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Anyone who'd like to enter my competition to win a Cosmopolitan make-up brush set, worth £135, has until the end of this month to send me a picture of their best smokey eye. Check out this post for full details.

In the meantime, here's Lauren's entry...from Lauren Loves blog....(nah, not me...but another blog of the same name)....

Here, Lauren talks you through how she achieved this gold smokey eye look.

Lauren says:  I decided that I loved smokey eyes as it’s a gorgeous, dramatic look which makes your eyes stand out and is really gorgeous - but I think black smokey eyes are old now, and can easily look like a badger. It's not flattering so the new look is coloured smokey eyes! Take Kim Kardashian and Taylor Momsen...

Here is my tutorial on golden smokey eyes for a more flattering but stunning look. Here's what I used

A palette of eyeshadows. I completely adore the Sleek Storm palette for the intense and blendable shades, and for £5.99 you can't complain. But any combination of the shades from other brands work too

I also used:

A brown liquid eyeliner (I use the Collection 2000 one)

A brown kohl eyeliner (I use Maybelline Kohl Express Eyeliner in their gorgeous sparkly brown shade)

Your favourite mascara (I've used MaxFactor False Lash Effect Mascara)

A small eyeshadow brush and a blending brush

Ready? Here we go... Here's my naked eye! Boring right?

Step 1. With your big blending brush, apply an all-over base of a pale gold, and take it up to the crease of the eyelid. I used number 1 for this.

Step 2. Using the same brush, add a wash of the palest gold (number 2) up to the brow bone as a highlighter

Step 3. Again, using the large brush, add a sweep of gold over the eyelid, concentrating nearer the lash line. I used number 4 for this. It's a gorgeous luminous gold!

Step 4. Using the smaller eyeshadow brush, blend in a dark bronze (number 7) to the lashes. We're building up the smoke! Then blend in the black shadow (number 12) right into the lash line, keep rubbing into the bronze and blend it upwards.

Step 5. Add a sweep of the brown liquid eyeliner

Step 5. Add a sweep of the brown liquid eyeliner

As you can see Lauren's gone into great detail here and she's done a fantastic job. Think you can do better than Lauren? Email me your photos (with or without step by step tips) to laurenholden6@gmail.com