5 Must Have Eye Shadow Palettes For A Smokey Eye To Die For
It’s 4:45pm and already beginning to get dark outside. How do you handle this predicament of soul-sucking astronomical alignment? Really there are two options: succumb to the darkness and fall asleep right then and there, or turn up your eye makeup game and live like you’ve never lived before. Let’s choose the latter, everyone. Fall and winter are the perfect time of year to level up your eyeshadow routine and stay feeling empowered and strong through the darkness and cold. The smoky eye is your secret power source that will enable you to conquer all. With the modern miracle of pre-composed smoky eye palettes, you can get this ultra-strong look with a most basic understanding of eye anatomy and without looking like Ozzy Osbourne post very windy flight out of hell. Brushes at the ready:
1. Sephora Collection Mixology Eyeshadow Palette
This smart palette by Sephora takes the guesswork out of color combinations for six smoldering eyeshadow looks. A smoky eye can be unique, creative, and colorful, breaking the bounds of the typical dark brown or black color scheme. These interpretative shades will keep your smoky eye looking fresh and interchangeable for days and days of play. Buy ($34)
2. Giorgio Armani Beauty Eyes To Kill Macro Color Eyeshadow
There is serious beauty in simplicity with this Giorgio Armani Beauty single eye-color compact. For the eternally classic all-black smoky eye, your palette is this: pure black. The high quality of the pigment ensures 24-hour waterproof wear to help out with those teary walks in winter winds. Add a swipe of clear gloss for the chicest smeary look you can imagine. Buy ($32)
3. Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette
This palette is the MVP of the nude and gray smoky eyes. Naked2’s range of color is gorgeously and harmoniously varied, and balances solid shades with a few shimmery tones to fit any mood or occasion. With an included wide mirror and cruelty-free, double-ended blending brush, the palette is the perfect purse companion for touch ups or on-the-go makeovers for you, all of your friends, and all of your new friends who couldn’t help but notice you are dominating wintertime. Buy ($54)
4. Tartlette Flirt Eyeshadow Palette
This gorgeous sextet evokes stunning earth colors like its Amazonian clay ingredient. The shadows are formulated for even, long-lasting wear and provide a lighter take on the smoky eye that is perfectly translatable for daytime. Cheeky color names like gaze, touch, and passion are printed on the palette as a subtle cue to your seductive powers. Buy ($23)
5. Anastasia Beverly Hills Prism Eyeshadow Palette
Not just for brows: Anastasia Beverly Hills created one of the most glorious palettes for eyes. Fourteen shades appear scattered from the cool mellow-yellow Sphere, to downright-reflective emerald Throne and hot brick-red Saturn, but really amount to the most genius consolidation of “everything you need”. This palette can be used to create a massive range of looks for the smoky eye and beyond (looking at you, Spring). Buy ($42)
