Beauty Hack: How to get the best smokey eye using a hashtag symbol

HELLO!'s beauty influencer Alex Light shows you how to use a hashtag to get the ultimate smokey eye…


Alex Light
Body Work Columnist
December 27, 2018

New Year’s Eve calls for the perfect smokey eye - so it’s about time we all mastered it. But what if you don’t have time to spend hours blending eyeshadow - what if you just want to get it done in less that 30 seconds? This is what you need to do - start #hashtagging.

VIDEO: Watch how to get the perfect smokey eye using an eyeliner and the hashtag symbol

Here's how to get the perfect smokey eye:

1. Use an eyeshadow stick or kohl eyeliner to draw a hashtag on the outer corner of the eye

2. Blend using a short, dense eyeshadow brush

3. Repeat to darken

4. Add a pop of gold to the lid

5. Et voilà!

Check back in next week to see my next beauty hack! And if you'd like to know get the perfect winged eyeliner using Sellotape, watch my beauty hack from last week.

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