Come See What’s Making Dakota Johnson’s Eyes So Stunning Here

Having eyes that seemingly just glow all on their own like Dakota Johnson’s? Sign us up. If you want to get in on this action, too, sit tight because there’s a little makeup trick we’re going to show you, thanks to some close-ups and a seriously pretty shot a photographer caught of the star with her eyes closed on a red carpet last night.

With her eyes open, Johnson’s face looks inviting and her lids simply look warm, but it’s hard to say if there’s color there or just some sort of magic going on beyond a coat of mascara. But the moment she closed her eyes you could see it: a soft wash of taupe eyeshadow. That’s what’s giving her that hint of depth that pulls you in from way across the room, all without resorting to a smoky eye. It was a move makeup artist Patti Dubrof used to make the star look like a fancied-up girl-next-door, which basically screams Anastasia Steele (her character in Fifty Shades of Grey). The secret here is to pick something that could be in your skin tone family, but perhaps with a touch more brown or gray, so it’s a step darker than your actual skin tone. If it almost disappears when you put it on, don’t panic—that’s what you want to happen. It’s all about subtly and letting your features shine on their own. It’s the perfect fall look for a date, the office, an afternoon stroll—whatever. Actually, we can’t think of a circumstance this *wouldn’t *work for.