How To Apply Eye Shadow

Eye Shadows for beginners are one the best things which actually make your makeup stand out, and it will really help for the beginners who have just started applying makeup and need some tips to follow.

How to apply eyeshadow for beginners:

 Application: 

Whichever way you choose to apply this design, the lid, and under-brow shades should meet but not overlap at the crease. You can use brushes like Paula's Select Large Round Shadow Brush or Small Round Shadow Brush to apply the light shade to the lid and Paula’s Select Crease Defining Brush or Angled Shadow Brush to apply the darker shade from the crease up to the brow. Then, using a small wedge brush such as Paula's Select Wedge/Brow Brush, you can use the light color again as a highlight just along the lower edge of the eyebrow. This can bring dramatic but subtle attention to the shape of the brow and the eye without needing another eyeshadow color. You can also apply the lighter color from the lid to the under-brow area and use the darker color in and slightly above the crease. Then take a brush such as Paula’s Select Precision Shadow Brush and use the darker color to softly shade the back corner of the eye, making sure this shading is an extension of the crease color. For more dramatic variations on this theme, see the three- and four-color designs below.

HOW TO APPLY EYE SHADOW STEP BY STEP:

  Three-color design:

Start by applying either of the basic one- or two-color eye-makeup designs mentioned above. Once you have done that, the third shade, an even deeper color than the two previous colors, is added to the back (outside) corner of the lid or in the crease, or over both the crease and the back corner of the lid.  In this design, the lid and under-brow colors are softer and less intense than the color at the back corner of the lid or in the crease. Regardless of where you place this third, darker color, it can be a beautiful deep shade of brown, charcoal, cedar, mahogany, sable, red-brown, slate, chocolate brown, camel, deep taupe, eggplant, or even black.

    Application: 

 If you apply the third eyeshadow in the crease,  the trick is to not get the crease color on the lid, but rather to blend it slightly up into the under-eyebrow area and out onto the temple. 

Paula's Select Crease Defining Brush or Angled Shadow Brush makes this step easy. When sweeping the crease color across the eye, be sure to not follow the down-curving movement of the shape of the eye.

 The best look is achieved if you blend the crease color out and up into the full-back (outer) corner of the eye, and up onto the back of the brow bone. 

•  When you apply the crease color, be sure to watch the angle of your brush as you blend the color from the crease out and up toward the under-brow area. If you place your color with the brush straight up at a 90-degree angle, you will look like you drew on wings.
•  The softer the angle and the fuller the sweep, the softer the appearance, so be certain you blend out and slightly up from the lid area toward the under-brow area. Paula's Select Precision Shadow Brush will make a controlled application and expert placement foolproof if you have a small eye crease area.
•   If you apply the third color at the back corner of the eye, the color hugs a small section of the lid, blending out and up into the crease and temple area. This step is explained in more detail for the four-color eye-makeup design. 

 Four-color design: 

In this design, you again start with the one- or two-color eye-makeup design, then add a darker color to the crease and an even darker color such as black or deepest gray to the back corner of the eye. Shading the back corner of the eyelid involves the arts of placement and blending. Because this area almost always requires a dark color, blending is essential to make it look soft, with no hard edges.  Why bother with a crease color and more shading at the back corner of the eye? 

• The best part of this full eye-makeup design is that it shades, defines, and creates movement by adding a shadow in a curved flowing motion that follows the eye's natural shape. The difficult part of this design is blending the crease color across the entire length of the eye without making it look obvious, choppy, or smeared. 
• The goal is to tuck the color just in the crease at the fold nearest the nose and have it hug the crease until you get to the back corner of the eye, where you start the movement of the eyeshadow up and out onto the brow bone. Again, this sweep of color should not look like a stripe across the eye. 

 Application:

 Be sure to knock the excess eyeshadow off your brush, and apply the color with very small strokes over the back corner of the lid only. The problem here is keeping the color on the back of the lid only. If you don’t know how to handle the brush, the back wedge can take up more than half of the eyelid (looking more like a mistake rather than carefully blended shading) or look like a stripe across the temple. As mentioned above, when you apply the crease color, be sure to watch the angle of your brush as you blend the color from the crease out and up toward the under-brow area. 

• If you place your color with the brush straight up at a 90-degree angle, you will look like you drew on wings. The softer the angle and the fuller the sweep, the softer the appearance, so be certain you blend out and slightly up from the lid area toward the under-brow area.
•   Remember, the center or fold of the crease area is always the darkest, so start your brush there and blend out in each direction. A brush such as Paula’s Select Soft Blending Brush makes it easier to soften and blend darker colors. 
• Concentrate your efforts on the crease area you want to shade. Start all the way at the front part of the eye area under the front third of the brow, then follow the crease through the center, blending slightly up toward the brow.
•  As you approach the back corner of the eye, begin your movement up and out toward the temple, aiming toward the eyebrow.  Eyeshadow Tips Matte powder eyeshadows in an array of neutral tones from light to dark are your best bets for a classic, sophisticated eye design that accents the shape and color of your eyes.
•  Unless you’re using just one eyeshadow color, use at least two eyeshadow brushes for application. Prep the eyelid and under-brow area with a matte-finish concealer, foundation, and/or powder before applying eyeshadow.

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  This ensures a smooth, even application and (if you have fair to medium skin) will also neutralize the red and blue coloration of the eyelid.  Tap off any excess eyeshadow from your brush before applying—this will prevent overapplication as well as flaking eyeshadow. 
•  If you really want to make the color of your eyes pop, choose a contrasting color in a soft tone and apply this to the lids. Blue eyes come alive with pale peach or cantaloupe hues, green eyes seem richer with light bronze or caramel tones, hazel eyes become more alluring with chestnut and golden brown shades, and brown eyes are nicely accented by almost all neutral tones
• . Eye-Design Mistakes to Avoid Do not overcolor the eyes; excessive bright colors are distracting, not attractive. 

Do not create hard edges; you should not be able to see where one color stops and another starts. Practice your application and learn to blend well.  Do not wear bright pink or iridescent pink eyeshadows; they make eyes look irritated and tired. Muted or pale pink is an option.  If you are concerned about making skin look more wrinkled, do not wear shiny eyeshadows of any kind because they exaggerate the appearance of lines. If you have smooth, unlined eyelids and prefer a touch of shine, apply it sparingly for subtle shimmer rather than distracting glitter.