A Sweet 16 is a once in a lifetime social event for a young lady, Apply a primer to clean skin before applying any type of makeup; this will even out your skin, help hide pores, and stop oil from breaking through the skin. Move onto your eyes. Go over your eye from lid to lash with a bone colored eyeshadow. Apply a lip liner that is ideally the same tone as your lips. pply primer once again to even out your skin tone. Focus on your eyes. A smokey eye is all about layering shades of grey with icy, lighter shades.