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But the light 'highlighting' color over your entire lid up to your eyebrows, then use the middle color just on your lids up to the crease, then use the dark color just in the crease with a thin shadow brush.
Complete it with eyeliner and mascara and it will look great.What is the real way to put on to put on eyeshadow? 3 colors top middle bottom or what?
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you want an eyeshadow that comes with 3 shades of one color. A dark light and medium. What you do is start with the lightest one and put it on the upper part of your eye all the way up to your eyebrow. Then with the darkest color line the crease of your eye and the back corners of your eye to open your eye up. Last take the medium color and finish the beginnig part of your eye, also line the the front corners with the lightest color and the bottom eyelid
It depends on the eyes. Usually if you have deep set eyes, you should put on only two light shades, the line right outside of the brow should be shaded the lightest [mostly white or gold]. Then take a pair of two light shades, apply the lighter one all over the unshaded area. Take the other 'darker' shade and apply only right above the lashes, uptil the crease of the eye. Put on your eye-liner %26amp; then mascara.
If you have a pair of wide eyes [very large eyes], you should put on darker shades. If you have a pair of round eyes, put on the standard three shades, again in the lighter-light- dark pattern. Always remember, the area right below the brow should always be light. Which is why professionals only use white or gold shades for that area. Hope I helped :)
No..don't do that unless the colors are light. You'll look kinda eighties..unless thats the goal!
Try a lighter base color over the whole lid and a corresponding darker color in the crease.
If you have fair skin, try a REALLY light creamy color for the base and a brownish mauve for the crease. Apply it lightly and blend with your finger.
Use 3 colors of eye shadow. You can use more but it is not going to make any big improvement.
Dark: This is applied only to the eyelids from the lashline to the crease in the eyelid.
Medium: This is applied from just below the eyelid crease to the browbone. You can, and some techniques do, shade the entire lid with this medium shade first.
Highlight: This is the lightest of the three and is applied to the browbone and extends a little past the outer end of the eyebrow. This usually gives a pearly finish.
3 Steps for eye shadow application
Step-1. Apply the medium shadow first. Refer to medium described above. Note: When applying any makeup, make sure all edges are feathered so the colors just fade away gradually. You do not want any distinct lines showing where a color starts or stops. Blend, Blend, Blend...This is real important! We also recommend using brushes for all the powdery makeup applications. Those little foam things that come with most make up just don't seem to give the feel and control that a good brush does.
Step-2. Apply the dark shade to the eye lid area. It is best to start in the middle of the eye lid and work out towards the outside, cover the entire lid. Blend the crease area in well. If you have a thin eye shadow brush you might want to try darkening the crease area with a little more dark shadow, just along the crease though......gives a different type of effect.
Step-3. Apply first coat of highlighter to brow bone. There are many other techniques of applying eyeshadow. You may want to research other techniques, as some techniques are better suited for certain facial characteristics.
I think a big mistake women make when applying eyeshadow is not blending. My favorite way to make sure it's well-blended is to start with the lightest color and go to the darkest. Get the placement of the colors where you want them (typically, darker in the crease, but I'll talk about this later). Then, go back over your darker shadow with your lighter ones. So, light to dark and then back up to light, covering your whole lid with the lightest shadow. This will get rid of any harsh lines and also make sure your shadow isn't too dark. It's a great intensity controller.
As far as placement of shadows, you want to look at your eye shape. The ideal shape (or so they say) is almond. If you have that, you can do quite a few options - darker in the crease, darker on the outer corners, a light wash all over - almost anything goes for that eye shape. For other eye shapes, you're trying to manipulate the shadow to make your eyes more almond-shaped. Here are some examples (though by no means an exhaustive list):
Deep-set: don't use a dark crease color - this emphasizes your deep-set eyes. Instead try a medium tone on your lid
Close-set: try putting high-lighter under your brow and in the inner corners of your eyes. Instead of a dark crease color, try using your dark color on the outer corners of your eyes.
Wide-set: this is one of the only eye-shapes where you want to use a darker color on the inside corners to draw your eyes together
Round: try using a darker color on your outer corners to elongate the eye. Don't line the bottom lid - this emphasizes the roundness
Small: don't use too much dark shadow as this closes in the eye. Try a medium shade on the outer corners.
Asian: don't try to make a crease with shadow, it's usually unnatural-looking. Instead, play up your beautiful eye shape by focusing on your lash line and mascara.
Again, this doesn't cover everybody and these are pretty much basics - there are NEVER rules in make-up, just starting points. If you're completely lost, this might help you out.
As far as eyeshadow colors go, a good place to start is to complement your eye color. Blue and green eyes look great with warm brown shadow, brown eyes look gorgeous with purples or blues. Play around with color and see how it affects your eye color. (For example, I have blue-green eyes. When I wear brown shadow, they look more blue and when I wear purple, they look more green.) For everyday, you want something that makes people say, ';Wow, look at her eyes!'; not, ';Wow, look at her eyeshadow.';
