Smokey Eyes: Amy Winehouse
Taking the classic Sixties feline flick and super-sizing it to a cartoon-like tick, Amy trailblazed a new smokey…
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Smokey Eyes: Cleopatra
Our expert video guide to recreate the look
The earliest record of make-up comes from the age of Cleopatra VII of Egypt (69-30 BC) who was immortalised in film by Elizabeth Taylor in 1963. It’s believed she didn’t go anywhere without her trademark, intricately lined eyes, and like many Egyptians believed the more beautiful you were, the closer you were to the gods. MAC senior artist Caroline Donnelly shows us how to get the look.
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Smokey Eyes: Twiggy
The soft, smudged lines of the Fifties were replaced with a more angular approach to the smokey eye. Eyes were…
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Smokey Eyes: Theda Bara
Bara was Hollywood’s first vixen. Her darkly rimmed eyes stood out from her porcelain skin and dominated over…
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