The eagle has landed, ladies! I’m back at home in Cali, eating chips for dinner and chatting with Tabs (he says hi, BTW).
I just saw myself in the mirror, and I look a fright! — kinda like how I used to look back when I was first trying to do smokey eyes.
That reminds me of something MAC VP of Makeup Artistry Gordon Espinet told me about MAC Smolder Eye Kohl. He described a way to use it to create a really easy smokey eye.
Smolder’s a creamy black (one of my favorite smokey eye products), perfect for classic black versions of the look or goofy twists like this Halloween one here.
As part of MAC’s permanent line, it’s been easy to find for a while, but they decided to re-promote it with Style Black.
Hmm… Feels like time for a giveaway!
The prize
One lucky lady will receive a tube of MAC Eye Kohl in Smolder from the Style Black Collection (a $14.50 value).
How to enter…
Entering is easy. There are two different ways, and you can do both of them for two chances to win.
First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post. In it, tell me how you’d wear (or have worn) Smolder.
I like to layer it beneath MAC Club, a duo-chrome (changes colors in the light) powder shadow, for a blueish green smokey eye.
Second, enter by following me on Twitter and retweeting (RT) the following message:
RT @karenmbb: RT to MAC Smolder Eye Kohl http://bit.ly/3zEALg
Recap…
- Enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, and don’t forget to use a valid email address so I can reach you if you win.
- Follow me on Twitter and retweet the following message:
RT @karenmbb: RT to MAC Smolder Eye Kohl http://bit.ly/3zEALg
I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59 p.m. PST on Sunday, October 17.
Buena Suerte!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
on it own. its enough i guess
I have never used smolder! So I would love to try it! 🙂
I’d love to try it also! I’d do a smokey or keep it simple- cat eye 🙂
Make a thick line on your upper eye and buff it out with a dark color for a super-blended look!
tightline (right under my top lashes) and some taupe eyeshadow all over the lid with some black in the crease! liner makes my eyes so much bigger!
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I’ll wear smolder with a nice smokey eye cause this eye kohl is so easy to smudge! 🙂 it’s great to rim the eyes & create that deep sultry look
As a regular liner (oh heyyyyy winged liner!) but I’d totally wear it as a base under the gorgeous Style Black shadows 🙂
I’d wear it smudged under my lower lash line, or maybe tight line and water line only 🙂
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I just smudge it along my lash line for a “smolder” effect with tons of mascara and a neutral shadow.
I’d apply Smolder really heavily & smudge it really well for a sexy look along w/ smoky silver & black, glittery eyes & nude lips. 🙂
Thanks for doin another great giveaway Ms. Karen! I love your blog! ♥
smudgey with purple shadow ; )
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Layer black eyeshadow on top of it!
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I’d wear Smolder with lilac eye shadow and maybe a hint of earthy, gold-flecked tones.
paired with humid! olala!
Hmm, either a dark smokey eye, or just smudge it along the lash line + a light eyeshadow swiped across the eyelid for a more casual look
I would definitely smudge it around my lash line for an imperfect and smokey look.
I would wear smolder by using it as a base first and smoke it out with a layer of push the edge pigment. then i would use it again to line my upper and lower lash line and set it with carbon.
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I would put a thick-ish line on my lid and smudge it out with a black eyeshadow and a 219 brush, then lot’s of mascara.
I’ve used Smolder quite a few times to finish off a smokey eye. My go-to smokey eye is using Blanc Type for a highlighter, Satin Taupe all over the lid and blended up above crease, then Carbon in the crease. Add some Smolder on both upper & lower lashes. Then a bit of Platinum piggy at the tearduct and the inner third of lower lashline.
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I would wear Smolder by lining my eyes and smudging it out.
i like it smudged in the upper and lower lash line with freshwater for a smokey blue eye
really thick line and smudge it out. i like to do that with most black liner
I’ve just started being a wee bit more daring with makeup, so I’d use it to cut the crease and put a pop of colour on my lid. How does that sound?
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I’d use it to do an extreme catliner with amberlights on the lid and on the inner corner. I think the intense black would offset the goldish-bronzy colour ^^
Wow you got home quickly! I’m glad you had a safe flight home. I love the feeling of just arriving back at home knowing my bed (along with a gooood nights sleep) is waiting for me.. 🙂 Yessss..
