Eye Makeup Techniques: How To Look Great
Eye Makeup Techniques are not complicated to master. The two things to remember is choosing the right color for your skin tone and eye color. How you apply makeup can mean the difference between unforgettable and unflattering.
If you have a medium skin tone and brown eyes, then you are lucky to be able to wear almost any conceivable color of eye shadow. For a conservative daytime work look, stick to various shades of brown such as espresso, beige and mocha. Save the more extreme colors for going out at night. If you have blue eyes, you can wear dark blue and dark browns, but if you are very fair, then stick to the palest shades of these colors. Green and hazel eyes can wear earthy colors such as natural greens and browns while gray eyes look good with any blue, grays and the darkest black.
The eye shape will determine how you put on the eye liner. Lining wide eyes all the way around will make them appear even larger, but you should never do the same to narrow eyes since they will appear even narrower. Just line the outside part of the eye and this will create the illusion of opening them up.
Applying eyeliner calls for a steady hand. Pull the eyelid and make a line of dots if you are having trouble drawing a straight line. Fill in the gaps between the dots. Work from the inside towards the outside lid. Do the same with the bottom lid.
You should have at least a trio of similar shades of the same color from the palest to the darkest for eye shadow application. Put the lightest color over the entire brown bone area. Then put on your eyeliner before you put on your darker colors. Next, the medium shade covers the entire crease of the eyelid. The darkest color will go on the lower eyelid to the outside corner of the eye.
Mascara application is very straightforward. The mascara first goes on the lash ends from the inside corner of the top and outwards. As you go, move the wand slowly and horizontally. Hold the mascara wand vertically for the bottom lashes but use a very light touch to avoid the dreaded panda eyes.
The right kind of mascara is determined by your skin tone, eye color, and even hair color. If you have a pale complexion, black will look too unflattering unless you are going out at night. Use a brown mascara instead. People with medium complexions can use a very soft black or brown mascara. The blackest eyes can handle the blackest black mascara.
If you have a medium skin tone and brown eyes, then you are lucky to be able to wear almost any conceivable color of eye shadow. For a conservative daytime work look, stick to various shades of brown such as espresso, beige and mocha. Save the more extreme colors for going out at night. If you have blue eyes, you can wear dark blue and dark browns, but if you are very fair, then stick to the palest shades of these colors. Green and hazel eyes can wear earthy colors such as natural greens and browns while gray eyes look good with any blue, grays and the darkest black.
The eye shape will determine how you put on the eye liner. Lining wide eyes all the way around will make them appear even larger, but you should never do the same to narrow eyes since they will appear even narrower. Just line the outside part of the eye and this will create the illusion of opening them up.
Applying eyeliner calls for a steady hand. Pull the eyelid and make a line of dots if you are having trouble drawing a straight line. Fill in the gaps between the dots. Work from the inside towards the outside lid. Do the same with the bottom lid.
You should have at least a trio of similar shades of the same color from the palest to the darkest for eye shadow application. Put the lightest color over the entire brown bone area. Then put on your eyeliner before you put on your darker colors. Next, the medium shade covers the entire crease of the eyelid. The darkest color will go on the lower eyelid to the outside corner of the eye.
Mascara application is very straightforward. The mascara first goes on the lash ends from the inside corner of the top and outwards. As you go, move the wand slowly and horizontally. Hold the mascara wand vertically for the bottom lashes but use a very light touch to avoid the dreaded panda eyes.
The right kind of mascara is determined by your skin tone, eye color, and even hair color. If you have a pale complexion, black will look too unflattering unless you are going out at night. Use a brown mascara instead. People with medium complexions can use a very soft black or brown mascara. The blackest eyes can handle the blackest black mascara.
