Choosing Eye Shadow Color
Choosing an eye shadow color can be intimidating if you don’t know what shades flatter your face.
First, determine if your skin tone looks best with warm or cool shades. Neutral colors reminiscent of earth tones (think taupe, beige and brown) work for almost any skin type. If you have a warm skin tone, it is best to go with warmer colors like golds, browns and beiges.
The same rule applies for cool skin tones. Cool eye shadow colors include blues and grays. If you have dark under eye circles, avoid using dark eye shadow colors because it can draw attention and give you a raccoon-look.
Eye color is another easy way to choose your eye shadow hue.
For blue eyes, pick contrasting shades, like pale pinks, to really make your eyes stand out.
Green eyes look great with brown eye shadow for a more neutral look or a purple eye shadow to give your eye color some depth.
For beautiful brown eyes, choose copper or gold eye shadows to make the colored eye flecks really pop.
Avoid matching your eye shadow to your eye color because it isn’t as flattering as it may sound. For the best results, find an eye shadow palette that comes with a variety of hues that will blend with your skin tone and eye color. This lets you experiment with a few shades to see which you like best.
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Eye Liner Application Tips
Eye liner can enhance the look of your eye, but applying eye liner proves to be difficult for many women out there. Here are some eye makeup application tips for eye liner.
- When applying powder as an eye liner, use a fine-tipped eye shadow applicator, like Becca Cosmetics Extra Fine Eyeliner Brush. This will assure that you will get a smooth, fine line of color across your lash line.
- The best liquid eye liner is Blinc Kiss Me Eyeliner because it doesn’t smudge, run or clump. Have sensitive eyes? This is the eye liner for you. It has a precision applicator brush that almost eliminates traditional liquid eye liner mistakes.
- When using a traditional eye liner pencil, like Cargo’s eye pencil, sharpen them often. Then, wipe the pointed edge on a tissue to give a softer look.
- For a subtle look, choose brown or brown-black for your eye liner color. This will define the eyes without looking too dramatic. For a more striking look, use black. Black is also a good choice for evening eye makeup.
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Eye Makeup Trends and Tricks
There are so many different looks that you can achieve with eye makeup, why not try them all? Recent trends have included metallic looks and natural looks and even a smoky eye. You can achieve each of these with the right colors, tools, advice and of course, practice applying eye makeup.
For a more natural appearance, use pale or skin tone colors that have no shimmer to them. Apply a beige base shadow from your lid to your brow bone and blend outward with a larger bristle eye shadow brush. Next, apply a slightly darker color at your eye lid crease and blend down. Finally, apply a light beige just underneath the arch of your brow.
Want dramatic? Think smoky. Smoky eyes are a great look for a night out on the town, but avoid it in the office. For a smoky eye, start with an eye shadow primer all over the lid. Use a smoky gray if you wear cool tones or a brown if you use warm tones and apply on the eye lid. Next, apply a darker shade with an angled brush at the base of the lid and blend. Finally, apply that same dark shade in the crease and use your blender brush to blend down. You want to keep the majority of the color just on the lids to get that dramatic look.
When choosing the correct tools, make sure you have an angled eye shadow brush, an eye liner brush and a blender brush.
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How to Properly Color in Your Brows
Eye brow shape can make or break your look. If possible, have your eye brows shaped by a professional who can determine what is best for your facial structure.
The next best thing is an eye brow stencil kit. These kits include brow stencils and an angled eye brow brush.
After shaping your brows, determine which powder or pencil color to use. For a more natural look, choose eye brow powder. If you prefer an eye brow pencil, apply in light, short strokes to mimic the look of your natural brow hairs. Choose a color that is one shade darker than your current hair color for best results.
The final step in creating beautiful brows is to apply a brow gel to keep the hair tamed and the color in place through the day.
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The Best Mascara for You
We are all on a quest for the perfect mascara. What may lengthen and enhance your best friend’s eye lashes does nothing for you. So what should you do?
When deciding how to apply eye makeup, first figure out what you want from a mascara. Do you hope for longer lashes or fuller lashes? Are you yearning for healthier lashes? Secondly, do you want a waterproof mascara or something that washes off easily? What color mascara would you choose?
If length is your only goal, find a mascara that promotes "lengthening and extending." If you want fuller lashes only, choose mascara that amplifies or thickens.
If your lashes are sparse and damaged, you need a boost. Blinc’s Lash Primer conditions, nourishes, moisturizes and protects your eye lashes all before you apply mascara. Bonus: it will make your lashes look long and luxurious.
Does your mascara seem to smudge and smear as the day goes on? Apply a waterproof mascara that will not irritate sensitive eyes, but will also stay in place until you reach for the eye makeup remover.
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