If you're not familiar with the Guy's Choice Awards, America's Spike Channel is the culprit behind the annual celebration of women's 'hotness'. Yes, these things really do happen in Los Angeles, with viewers voting for the Most Desirable Woman award and the creatively named Holy Grail of Hot and Decade of Hot accolades.
Though our congratulations go out to Rihanna and Sandra Bullock who obviously grafted hard for their 'mantlers' (the antler shaped trophies bestowed upon the winners), our attention was drawn to two of the female presenters.
Sweet and chic actresses Jessica Alba and Jaime King interpreted the dress code for the male-centric ceremony as 'sex bomb' - literally. Wearing the lead out of multiple kohl eyeliner pencils and donning their sassiest little black dresses, it was two femme fatales that hit the ceremony; a striking departure from the ladies' signature feminine style.
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Alba, in a structured David Koma dress and Hugo Boss heels, had clearly bolstered her Californian tan with a little bathroom trip to St. Tropez. Close friend King, meanwhile, plumped for a dramatic chain embellished Emilio Pucci mini and silver Louboutins. Both, interestingly, had prescribed themselves a heavy dose of kohl eyeliner for the outing, leading us to ponder whether the LBD plus smoky eye combo is still what women think men perceive as sexy.
A fresh-faced Jessica Alba in feminine Mary Katrantzou and Alba's vamped up look at the Guy's Choice Awards
Quantifying it from a real-life point of view, Telegraph Men editor, Paul Davies, notes that "yes, heavily kohled eyes can be sexy, although probably not on everyone; it helps that these women are attractive to start with. It's probably also one of those looks that photographs well, whereas in real life - say the office party - it might look a bit over the top."
Jaime King's usual demeanour and the actress playing femme fatale at the Guy's Choice Awards
Judging by the number of smoky eye tutorials that greet you after searching the make-up style on Google, we are desperate to nail the smudged glamour. As Charlotte Tilbury has once said of a pencilled eye, it emulates a "Carine Roitfeld-inspired, rock 'n' roll look", and who wouldn't want to look like Vogue's former French doyenne?
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The heavy kohl eyeliner both actresses modelled at the ceremony
The proof is in the pudding - and Google again. Type Jaime King in to the search engine this morning and a host of articles exclaiming her vamped up look sat pretty at the top. The best part? One part of the formula (the kohl) is a beauty bargain, and the other (the LBD) doesn't have to cost the earth, either. We'll raise our mantlers to that.
Rihanna accepting her Most Desirable Woman award. All photos Getty
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