect, no one will know, because you created the perfect shape first with your pencil and powder.

So professional or not you can certainly look like one.