I am one of those girls who doesn't look the same two days in a row. Most likely than not, my hair will be different, and you better believe my makeup doesn't look the same. I love switching up colors and mixing different eye shadows. I understand that not every girl is like me. Not every girl knows how mix colors and knows what looks best with their skin tone or eye color. This is an eye look that looks good on everyone and most importantly any occasion. There is 3 colors used and maybe 4 at most.
First - you'll need to know what colors to use. I use three different colors. One for the base, one for the crease, and one for the highlight. The base color will be going all over your lid. The crease color will be going (you guessed it) in the crease of your eye. And the highlighter will be on the brow bone. When it comes to choosing colors you should use a neutral color for the base that's on the lighter side ie: light pink, beige, champagne. I always like using color with a bit of sparkle in, but that's just my personal preference, matte colors look just as good. The crease color should be a light taupe, light/med brown, medium neutral tone. Just making sure the crease color is darker but not too dark. You want to add depth to the eye but not too much - this look is too simple for any really dark shadow. The last, highlighter color should be your lightest color because it will highlight the brow bone and help to frame your face, also creating depth. The highlight color should be a cream, off white, champagne, very light neutral tone. You could throw colors together from different individual shadows you have, otherwise I usually end up using a palette.
PRODUCTS USED:
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
NYX Shadow Trio in Dune
Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush
Urban Decay Naked Palette
E.L.F. Eyelash Curler
Diorshow Maximizing Lash Plumping Serum
L'Oreal Extra Volume Collagen Mascara
STEP 1 Prime your eye using an eye shadow primer. Usually using smaller than a pea size works and goes a long way. This step is important as it ensures your shadow will stay put and won't smudge or crease throughout the day.
STEP 2 Taking a fluffy blending brush, put on your base color shadow from the lash line to the crease of your eye. Make sure to thoroughly get the entire lid.
STEP 3 Using the fluffy blending brush again, get a little bit of color on your brush and pat it into the crease and blend out the color using back and forth curved motions following the natural curve of your eye from outer corner to a little past the middle of your eye. Blend out the color really well, you don't want any harsh lines. I always like to start with only a little bit of color, so the crease doesn't get too dark too fast. Remember! You can always add more color until you achieve the desired darkness. (I'm using the medium brown color in the palette below.)
STEP 4 Using the same brush take your highlight color and dust it along underneath the brow, focusing on the middle to outer corner. This will create more contour to your face and depth to your eye.
STEP 5 Finish by curling lashes and using your favorite mascara! (This is where you could use eyeliner as well if you'd like.)
You're finished! Final Look!
ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS
E.L.F. Eyelid Primer- $1
Urban Decay Original Eyeshadow Primer- $20
Maybelline Expert Wear Shadow Quad in 'Mocha Motion' -$6
Cover Girl Eye Enhancers Quad in 'Sheerly Nudes' - $5.50
Sonia Kashuk Large Domed Eyeshadow Brush-$9.60
Thank you SO much for reading!!
With Love,
Maggie
perfect ! yaaaaaay !
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