Ah, yes & also I love *Smolder*. I find myself using it quite often for both casual & nighttime looks. I have brown eyes so black isn’t too dramatic on me, anyway. I usually put it on the outter corners of my top/bottom waterline to kinda draw more attention to my eyes. Ha! You really love that Club es dontcha 🙂
ohmygodddd i was just thinking about how what i need is a good black pencil eyeliner. you read my mind!!!!!! i live in cali now, it’s beautiful here, i see why you love it karen!
I would love to try some smokey eye looks with Smolder. Maybe with gray shadows.
I would try it with my Danger Zone mes trio! would make a great fierce eye 🙂
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I have never used it, but i would love to use it making smokey eyes. And i think it’s perfect to use it on the waterline
I’ve never used it, but I’d love to do a simple smokey eye.
With that liner and matte red lips, I would create a sleek sharp look that would stop any cool cat (Tabs, you think?) in its tracks!
it would be a basis of a smokey-silvery bold make up!
I’ve never used it so I would love to try it. And I would make smokey eye with nude lips.
Thanks for the chance.
I would wear it just on the waterline or as a base with beauty mark on the lid and smoke out with a brown shadow.
I’d wear it with some a blue-grey shadow and lots of black mascara!
i’d use it at my water line and upper lash line and smudge a delicious dark purplish grey over it for a real sexy smokey look!!
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I’d love to try this with a sexy purple, smoky eye. 🙂
I would layer a dark blue over it and make it a smokey eye!
I would try it on my lower lash line with glitter liner over the top.
I would just love a creamy liner that wont tug on my eye.
I would use it with a Grey shade for a futuristic kind of look! 🙂
Id love to try it with a charcoal grey chanel shadow i just bought
I would line and smudge out, use a neutral eye shadow colour like style snob and hot red lipstick!
Im gonna wear it on my tightline, under my upper lashes and also on my waterline with honey lush on the lids as well as under the lash lines… on the crease, I will deepen it up with dark chocolate eye shadow.
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I would love to use it with a smokey eye. And to line it also on my upper lash line without the smokey eye and even the waterline
I am so bad at using eyeliner. It would be great to practice with this one!
sexy, dramatic smudgey lined eyes!! i LOVE kohl liners
or i’d layer it underneath blackware glimmerglass
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I’d layer it under shimmery black shadow for “rock star eyes.”
I’d do a smokey base with eyeshadow, then line the lashline (up and down) thick and smudge the side of the line ^.^
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i’ve never been able to do a successful smokey eye. Not with any black atleast but i LOVE the look of smokey eyes. You make this product sound so easy to use i want to try!
i don’t have twitter 🙁 are my chances lowered?
I’d probably wear it with my fave silver eyeshadow. 🙂
I’d wear it with Stila’s smudge pot in Kitten, since the taupey tanny color seems neutral, and line my eyes with Smolder. Sexy sexy!
i WILL wear smolder on my top and bottom lid smudge it out and put on some eyeshadow and call it a day 🙂
Lately I’ve been liking a simpler makeup look after wearing minimal makeup for a few months. I think I would just wear it with some shimmery pink shadow and smudged out a little on the top lid to reduce droopiness.
I’d draw a thick line near my lashes and then i’d take a shader brush and smoke it out.
I’d use smolder as a base for dramatic looks, or of course as eyeliner for a softer smokey eye 😀
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I love smokey eyes and don’t really have a good tool to do it with. This might be the trick!!
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Hey Karen,
I was wondering if you could show us what it looks like when you use this kohl eye pencil and how to apply it. I have the Givenchy Magic Kajal which is very similar to this MAC product. It’s really glossy, and extremely black which I love. The only prob is that it smudges like crazy when I put it on my water line!
Thanks girl!
I would used it on my bottom lashline and line my inner corners with a gold liner. Then I would make a smoky eye with purple eye shadow 🙂
i would probably use it as an everyday liner. I love black eyeliner! I wear it everyday.
I just simply smudge it into my upper lash line to make my lashes look fuller.
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I’d wear it as a black base (like the Greasepaint Sticks) for metallic or duochrome eyeshadows.
I would wear it with satin taupe on the lid and black tied on the crease and smolder ontop and bottom of my eye and smudge it with the brush to create a smokey affect!
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I never used smolder eyeliner but I have used engraved eye liner, if i get the chance to use smolder i would use it as a basic black eyeliner for the upper eyelid and waterline
I’d go balls to the wall (so to speak…) and do the grungy, just-rolled-out-of-bed-for-some-cereal-and-heroin rockstar smoky eye.
