We didn't think guys cared much about makeup. Once again science has proven us wrong: What really gets men going is sexy, lusty, smoky eyes. As Cosmo recently reported, an MIT study revealed that dudes are most drawn to a woman when her eyes are shaded darker than her face.
The theory is that across all ethnicities, women have a greater contrast around their eyes compared to their skin than men do. Thus, when a guy ogles the chick with the smoky eyes across the room, it's because he equates her dark lids with femininity.
Who knew? We thought that guys were more into the au naturale look ... We guess we'll have to save our favorite Chanel nude shadow for all-girls movie night and partying with our gays from now on.
If you want to pull off this look without going all Mimi from "Drew Carey," watch the how-to video. And for smoky-eyed inspiration, watch how these 10 celebs rocked the trend.
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Wednesday 01 July
By Olga Moore
Wow! Smoky eyes are my favorite, it's great to know men actually like it :)
Thank you for the great news!
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Wednesday 01 July
By hmmm
Personally eyeshadow does nothing for me. Lips/smile is much more important. I guess different strokes. Though it may be cultural as I'm not American.
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Thursday 02 July
By cobweb
Well I would have never guessed :D
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Thursday 02 July
By peanutbuttertemp
Every man is different. I like beautiful eyes, and the make up may or may not be an improvement. However, the one thing I am most attracted to is nice hands and feet with light, clear, or no nail polish. Bright and dark colors are a huge turn off and always send me in the other direction - unless I have to fake a smile and pretend not to notice.
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Monday 06 July
By elle
....There ya go.. my point exactly...and I just finished commenting on the article about the woman who performed DIY cosmetic surgery....!!!!!
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Thursday 09 July
By whoo!
This is great news for me! I have very fair, clear, cold skin and ginourmous dark brown eyes. I have naturally dark eyelash and where-the-eye-liner-goes coloring! :D
I always thought it looked a little too fierce. YAY!
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Saturday 11 July
By Monica White
Natural beauty is the most beautiful. The most discriminating man, woman or child can discern a beautiful person when they see one. I have always prided myself on being able to turn heads with minimal to no-makeup on.
Perhaps there is some thread of truth to the articles claim, as I do have naturally dark eyes. Without makeup my eyes don't stand out as much. It is during those times that I am most impressed when guys still admire me for simply being me.
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Saturday 11 July
By lara
"parting with our gays"???
wtf. that is not okay.
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Sunday 12 July
By ali
Oh get a life. So they weren't "politically correct". Who cares? They used the word to describe a group of people. Just because they say gay doesn't mean they hate them. I use the words gay, black, and white instead of the politically correct versions and I am not racist or hateful towards any race, religion, or sexuality.
Thursday 16 July
By HGinMN
You're SO right! Lemondrop would NEVER endorse "parting" with our gays! But it was an easy mis-read. They actually said to save that precious Chanel for "PARTYING" with our gays, which makes more sense and is a whole lot more fun!
Tuesday 14 July
By Laci
We are all different , My hubby thinks dark eye make looks trashy and cheap, I have to agree ! Also brown eyes are soooooo boring !
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Monday 20 July
By Beverly
Brown eyes are boring? You have a right to your opinion, but I think your comment is ridiculous! How can an eye color be boring? Plenty of people have brown eyes and are very beautiful or handsome. Sorry---but that's one of the silliest remarks I've heard. My late husband was Sicilian, with beautiful liquid brown eyes and, believe me, when I looked into them, boring was the last thing I was thinking.
Wednesday 15 July
By Maya
that must be does air head men ... who dont know how to look at a womans heart and brain, but her eyeshadow. yeah!! smart men they are!
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Wednesday 15 July
By twerpster5
the link to the how to video goes to something about keeping your sweat down during the summer? might wanna check that out
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Wednesday 22 July
By Jim Davis
You should have consulted some men on this one. Dark eye shadow, false eyelashes, mascara, and other eye make ups are a complete turnoff to men. To Jim Bakker maybe, but not to normal men.
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Wednesday 22 July
By Denae
I think that is very hard to please men. Many different people say different ways to get a guy and a lot don't work. The just of the matter is, either they like you or they don't it shouldn't and doesn't have to do with a ton of makeup on your face that makes you look fake.
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Thursday 23 July
By Ray
These articles that claim to know what all men want are ludicrous! I like the smoky eye look but I get mesmerized by glossy red or or hot pink lips! Each guy is different. One thing I can tell you for sure. The guys that tell you they like the "natural" look are full of crap or don't know what they are talking about!! Try that barefaced look for a month and see if they don't change their mind! What they mean is, they don't want you to look like your wearing makeup! We may not tell you but the majority of us appreciate when you ladies take the time to look good for us! The one's that don't aren't worth the trouble!
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Wednesday 30 September
By I disagree
Ok, I can see if you met a female and she had on make-up and everytime you see her she has on make-up then all of a sudden she takes it off, then yeah the guy will be turning the other way bc he was misleaded thinking this what she looks like when in all actuallity she's a whole totally different look under the make-up. but if you meet a guy and you didnt have on any make-up and while dating him you sometimes wear it and sometimes dont then it'll probably be no problem for him because he knows what you actually look like. Me personally I think make-up is a problem and it hides who you are. You're wearing it because you have some flaws that you arent comfortable with and you want to feel accepted. Make-up is a trap because once you wear it you gotta keep wearing it because its your mask and it makes your real skin worse. Listen to the name "MAKE-UP". Yes it does make you look beautiful but how beautiful are you with out it? I say dont do it you only fool the guy into believing thats you and it really isnt.
Sunday 09 August
By Unknown One
Eh? For once I think one of these articles is right. Sure, I'd like to say makeup doesn't matter at all, but after years of saying it doesn't, I have finally realized it kind of does. Sure it's not that women don't have natural beauty, but there are ways to amply it. But with that being said, I would also say most women don't do it right or put too much on, which is most definately not attractive.
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Wednesday 26 August
By Claire
I wished my ex had liked smoky eyes -- I love wearing a reasonable amount of mascara and smoky liner, but I found myself wiping it all off for date nights as a special treat for him. I usually wear makeup out in the world, but he'd seen me plenty with makeup off when he expressed his clear preference for the bare-faced look, so I had no choice but to believe him. He never seemed to even notice when my skin was in bad state and it really needed enhancing, and he noticed in a bad way when I wore lots of eye makeup or lip color.
But hey, it was nice to have a man who loved me without a lick of makeup, and it's also nice to know I'm impressing some people when I break out the mascara. Such studies mean something, but in the end, people all have different preferences. The studies just mean certain preferences are somewhat more prevalent.
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