Hello Darlings.......
I hope you all had a great weekend, well, mine was hectic *whewww* thats a story for another day but the interesting part was that i was a guest speaker at a brunch party and i was told to give a short tutorial on makeup and most especially on how to apply eyeshadow, though i have a post on this on my facebook page, here is a repost for those of you who haven't visited my Facebook page *Rollingmyeyes*
I'm a makeup artist, yet it took me months to figure out how to apply eyeshadow that wasn"t crooked (hello, mismatched eyes), eyeshadow that wasn't too dark or blotchily blended( yes, i know blotchily is not a word) and finally eyeshadow that didn't extend to the wrong, wrong,wrong upper crease of my eyelids.............
After years of seeing makeup artists in action and learning numerous eyeshadow tips and tricks, here are 4 favorite eyeshadow tips i wish someone had told me some years ago. Ok, well i sorta knew this,but i wasn't sure HOW TO BLEND, you use three different colors; The base, usually a very light taupe, highlighter and the crease and a main color for the lid, but how to get them to look as if they merge into each other like colors of a rainbow?
My secret;Start light then go darker, brush the base color to the entire eye up to the brow bone(base is the lightest color) and then apply highlighter(the darkest color) and also dont be too heavy-handed or you will have to start over .....Extra tip; practice makes perfect, play with your makeup a few days before a big event
Secret TWO;choose shadows that make your eyes pop. gone are the days when beauty experts advised against blue shadow. Matching the color of your eye with a shadow actually brings the color out, at the same time, contrasting color make eyes pop too
Secret THREE; Never apply deep color to your browbone unless you are doing a cover shoot for a magazine, you dont want the drama too much shadow brings, apply shadow up to the browbone but dont apply shadow on the bone unless its a neutral color
Secret FOUR; Highlighter can make or break your look, when applying dark shadow to the crease
of your eye, be careful to blend only on the outside edge, get close to the eye and you will cause your eyes to look teeny and beady
There you go!you are your makeup artist ;), don't forget to like our Facebook page www.facebook.com/Tollybmakeovers
