How to Apply Eye Makeup

posted in Beauty on 8/6/2016

When it comes to making up your eyes, there are a few insider beauty tricks you can use to amp up your eyes and your game. Here, I show you how to apply in your eye makeup using these tricks. If you do it correctly, your eye makeup will last all day.

The Secrets to Eyeshadow That Lasts All Day

Before I get into my step-by-step, I have to share my secrets to eye makeup that lasts all day.

Eyeshadow primer. If you use a quality primer , your eyeshadow will stay put through rain, sweat and even the heaviest of oil slicks produced by skin.
A quality eyeshadow. There are simply too many eyeshadows out there that hardly show up on the lid or if they do, they seem to disappear within a couple hours. Once you find a great pigmented shadow, you are gold.

3. A dab of light color in the corner of inner eyelid. This is a makeup artist secret to brightening eyes. More on this below. Just make sure not to make it too obvious.
4. Heat up your eyelash curler. I like to blow a burst of hot air for no more than 3 seconds onto my eyelash curler before I curl my lashes. Just make sure to test the metal on your arm before you clamp down.

Step 1:Apply Concealer to Your Dark Bits

Your goal with this first step is to even out the eye area.This means applying concealerAnd dotting it with the pad of your finger or a concealer brush to the blue-ish,purple-y places around your eyes.If youHave perfect,non-bluish skin,move onTo the next step.

Here’s how to apply concealer:

Apply three dots of concealer under each eye. Start at the inner corner where skin tends to be darkest, then under the pupil and the third on the outer edge.
Pat, never rub with your ring finger (this finger tends to have the softest pad) until the concealer disappears.

Step2:Prime Those Lids

Just asYou prime Awall beforeYou paint,youCan prime yourFace beforeYou apply makeup.ItGoes on smoothly andLasts longer.Eyeshadow primer isThe secret toKeeping your shadow inPlace forHours.EyeBase will keep shadowIn place through workouts,torrential rains,and evenA night’s sleep

Step3:Line the Eyes

If you’re going for a casual,I’m-not-wearing-makeup daytime look,you can skip this step.But I do love a nicely lined eye.Liners help makeYour eyes pop and if you blend correctly,it won’t be obvious

You can use liquid liners or an eye pencil,I preferTo useDark eyeshadowsAs eyeliners

Line eyes as close to the upper lashes as possible from the inner corner to the outer corner. Follow with liner on bottom eyes. Smudge the bottom line with a Q-tip or your finger. You don’t want a prominent line.

For a smokey eye, use a brush to pat in a dark eyeshadow along the upper lid and below the lid. You don’t want a stark line, instead you want to blend it so it’s "smudge-y."

Step 4: A Few Swipes of Eyeshadow

Eyeshadow is great because it covers up any veins in your lids and helps make your eyes pop.

For daytime, I like to use a basic light shadow on my lid and nothing else.

For a bit more drama, try a three-toned eyeshadow palette and build from lids to brow. You want to blend them into each other like a rainbow. Start with a light color that almost matches your lid. Sweep the color across the lid and up to your browbone. Follow with a medium color across your lid only. Build on this with a darker color in the crease. Blend the colors well.

Step 5: Highlight the Inner Eye

This step is a makeup artist’s secret and a trick I use all the time.

Step 6: Highlight Your Brow

Take the same light eyeshadow and dab it on your browbone, concentrating on your mid-brow outward. Blend with your finger.

Step 7: Curl Your Lashes

An eyelash curler will make even long lashes look more gorgeous. For added effect, you can heat the curler under a blowdryer for a couple seconds. Test curler before applying to lashes because you could burn yourself.

Step 8: Apply Mascara

Place the wand of your mascara brush at the bottom of lashes and wiggle back and forth. Follow with another few sweeps of the wand. Apply to bottom lashes as well.

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How to Apply Eye Makeup

Step3:Line the Eyes

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