Monday, November 15, 2010

Eyeshadow for beginners

Few years ago, i started to learn how to put on eye shadow. At the very beginning, i remember buying those rice paper eyeshadow. The product look something like this:















I think for me it must be one of the most challenging part of beauty makeup. Mixing the layer of colors so they work together by blending and where to color the correct place and shading to make the eyes "pop"! As seen in the first image above, that is great example of good eyeshadow-ing that makes the eye "pop". Lol

Firstly u gotta purchase the eyeshadows, here are some for starters and some sets can last many years:



The Classic Brown(s)

(this color can work for all eyes)








Palettes with a main color hues











Multi-colors palette (inclusive of shading colors)









Let's use the Classic Browns in this mini-tutorial:


Step 1: Prime ur eyelids

You can use a eyeshadow primer, concealer or a neutral color gel-base eyeshadow to prime ur lids.


Step 2: Using the lightest color on the top left of the box, glide over ur whole lids with the applicator. Be sure to use it as a highlight on ur brow bone. (See image on the right)

Step 3: Use the medium brown on the top right or bottom left (choose one), fill in your lids till the double-eye lid crease. If you've got single eyelid, use a toothpick and point it gently on ur eyelid and open ur eyes. You'll see the newly formed crease, use the applicator and mark the line. Blend at the crease in small circles, take note not to over blend till the color spread too high above the crease.
Step 4: Lastly using the darkest brown on the bottom right, we can do light shading for the outer half of ur eyelid. Look at the image above, notice the darker hue on the outer corner of the eye. Taking a little of the darkest brown, start from the outer corner and blend inwards slowly. It's better to start with little so that u can add on another layer of color if its not dark enough to ur liking :)
As it is a dark brown color, we can also use it to line the under eye and/or fill in the brows.
Ta-da! Ur first eyeshadow tutorial is complete! Have fun and practice, practice, practice! ;)

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