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Get Victoria Justice's Pink Smoky Eye

Makeup artists often suggest staying away from pink eye shadow because it can make you look sick and bring out the red in your eyes. But the latest bright pink shadows prove that theory all wrong—especially when they're paired with white and black eyeliners, which is what Victoria did.

Line the inner corners of your eyes with a white eyeliner, then line the outer corners of your eyes with a black eyeliner. The white brightens while the black defines. For a more dramatic, smoky effect, smudge the black liner with a small shadow brush. Now pat a pink cream eye shadow (like the pink in the Shiseido Luminizing Satin Eye Color Trio in Boudoir, $33, nordstrom.com) on your lids, then apply a few coats of black mascara.