I was browsing beauty blogs today and came across Cosmetic-Candy.  The blog itself is so cute, and like PJ of A Touch of Blusher, Cosmetic-Candy hails from the UK, and has lots of knowledge when it comes to Asian makeup brands.

She has a category on Taiwan Cosmetics, which I'm uber curious about since when you think Taiwan and cosmetics, you'd usually think of Japanese brands at a lower price due to the NT being weaker than then Yen.  I clicked and came across this post, which featured a youtube video with a guy talking about MUGU, a Taiwanese brand.

I'll get to MUGU later, since I'm still looking at their website.  It's all in Chinese, which I er, sadly, can't read, despite er, being born in Taiwan and even taking a whole year of Chinese for Native Speakers at UCLA (got As too, woot!), so it's going to take some time.

Anyhow... I came across this video on creating a well blended smoky eye that properly accentuates your eyes, without the black being too harsh.  Smoky eyes is a tad tricky on Asian eyes, since the technique is really really different.  Most Asians just have different eye shapes than non-Asians, so the idea of applying the darkest color on the crease, then blending it up/down and what not doesn't really work.  So this video really helps.

The guy basically tells you to apply black pencil liner on top of your lash line, then gently blend it upwards.  Then blend the whole lid area with a dark metallic color.  Do the same for the bottom lash line.  Highlight the inner corner of your eye with a nude or pink shimmery shade, rather than white since white looks too harsh against the black, then finish the entire look with false lashes.  This draws attention to your eyes, instead of making it look heavy and dark like how the girl looked previously.  Hope you like this video!