Eyeshadow How-To

Anytime I confess to being a makeup junkie, I am asked about how to apply eyeshadow using more than just one shade of eyeshadow.

I am very far from a makeup pro but I do have 2 basic eyeshadow routines that help achieve pretty eyes using eyeshadow.

The first thing you need are eyeshadow brushes. I highly recommend Sonia Kashuk brushes from Target. I don’t even think that a specific brush is important – but I like to use 1 small brush and one larger, blending brush.

The first eye look is very simple.

I take my smaller brush and shade the outer 1/3 of my eyelid. Don’t worry if it’s not perfect.

After that, I take my lighter shade and go over the entire lid (and hiding some imperfections of the darker shade along the way).

With this look, I try and make sure that the darker shade goes “up” on the outer corners (like on the right eye in this picture). That keeps the shadow from making your eyes look smaller.

The second look is a tiny bit more complicated.

With this one, I line my eye with the darker color on the outer half of my eye. I then take a smallish brush and darken the crease of my eye. I start at the outer corners and work my way in so the color is more concentrated on the outer corners.

I then take the lighter shade and cover the rest of my lid.

Neither one of these 2 shapes is super-complicated, but they definitely can make any novice look more like a pro.

Do you have a go-to eyeshadow “shape” that you like? Please share!