How To Apply Eyeshadow: Eyeshadow Looks Tutorials

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&NewLine;<p>If you are a makeup freak&comma; you definitely know how important it is to apply eyeshadows perfectly&period; Your eyeshadow looks basically defines your whole makeup because it is the eyes that attract everyone&&num;8217&semi;s attention when they first look at you&period; Thus&comma; you need to really work on your eye makeup game for a flawless makeup look and confidence&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>As simple as it may look&comma; even doing the monochrome eye makeup looks requires a whole level of expertise&period; And that is why I am here to help you&period; Here is my complete guide on how to apply eyeshadows like a pro&period; In this eyeshadow tutorial&comma; I have some basic tips for you on how to apply eyeshadow&period; Then I will tell you what your eye shape is and how to apply eyeshadow according to your eye&&num;8217&semi;s shape&period; Now&comma; without wasting any more time&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s get into it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Steps Of Applying Eyeshadow <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;makeupscouts&period;local&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;Steps-Of-Applying-Eyeshadow-1024x723&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Steps Of Applying Eyeshadow " class&equals;"wp-image-927" width&equals;"1137" height&equals;"803"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Before we talk about the eyeshadow application&comma; it is important for you to have complete knowledge about your eye&period; This way you will get a basic understanding of how eyeshadow application works and which shades go where&period; So our eyes have basically four areas where we can apply eyeshadows&period; They are&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ol class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li>The main eyelid is the largest portion of the eyes where you apply the major shade you are working on&period; It is further divided into the inner corner&comma; middle lid area&comma; and the outer corner &lpar;or the outer V&rpar;&period; To perfect your eye makeup game&comma; you need to learn how to apply <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;makeupscouts&period;local&sol;eyeshadow-palette&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" aria-label&equals;"eyeshadow palette &lpar;opens in a new tab&rpar;" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" class&equals;"rank-math-link">eyeshadow palette<&sol;a> in each of these areas&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;li><li>Crease &&num;8211&semi; the crease is just above the main eyelid&period; It is a line that forms when we open our eyes&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;li><li>Brow Bone &&num;8211&semi; the brow bone area covers everything under the eyebrow till the crease&period; It is where you apply the highlighter&period;<&sol;li><li>Lower Lash Line &&num;8211&semi; it is the area under the lower lashes&period; If you wish to apply eyeshadow like a professional&comma; you must never ignore your lower lash line area&period; Many people skip it&comma; and this is why they are never satisfied with how their eye makeup looks&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;li><&sol;ol>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Now that you have a basic understanding of the various parts of the eyes where you need to apply eyeshadow&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s talk about how to apply eyeshadows&period; Again there are four steps of applying the eyeshadows to do simple eye makeup&period; These are&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">1&period; Prep Your Eyes<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>No matter if we are talking about everyday face makeup or simple eye makeup&comma; one thing you need to mind is that &&num;8216&semi;not to prime is a crime&period;&&num;8217&semi; I have seen people skipping this step and ending up with messed up eye makeup looks&period; And then there they are always wondering&colon; how to apply eyeshadows perfectly&period; You can master the techniques of doing your eyeshadows&period; Still&comma; you cannot make your eye makeup lasting if you start without prepping your eyes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Always start with a clean surface to work on&period; To remove any residue or dirt&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ol class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li>Wipe the eye with a wet wipe&period;<&sol;li><li>Apply a drop of eye primer on both eyes and massage it into the pores with your ring finger&period;<&sol;li><li>Never use your index finger because it puts a lot of pressure on the eyes&period;<&sol;li><li>Apply the primer in the under-eye area too&period;<&sol;li><li>Bake it with a little translucent powder&period;<&sol;li><&sol;ol>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Viola&comma; your canvas is ready for the painting&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">2&period; Apply The Transition Shade<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The next step in our eyeshadow tutorial is to apply the transition shade&period; If you wonder how to apply eyeshadows like an expert&comma; well&comma; here is the key&period; The transition shade is the lightest shade of the color that you want to go with&period; For instance&comma; if you want to do the green eyeshadow looks&comma; your transition shade will be light green&comma; lime yellow&comma; or dusky orange&period; If you want to do a blue eyeshadow looks&comma; the transition color has to be light sky blue or ice blue&period; With a blending brush&comma; apply the transition shade in the crease and blend it out