I’ve never been able to pull off a smokey eye, so I’d use it as a lucky charm to finally help me get that look! 🙂
I’d try to do a dark purple smokey eye. Another great combo for Halloween!
I’d wear it with a dark purpleeyeshadow and make it really smokey and lashings and lashings of mascara! 🙂
I’d smoke it out 🙂
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I’m really looking forward to a good smokey eye! with a little beige/tan eyeshadow and mascara!
I would line my upper lashes and smudge it out!
I’ve never used it, but I think lining my upper lid and smudging it out will go well with a purple smokey eye 🙂
definitely with a purple or brown smokey eye. Oooh i hope i win 🙂
I would wear it as an eyeliner or part of a smoky eye look.
Never used it, but would love to try! Seems like it would look gorgeous used with any smudgy or smokey look.
oh–this is perfect to line the top of my lids with!
Definitely for a nice dark smokey eye!
I love smolder! I would love to win one to replace the one that’s almost gone in my stash. How I use it: I tightline the upper lash line, line my lower water line, and then line the top lids and wing it out a little for a smokey cat eye. Then I take a pointy tip q-tip and lightly smudge the upper and lower lashlines. I use this look with any color eyeshadow to make a smokier eye.
Oooh smoldering 😉 I’d like to use Smolder to line the lower water line, use it to tight line the top, then create a cat eye using Smolder and Blacktrack. Then sweep Silver Ring shadow, and Knight Divine shadow to make a smokey eye effect, then add some pretty false lashes.
i want to try wearing this in a way similar to the halloween tutorial.. except maybe not as extreme haha
I’ve never used it but it’s been on my wishlist for a long time now. I tried to buy it on two different occasions but it was sold out both times!
i’d wear it with mostly all my eye looks since black eyeliner is always a must!
I just want to wear it
i’d wear it with a smokey eye 🙂 how pretty!
I’d do a neutral smokey daytime look with satin taupe on the lid/crease, shu’s painting liner on the upper lash line, and line the waterline with smolder.
i have never used it…BUT i would use it with my new tarte eye couture eyeshadow palette and create a nice purple smokey eye!!
I´d wear Smolder on my lashlines and waterline with a brown smoky eye
I would smudge this over my top and bottom lash lines, and put on lots of masacara for an easy, smokey eye.
I have never used smolder but if I did win I would try it with club or black tied to give some sparkle or maybe a purple glitter (depending on where I’m headed)
I would line it thickly and smudged out on both upper and lower lash lines and use Smoke and Diamonds all over lid. To finish I would wear lots of black mascara and a pair of faux lashes.
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I’d wear it on the upper and lower lash line for a dramatic purple-black smokey eye look.
I would wear it with my kat von d gypsy palette because that’s what i’ve been wearing EVERYTHING with for the last month!
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I would use smolder with my new pigments. smoky eye with dark soul! 🙂 rarrr!!
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Have never tried it but i would probably wear it by itself-just the inner rims. And with peach cheeks
I would use this with urban decays midnight cowboy for a shimmery night time smokey eye!
I’ve worn Smolder as a base for metallic shadows or just by lining my lash & water lines & smudging it for a quick smokey eye look. Definitely a good all purpose liner!
I love eyeliner so I’ll line both my top and bottom lids with lots and lots of smolder eyeliner 🙂 and maybe smudge it with Carbon shadow for a smokey effect.
I’d wear it alone, winged out.
i used to wear smolder along my waterline and i liked it other than the fact that it would smudgelike crazy. but then the pixiwoo girls use it a lot in there videos so i wouldnt mind giving it another whirl.
I would use it just to line the the top lash line and use it with a medium gray shadow for an elegant smokey eye.
I love Smolder. I use it everyday, tightline upper lid and put a little as a liner and smudge. It is so soft so it takes time to get a hang of it. If you are not used to using such a soft kohl bear with it, grows on you. Makes great base, you can do a mokey just with this pencil.
I’d try to do a smoky eye. Never been brave enough to try, I figure if I win, it’s a sign that I’m ready to finally do my first smoky eye.
I would wear this with sparkly eyeshadow and red red lips!
I hope theres nothing wrong with wearing it by itself for the people who are too lazy to do much in the morning XP
I love lining my eyes with it and putting a line of Blue Calm (I think? it’s a pro only e/s) down right on top. It is the prettiest tone of blue, I love it.
