Victoria Beckham’s Step-By-Step Guide to Recreating Her “Clean, Yet Undone Smokey Eye”

It’s no secret that Victoria Beckham is a beauty industry heavyweight. Although celebrity-owned skincare and makeup lines are available in abundance, Victoria Beckham Beauty remains in a league of its own. What’s the secret to its success? Victoria herself. As we saw with the launch of Posh Lipsticks, VB often draws her brand’s inspiration from personal memories or her own iconic style. Though Victoria has done many skin care tutorials on her Instagram, there is one how-to that we’ve been keeping an eye out for: Victoria’s signature smokey eye.

As if we’d manifested it, VB gifted Grazia with the complete 6-step guide to achieving her signature “clean, yet undone smokey eye.”

“It makes me feel instantly polished,” she said. “Like I’ve had eight hours sleep even though I typically get far less.”

Step one: Brightening pencil

To kick things off, VB uses a nude eyeliner pencil, a step which she claims is “nearly undetectable [but] pulls [the] entire look together, whether [she’s] wearing no makeup or full on glam.”

The exact pencil she reaches for is (of course) the Victoria Beckham Beauty Instant Brightening Waterline Pencil ($48, Victoria Beckham Beauty). “[I] take it along my lower waterline. It neutralises any redness and whitens my eyes,” she explained.

If you can’t get your hands on this exact pencil, we recommend: Charlotte Tilbury’s Rock ‘n’ Kohl in the shade ‘Eye Cheat’ ($37, Charlotte Tilbury).

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Step two: Shadow

“I pick up my Victoria Beckham Beauty Smoky Eye Brick in ‘Signature’ ($90, Victoria Beckham Beauty). I use the lightest shade as a primer, the pink shade all over my lid and the mid-tone brown to contour my eyelids.” 

To finish, “ I add a dusting along my lash line and under my lower lash line too, to achieve the smokey look,” she added.

Step three: Flick

“I take the darkest blue shade from the Victoria Beckham Beauty Smoky Eye Brick in ‘Royal’, ($90, Victoria Beckham Beauty) and I use a super angled brush to line my lashes with it and add a small flick to the outer corner of my top lash line.”

To create a similar look, we recommend using the Nude by Nature Angled Eyeliner Brush ($18.95, Nude by Nature) alongside the Natio Sapphire Coast Mineral Eyeshadow Palette ($15.37, Myer).

Step four: Liner

Next, “I go over my upper lash line with my Victoria Beckham Beauty Satin Kajal Liner in ‘Ash’ ($48, Victoria Beckham Beauty). The formula is super creamy and sometimes all I need to do is use the blender, or even my finger, to smudge it out. When it sets, it doesn’t budge.”

Step five: Mascara

To create her voluminous, wispy lashes, VB says she applies “lashings” of mascara. Our recommendation? Rimmel’s Wonder Extension Mascara ($21.95, Chemist Warehouse)

Step six: Brows

Never felt like you could relate to Victoria Beckham? That’s all about to change once you hear how she feels about her brows. “I never go without a bit of a brow, I am naked without it,” she said. “I love a full, straight brow, I think it looks quite modern.”

As for how she achieves her desired look? “I start by brushing them through to tame any strays, then I fill them in with a brow pencil and finish with a laminating gel. I love how it locks the shape in place.’

We recommend the NYX Professional Makeup Micro Brow Pencil ($.x) and Estée Lauder Stay-in-Place Brow Gel ($42, David Jones)

Have you tried a smokey eye before? Will you give Victoria’s method a go?