Hello
lovely brides to be!
I
often get asked about how to apply eyeshadow. The answer always is “it depends
on your eye shape”.
Different
eye shapes have different needs and we want to make the most out of all eye
shapes. Below I am going to go through the different eye shapes and what they
mean and where best to apply each colours for them. If you get confused or if
you slot into two or three of the different types and you are not sure what to
do then just leave me a comment below and I can help you directly. You can also
wonder over to my facebook page at www.facebook.com/herefordbridalbeauty
and ask me there, I can see your profile picture and will be able to tailor my
answer directly to you.
Standard/
Average
Firstly
we have standard eyes. This is the most common eye shape. Its neither too large
nor too small etc and it can carry off most looks.
For eyeshadows take a light
colour and blush all over the lid up to the brown bone. Then take a medium
colour and blend into the crease. Then take your dark colour and blend in a
> shape along the outer eye from the lashline up into the crease, staying
most darkest near the lashline as this will be most seen. Finish with a whitish
cream colour under the brow bone and on the inner corner of the eye to give a
fresh, brighter look and really open those eyes.
Wide set
Eyes
Wide set
eyes are just where the gap between each eyes is slightly larger than average. Some
good examples of celebrities are Jessica Alba, Michelle
Pfeiffer, Amanda Seyfried, and Jacky O. All very beautiful!
The best way to wear eyeshadow with wide set eyes is too
only use a light and medium colour. Take your light colour all over the eyelid
up to the brow bone and then with your medium colour blend in a > shape from
the lashline into the crease. Try not to take it too far up the brow bone and
keep it on the eyelid. Then with the same brush but without dipping into the
colour again use it lightly to blend any remaining colour into the inner eye
crease. This will balance out the eye and giving it more dimension and make it
seem more closed. Finish with a whitish cream colour under the brow arch to get
a fresher bright eyed look.
Close set Eyes
Close
set eyes are just where the gap between each eye is slightly smaller than
average. Some good examples of celebrities with close set eyes are Sarah Jessica
Parker, Kim Kardashian, Rachel Bilson and Nicole Kidman. Again all very
beautiful!
To make
your eyes really pop you need to create the illusion that they are slightly wider
so the colour focus is going to be on the outer corner. So using a light colour
sweep it all over the eyelid up to the brown bone. Next take a dark colour and
create a > shape from the lash line to the outer crease of your eyes, blend
it outwards and upwards to the brow bone. If you want to wear eyeliner take it
thinly from the inner corner to the outer and just a little flick on the end. Finish
with a whitish/ cream colour under the brow bone and inner eye. This will
create depth to the eye.
Deep Set Eyes
Deep set
eyes are lovely to work with. They already have depth and shape to them so all
you need to do is add light and colour to get a great look. Keira Knightly,
Megan Fox, Angelina Jolie and Kim Kardashian (also has closeset eyes as well)
are great examples of deep set eyes.
You want to try and stay away from putting
dark colours into the crease line as this will only make deepset eyes appear
deeper. What we are trying to do is lighten. So take your light colour all over
the eyelid up to the brow bone. And then take a medium colour and apply that lightly
into the crease line. Make sure you go right to the inner corner crease. Try not
to take this colour down into the outer lower lid as again we are trying to
lighten. If you want to wear eyeliner take this from the start of you lashline
and try not to go to thick. Finish with your whitish/ cream colour on the inner
corner of the eye and very thinly under the brow arch, not to much as again we do
not want to create too much shadow.
Prominent
Lids
These
are eyes that are the main focus of the face. Good celebrity examples are
Christina Ricci, Nicole Richie, Cher, and
Sophie Dahl. They tend to be more doe eyed and usually have a lot of eyelid to
play with. You can afford to be heavy handed with these types of eyes.
Firstly take
your light colour all over the eyelid up to the brow bone. Then take your medium
colour into the crease. Make sure you blend down into the outer and inner
corners. Then take your dark colour along the lash line and blend up into the
crease. Finish with a whitish/cream blended thinly under the brow arch and
blend down. This look should leave the lightest colour showing through in the
middle of your lower eyelid creating a focus for the eyes.
You can also play with dramatic falsh lashes as your eyes can really take them without taking over your look. have a go!
Hooded
Eyes
This
seems to be the eye shape I get a lot of questions about as there isn’t a lot of
lower eyelid on show you need to carefully place your colour where you can see
without looking too much like a clown! It’s where the upper brow lid covers
most or all on the lower eyelid. This is something that happens naturally as we
get older, but some people have eyes naturally like this. Some great celebrity
examples are Blake Lively, Selena Gomez, Sharon Stone Catherine Zeta-Jones and
Renee Zellweger, again all beautiful women, so don’t see this as a curse!
The
best way to wear eyeshadow is to take your light colour all over the lower
eyelid, up to and just a tad further onto the brow bone (not all the way to the
top please ladies!) then take a medium colour and work this into your crease,
blending this lightly up to the brow bone on the outer corner. Then take your
dark colour and work it from your outer lash line up to the crease and blend it
out and up. You can also work a little into the lower lash line (very gently). Lastly
take your whitish/ cream colour and blend this under your brow arch blending
across the whole upper browbone and down into the inner eye socket.
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