Saucy Eye Makeup Idea: Kim Kardashian's Purple-Gray Smoky Eye
Andrew Mccoy
Updated on March 29, 2026
No one rocks a smoky eye like a Kardashian, but, hey, we can all try, right? I bet more than a few of you could pull off this lovely purple-gray version Kim wore to the 13th Annual Super Saturday event (don't worry--I'll tell you how)...
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From far away it mostly just looks great but when you get in close...
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...you see that there's a hint of purple going on here that softens the whole look ever so slightly and makes her eyes glow.
The best part is that she's really just got shadow dusted all around her eyes--close under her bottom lid and up almost under her eyebrow on top with a little shading going on in the creases with a darker gray. And there are two ways of going about getting a shade like this: 1) Either find a dark smoky purple that looks gray-ish or 2) Layer a dark purple over a gray and let them mix and mingle.
A few shades to play with:
So you wear a purple-gray smoky eye shadow? Tell us the name in the comments!
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