How To Apply Eye Shadow Like A Pro

Do you want to enhance your eyes with color?

If you’ve tried it before and didn’t get the results you want all you really need is some helpful tips to guide you.

Here are some basic tips on how to apply eye shadow that will get you started down the path to creating your own exciting eye makeup looks!

How To Apply Eye Shadow Step By Step

What You Need

• Foundation/Concealer
• 3 Complimenting shades of shadow
• Highlighter brush
• Crease Bush
• Eyebrow Brush
• Q-tips

Color Your Lids

• Start off by applying either your foundation or concealer to your lids to prime them for the eye shadow.
• Start from the lash line and go all the way up to the brow line.
• Use an eyebrow brush to apply the darkest shade of shadow on your eyelid going from the lash line to the crease.

Use a light hand when applying the shadow since it’s much easier to add more than to remove too much!

Contour Your Crease

A dark shade of eye shadow should be applied to the crease to give your eyes depth and bring them out even more.

• You can either go slightly darker in the crease than on the lid, or the other way around depending on the finished effect and look you’re going for.
• A classic eye makeup look is light on the lid, dark on the crease and lightest on the highlight.
• The most important thing is to blend the colors you choose together so there’s no hard line between each one.

Highlight Your Brow Bone

Bring light into your eyes and brighten up your whole face by using a highlighting powder.

• Put highlighting powder on your brow bone. It opens up your eyes making them look bigger and brighter and defines the shape of your eyebrows even more.
• Stick to a light shade of eye shadow on this area and choose one that has a little shimmer in it to give a nicer effect than a flat (matte) color.
• Another way to use a highlighting powder is to use it to draw a v-shape on the inner corners of your eyes. This helps to make your eyes look brighter and less sleepy.
• Use a highlighting powder with a little color in it. Gold or a little iridescent shimmer looks a lot more natural than white, which leaves you looking like you fell into a flour bin!

Tips On How To Apply Eye Shadow

• Blend from darkest to lightest. Starting with the lid color and working your way up to the highlight.
• Wear any shade you want but make it suit your skin tone, outfit and the style you’re going for.
• Always stay light under the brow bone. It opens up your eyes and brightens them up.
• Apply foundation to your lids to help your color look bold and stay on four hours.
• Brighten up your eyes by using a light shade of shadow on the inner corner of your eye, right by the tear duct.
• Keep your shadows light if you’re going to wear a bold lip color to keep from looking like a clown (not good at all).

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