The elegant way to achieve a smoky eye today is to make it look like you were going for “robot facepaint” but accidentally had sex on the way. Instead of the intense charcoal you’re used to, this summer’s catwalks saw eyes smudged with gold, khaki and bronze. Warm and glittering, the metallic smoky eye is more gentle, less obviously seductive but no less dramatic than your old messy kohl. Go for the Hourglass Modernist Eye Shadow Palette (£56, net-a-porter.com) with a clean ring finger, then sweep the darker shade into the crease of your lid, with a swoosh of Bobbi Brown’s Copper Cream Shadow Stick (£21, bobbibrown.co.uk) instead of eyeliner. Smoking.
Alternatively
Illamasqua Pure Pigment £17, illamasqua.com Korres Volcanic Minerals Long Lasting Eyeliner £9, lloydspharmacy.com Revlon ColourStay ShadowLinks £2.99, boots.com Tom Ford Nude Dip Eye Colour Quad £64, houseoffraser.co.uk
