Applying Eyeshadow [A Fool Proof Guide]

I like to think about makeup the way I think about art. I like to start with a fresh, clean and blank canvas-already prepared to start painting. I like to have my supplies all around me, clean brushes and maybe a photo for inspiration or reference. To start, I moisturize my entire face, apply primer and some green/yellow tinted concealer to cancel out the redness on my lids. I always do my eye make up before the rest of my face just incase I have to deal with some fallout on my cheek bone --or heaven forbid I make a mistake ! EEEEK !

To make explaining the process easier, I will speak as though I am using a quad of shadows for a neutral brown look. In this quad you will find an off white colour, a shimmery champagne colour, a medium brown colour and a matte dark brown colour.

To start, I apply the lightest colour [the off white] to the inner lid and I sweep it down towards my lower lash line. You will see that this instantly brightens your eyes. Then I take some of the same colour and apply it under my eyebrow as a highlight. Always make sure that you are using a seperate fluffy brush to blend your colours together or else you will see some of the colours transfering to places you don't want them too.

Now I take the second lightest colour of the quad [champagne] and apply it to my entire lid. Starting at the outer part of your lid, with the most product on your brush gently tap the brush on your lid working towards the lighter colour you did at the inner corner of your eye. Get a little more product on the brush and sweep the champagne colour to the 'above crease' and 'outer crease'--making sure not to use too much product. Now take your blending brush and gently swirl the colours towards eachother. The reason you are doing this is so that the colours flow together. You don't want them to look like theres harsh lines separating each colour, you want it to look gradient--like one colour gradually turns into the other.

Then taking the medium brown colour and tap it onto your outer lid. This is where some people get confused or lost.. It is the 'outer V' of your eye, where you make a horizontal V to exaggerate the size & shape of your eye. The trick that I use for this is to start by placing some of the brown and placing it on the outer part of my lower lash line--extending past where your lashes end, take the brown and draw a light line that would connect to your eyebrow if you kept going. The trick is to have the point of the V where your outer crease starts. <  > . Looking at the picture above should help explain this a little better. After creating the V, tap the rest of the product off of your brush and blend the V back towards the inner part of your eye. **Be sure not to drag the colour over the highlighting you've done.

Finally, with the darker colour you can darken up your outer V. I usually use a dark matte brown eyeshadow as eyeliner because it looks much more natural. I would also apply the dark colour to the outer part of your lower lash line. **I NEVER put dark eyeliner ALL the way along the lower lash line. It makes your eyes look much smaller.. If you want to try something to make your eyes look bigger and brighter, try lining your waterline with WHITE instead of Black.

Like that ^^ !! If you have any specific questions, or you are unsure about anything written here, feel free to leave a comment here, or The Glam Life Facebook page, or send me a Tweet @TheGlamLifexo !!

Peace & Love Beauties <3 - Glam