nicely&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">3&period; Apply Eyeshadows<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The best way to apply eyeshadows is to do the outer V after the transition shade if you want to do a smokey eye&period; It is the darkest shade of your choice of color&period; For example&comma; when doing the red eyeshadow looks or going with the orange eyeshadow looks&comma; the outer corner is done in burnt orange or an orangish-brown shade&period; With a thick blending brush&comma; apply the eyeshadow in the outer corner and blend it towards the lid&&num;8217&semi;s middle area&period; With a clean blending brush&comma; blend this shade with the transition color so that there are no harsh lines between the two&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>After the outer corner&comma; apply the eyeshadow in the main lid area&period; If you want to know how to apply eyeshadow according to the recent trends&comma; apply a metallic shimmer or glitter in the main lid&period; Apply a matching matte shade in the lower lashline area too in the order&colon; transition shade and then the dark shade&period; Put some highlighter in the inner corner and on the brow bone&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">4&period; Finish Your Eyeshadow Looks<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In the end&comma; apply the eyeliner in any style that you want to&period; Apply an eye pencil in the waterline&period; Then finish off by applying a nice coat of mascara&period; Or you can wear false lashes too at this stage if you want to&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Follow this whole routine to create just any of the easy eyeshadow looks&period; You can do the pink eyeshadow looks&comma; purple eyeshadow looks&comma; or the bright yellow eyeshadow looks with this routine&period; The point being just followed these simple steps and get inspired to try different simple eye makeups&period; Also&comma; since the Halloween season is here&comma; don&&num;8217&semi;t forget to try trendy Halloween eye makeup looks&comma; keeping in mind this simple eye makeup regime&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">How To Apply Eyeshadow For Different Eye Shapes<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;makeupscouts&period;local&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;How-To-Apply-Eyeshadow-For-Different-Eye-Shapes-1024x723&period;jpg" alt&equals;"How To Apply Eyeshadow For Different Eye Shapes" class&equals;"wp-image-928" width&equals;"1141" height&equals;"806"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>One thing that you need to know is that &&num;8216&semi;shape matters&period;&&num;8217&semi; As everyone has a particular face shape&comma; likewise&comma; everyone has a specific <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;beautylish&period;com&sol;a&sol;vcacj&sol;whats-your-eye-shape" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" aria-label&equals;"eye shape &lpar;opens in a new tab&rpar;" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" class&equals;"rank-math-link">eye shape<&sol;a>&period; This is why the eye makeup that looks stunning on one person may not work for someone else&period; It is your eye shape that determines how to apply eyeshadows&period; Thus&comma; if you wish to unravel the secret of how to apply eyeshadows perfectly&comma; you need to know what your eye shape is&period; There are six main eye shapes as classified by experts&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ol class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li>Monolid&nbsp&semi;<&sol;li><li>Almond<&sol;li><li>Upturned<&sol;li><li>Hooded&nbsp&semi;<&sol;li><li>Downturned<&sol;li><li>Round<&sol;li><&sol;ol>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The best way to apply eyeshadow for each of these eye shapes is different&period; And in this eyeshadow tutorial explain how to apply eyeshadows according to your eye shape&period; But first&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s figure out what your eye shape is&period; To know this&comma; you need to answer four of the following questions&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><li>Does your eye have a crease&quest; If you are someone who does not have a crease&comma; you are a monolid&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;li><li>Next&comma; if you are to put a straight line across your eyes&comma; do your outer corners look as if they are lifted upwards or downwards&quest; If it&&num;8217&semi;s the former&comma; you have upturned eyes&comma; and if it is the latter case&comma; you have downturned eyes&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;li><li>&nbsp&semi;Next&comma; if you have a crease&comma; see if your crease is visible when you open your eyes&period; If your crease is not visible when your eyes are fully open&comma; you have hooded eyes&period; If no&comma; then they can be almond or round-shaped&comma; which brings me to the final question&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;li><li>Can you see the white part around your irises when you have fully open eyes&quest; If yes&comma; you have round eyes&comma; but if the white does not frame your irises&comma; you have almond eyes&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>After determining the eye shapes&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s see what works best for each of the eye shapes&period; Here is a little guide on how to apply eyeshadow according to your eye shape so that your eye makeup looks flattering&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">1&period; Eyeshadow Ideas For Hooded Eyes<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>For hooded eyes&comma; the light shades look gorgeous&period; Try not to go for very dark shades to emphasize the hoodedness &lpar;if that even was a word&rpar;&period; For the lashline&comma; you need to take a dark eyeshadow