Eyeshadow Application for a Dramatic Effect
There are a wide variety of eyeshadow colors on the market today. Shadows have come a long way baby! The possibilities of color blends are endless! That works in your favor. When it comes to shadows, variety is the spice of life!
Whatever colors and brands you use, be sure to apply foundation to the entire face first, then apply your eye makeup. It's also good advice to use a foundation or primer on your lids too. Use these products before shadow application to give it more staying power without the creases.
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Dramatic EyesFor a dramatic effect, use a base color in a neutral tone, a second color that is your main color, a darker shade for dramatic emphasis, and a lighter shade for highlighting. (If you don't have 4 colors, you can use 3 colors instead. Just use the base color as your main color also. For a dramatic effect, you will need at least 3 colors~) Highlighters are versatile, so you can use any highlighter you have that blends well with your other color shades. Choose base, main, and darker shades in the same color family. All blues, all greens, all browns, etc. Highlighters are usually lighter colors that blend well with the other shades but don’t necessarily fall into the same color shade category. Highlighting colors are used to light up the eyes and are generally applied near the brow bone. They are usually a lighter shimmery or pearl color. Blend the neutral color from the eyelashes to the brow and from corner to corner. Blend slightly beyond the outside corner. |
Avoid build up on the inside corner by blending outward.
The dark shade will run along the crease of the eye or socket line. Apply the entire length of the lid, from the inner corner to the outer corner.
For a dramatic effect, leave the line along the socket. For a softer effect, blend or smudge the line upwards and/or downwards using your medium brush or a q-tip.
The line should start about half way across the eye out to the outer corner.
Apply the lighter color shadow just under the brow on the BROW BONE in a wide sweeping line. Be sure not to get any lighter color in your brow. If you accidentally do this, just use a q-tip or brow brush to remove it. Use an eyebrow pencil on brows to fill in unevenness and mascara on lashes to finish and enhance the effect.
You will achieve kudos for your dramatic eyes with the correct use of eyeshadow colors! You can buy eyeshadow trios or make your own color blends by buying individual shadows and combining them. Just use blends of colors that you know look good together on you. You can get more great ideas from these pages.
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