The Tortoise Shell Eye Makeup Tutorial We Can’t Stop Staring At
November 21, 2019
STEP 3: Sketch Your Black Tortoise Design
Use a black kohl eye pencil (Williamson used the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eyeliner Pencil in Zero) to sketch out your striations and spots. If you need a guide for placing your black marks, Williamson recommends using the pencil to “draw a ‘Y’ shape in the middle of the lid with little moon and oval shapes around it.” Don’t worry about precision here, just have fun, she adds.
STEP 4: Outline Your Black Marks With Brown Shadow
To add depth to the black spots you just created, use a smudger brush to outline them with a deep brown shadow. Again, Williamson used the one in the Livin’ Lavish palette here.
STEP 5: Highlight Between Your Tortoise Shapes
Using the lightest brown in the palette, Williamson highlighted the in-between sections of her tortoise shapes with a fine-tipped detailing brush. “You’re creating gradients of colors here,” she explains. “It’s all based on seeing it and imagining where you’d apply the colors.”
Combine a gold shadow with a mixing medium and apply it on top of the places you highlighted in STEP 5 to add another layer of dimension.
STEP 7: Clean up With a Q-tip
Once you’re satisfied with your shadow placement, go back in with a Q-tip and micellar water to clean up the edges — especially that defined curve above the crease — again, says Williamson.
STEP 8: Add the Finishing Touches
Complete your mesmerizing tortoise shell eye by applying black eye pencil to your lower waterline and several coats of black mascara to your top lashes.
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