and work upwards to open the eyes&period; Apply a waterproof mascara as the eyeshadows tend to move and smudge in hooded eyes&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">2&period; How To Apply Eyeshadow On MonoLids<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The monolid people can never ever skip an eyeshadow primer&period; It is mandatory so that when they apply eyeshadow&comma; it really sticks to the eyes&period; Create a v with a dark shade in the outer corner and blend it inwards&period; Take the same shade or a transition shade to make a crease&period; But you don&&num;8217&semi;t want a fine line so blend everything very nicely&period; Apply the same dark shade in the lower lash line as well&comma; staying thicker on the outer corners and getting thinner as you move towards the inner corners&period; Then apply a light shimmery shade all over the eyelid&period; Apply the eyeliner and pull its tail out so that the eyes look more open&period; Apply some highlighter on the brow bone and then finish off with mascara&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">3&period; Eyeshadow Tutorial For Round Or Protruding Eyes<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>For rounded eyes&comma; there is not much that you need to worry about&period; Just follow any of your favorite eyeshadow tutorials and play with colors&period; One tip though that I have for you is that you should keep a light hand on shimmers&period; The highlighting shades do not go with protruding eyes&period; So just stay on the matte side so that your eyes look beautiful&period; When applying the eyeliner&comma; do a wing&period; A winged liner helps create an almond eye illusion&comma; which is what you need to try to get&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">4&period; How To Apply Eyeshadows On Downturned Eye Shape<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>For people who have downturned eyes&comma; I recommend them to use a primer with a shimmery base&period; This helps with visually lifting the eyes&period; Go with darker colors in the outer corner&period; Apply eyeshadow &lpar;dark-colored&rpar; just outside the outer V and blend it upwards to create a wing shape&period; Then do the eye makeup following new lines that you have mapped out&period; When applying the eyeliner&comma; draw a thin line near the inner corners and thicken the line as you move outward towards the wing&period; While applying the mascara&comma; try to focus on the middle lashes more than the side lashes&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">5&period; How To Put On Eyeshadow for Upturned Eyes<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>You need to befriend the lighter eyeshadows in your palette for people with an upturned set of eyes&period; Apply eyeshadows on your lids as you like&comma; and it will not be a problem unless you start using dark eyeshadows on the main eyelid&period; The dark shades are only for your lower lash line&period; As for the eyeliner&comma; you can do a winged eyeliner&comma; but do not go for a cat liner&period; Keep the wing very short&period; Just follow this&comma; and you are good to go&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">6&period; Eyeshadows For Almond Eyes<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Almond eye people are sort of the luckiest among all&period; They have naturally gorgeous eyes that do not require much work&period; For them&comma; it is more about their personal taste because anything they do&comma; it suits the eyes&period; If you have almond-shaped eyes&comma; you can follow the above mentioned four steps to achieve just any of the eye makeup looks you like&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">7&period; How To Apply Eyeshadows On Close Or Wide-Eyes&quest;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The goal of eye makeup is to make the eyes look bigger&comma; deeper&comma; and more open&period; This is why I gave you a detailed account of which eye makeup looks are best for which eyes&period; Now&comma; if you have followed everything&comma; yet you find something off in your makeup&comma; then I am going to solve the mystery for you&period; The problem is that most people follow every trend without considering if it will suit them&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>For example&comma; the highlighted inner corners of the eyes trend&period; When people with wide-set eyes follow this trend&comma; suddenly their whole makeup looks bland&period; The reason is that the highlighted inner corners are for close-set eyes only&period; And this why before learning how to apply eyeshadows&comma; you need to determine your eye space&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Eye space is the gap between the two eyes&period; Based on this space&comma; you can either have wide-set eyes or close-set eyes&period; Alternatively&comma; some people have normal or average spaced eyes too&period; So how to determine it&quest; The ideal way to determine the spacing is by measuring your eye with thumb and index finger&period; Then place the fingers between the eyes&period; If the gap between the two eyes is enough to fit the third eye&comma; you have average spaced eyes&period; If the gap is wider or narrower&comma; you have wide-set or close-set eyes&comma; respectively&period; The people with average or close-set eyes can wear highlighter in the inner corners to make the eyes look open&period; When wide-eyed people do this&comma; a lot of light reflects back&comma; and their eyes seem to have moved further apart&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>These are just some of the basic things that you need to take care of when you apply eyeshadows&period; It is important to learn how to apply eyeshadows correctly if you wish to enhance your features and make your makeup look flattering&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;