I usually wear it as eyeliner or as an eyeshadow by smudging it with a brush
I would line my eyes with it and make a heavy smokey eye so that I can look like a rock star!
I would line my upper lash line and attempt to wing it.
On its own, in a cat-eyed way. Or with BE’s meet the stones kit.
I think I’d use it for my waterline and tightline.
I’d smudge it to create a gorgeous smokey eye!
I’d use it as an eyeliner with MAC’s holiday smokey eye palette!
I’d wear it along my top lash lip, smudged nice ‘n’ good for a smokey kind of look.
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id wear it smudged on the upper & lower lash line for a smokey eye! even on the water line for an even more intense look.
I owuld love to try smolder! I would probably use it to line my lid and then smudge it.
I’d use it to create a smokey eye with a gold shadow
I’d use it in a think line with lots of mascara and pink cheeks and lips! Maybe a little sheer white shadow on the lid.
I would layer this with a silver shimmer eyeshadow
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I’d try smudging below my lash line for the first time ever and then would probably wipe it off. I wouldn’t know what to do with it if I didn’t read your blog. I’d probably just line my lower inner eye with it. I’m a tad remedial.
I would use it to tightline my eyes, but I’ll make it thicker. Then some red lips for that Cleopatra look! 🙂
I’d use it to create a classic smoky eye look for nights out on the town! 😀
Oh Pick me!!!!! I love anything MAC
i’d wear it with hot pink eyeshadow!
Heavy on the upper lash line- smudged, with lots of mascara on the upper lashes only. and a nude lip
tightlining for sure!
smudged out on the bottom lash line osm for SMOKEY looks 🙂 love to have that in my collection again stila kajal took over lol
I don’t own Smolder, but I would wear it on its own for day, and then underneath a light shimmery shadow like All That Glitters for night, for a more wearable smokey eye.
ooh i have had this eye kohl in the past but sadly misplaced it 🙁 its creamy, amazing application is great for smudging for a smokey eye (only on my upper lashline) and i love how the black lip glasses were used with it on the eyes in the style black collection. that would create a really dramatic night look which i would loooove 🙂
i would wear it with a yellow eyeshadow
I’d wear it for my Christmas party look (with Young Punk).
I`d wear it with my too faced shooting star eye shadow to create a perfect ‘smokey eyes’ look 😉
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Please enter me in your giveaway. I’ve never used Smolder. I’d definitely like to own it. I’ll probably use it at first as an eyeliner. Wing out the ends also. Thank you.
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I would use it at my top lash line for a smudgy cat eye effect… I’d like to try it with my new eye primer by Guerlain that I just bought this weekend!
Ohhh, I’ve been hankering for a new eye liner! I dont know why I bought one with subtle glitter, and that just makes it harder for me to get it on smoothly…
I can’t believe I forgot to include how I would use it…
I’ve been wearing just eye liner and mascara for my eyes and so I’d probably do that. Or add MAC Painterly underneath it, to help it stand out. Or the Stila in Kitten frmo your post earlier today.
Smudged with gray and purple shadows.
i LOVE this so much that I already have 2. I wear on its own on my waterline and tight line. Sometimes with a cat eye.
oooooh I hope I win
I would use it to shadow around a white eyeliner for a dramatic night look !!!!
I haven’t particularly gotten a chance to try this product though but I imagine it would be nice for this idea.
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I’d smoke it out and use very subtle blush and lipgloss
I haven’t tried MAC eyeliners yet, but I love their eyeshadows and lipstick, so I’m sure this would quickly become my new favorite!!
I’d love to try a smoky smudged look with it for evening. Purple and gray eyeshadow from MAC of course!
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on my waterline
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When I read this post, I had so many instant ideas about how I could use this to list them all! Suffice to say, I’d love to have this to go along with my MAC Plush Lash mascara, which I LOVE!
i would use this with dark purple eyeshadow and a hint of lavender around the corners
I love it under Club eyeshadow to create a “fly-green” colour. And I also use it in the waterline for every single look I create.
I love smolder with either a deep purple or deep gray eye shadow.
I dont usually buy pencil liners but i hear these are really good! I can really see them with the sweet mineralize shadows from style black. YEAH!
I would wear smolder with neutral eye shadows to make it really pop.
smudgy with silver and maybe a little violet in there
I would definilty use it in a smokey eye, I think it would be a great addition to my makeup kit.