Use the slightest smudge of dark grey rather than black across your eyelid to create a simple but very sultry look

The gentlest of eye flicks here, a moody charcoal rather than a fierce black. At Victoria Beckham they teased eye shadow across the lids with a fingertip, pushing it out at the corner like an afterthought, with mascara just at the roots of the lashes, for definition rather than glamour. But it’s possible to go full-on sultry by layering with a pencil or shadow stick, going day to night with another layer of grey.

Get the look

Trish McEvoy 24hr Shadow and Liner £24 harveynichols.com

Victoria Beckham for Estée Lauder Eye Palette £60 esteelauder.co.uk

NARS Velvet Shadow Stick £21 spacenk.com

3INA Pencil Eyeshadow £6.95 asos.com

Korres Volcanic Eyeliner £9 lookfantastic.com

Guerlain Palette in L’Heure de Nuit £43.50 selfridges.com

Elizabeth Arden Smokey Eye Pencil £17 elizabetharden.co.uk

B Khol Eyeliner in Grey £4.99 superdrug.com

Sisley Eye Liner Brush £33 sisley-paris.co.uk

YSL Eye Duo Smoker £25 yslbeauty.co.uk

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