The Simplest Way to Apply Eye Shadow



Image pulled from google images (neutral day make up)



Image pulled rom google images (intense purple eyeshadow)



Yes people, there is a technique to this. Sure you might look fine just slapping one colour over your lid but you will look even better if you apply it the "proper" way. You need an eye shadow palette with one colour and 3 different shades. For a neutral day to day look using brown tones works the best. First decipher the order of darkness of the shades: one colour will be darkest, one colour will be in the middle and the other colour will be lightest. You want to take the the middle colour and smear it all over your eye, from your lashes to your eyebrow. Next take the darkest colour and line your crease with it. You can easily tell where your crease is by opening and closing your eyes there will be a slight line where your crease is. Just line that line with the darkest colour and you can even keep your eye open for this part because that actually makes it a lot easier to make sure you are getting your crease. Fan the darkest colour at the corner of your eyes upwards toward your brow bone. Then Take the lightest colour and apply to your brow bone. Can anyone guess what this does? You got it, it highlights and contours. This will probably look silly until you blend it. Just take a clean brush and rub the colours into each other. Probably looks much better now. You can use any colour you want to as well. For dramatic effects or evening make up you can use bright colours like pink. All you need is 3 shades. Remember the rule though if you don't want to look like a clown you either play up your lips or you play up your eyes. So don't wear a deep red lipstick if you plan on making your eyes a vibrant bright blue. Try wearing a very light pink lipstick, a nude or just gloss because the colour doesn't show up as well if you want intense eyes. If you want intense stand out lips then stick to neutral colours for your eye shadow. I'll get into other eye shadow techniques later because there are so many but I thought I'd just start with the basics for now. Until then, Stay Beautiful!