The blended out brown eyeliner gives you a good base. To create the base for the espresso smoky eye look you can use a mix of black and brown eyeliners. Start with the brown and just roughly draw on about half of your lid, then blend this out over yo...
If you are afraid of going too heavy with the brown eyeliner, using eyeshadow is ,much easier. Ease up on liner and instead focus on the eyeshadow. Use a rich brown shade, blending it up to your brow. You can also add some shimmer