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Eyeshadow Makeup Tips

The eyes are the most noticeable and expressive part of our face as they are the brightest and the most beautiful feature in a woman's face.

Whenever you apply your eye makeup, your aim should always be to make your eyes look brighter. You can attain this by choosing the right colors for your eyeshadow and creating the right blend of eyeshadow for your eyes.

The colors you select for your eyeshadow should either match the color of your eyes or offer a contrast to it. If you have blue eyes then blue eyeshadow would work perfectly for you. If your eyes were brown then golden tints for your eyeshadow would be gorgeous. Nevertheless, blue eyeshadow on brown eyes can provide a very good contrast and make the eyes appear brighter.

Your eyeshadow should be composed of three shades:

• a light color such as taupe for your base shadow
• a darker highlighter for the crease of your eyes and
• the main color for your eyelid that is a shade lighter than your highlighter.

The key to making your eyeshadow work is to blend in these three colors.

Applying your eye makeup comes after you have put foundation on your face. Always make it a point to put on your makeup from the eyes downward. Before putting on eye makeup, prime your lids first with eye cream for protecting the sensitive skin of your eyelids and then dab on a little foundation over them. The foundation will make sure that your eyeshadow will last for hours.

After you are done with the foundation, dab on the base color for your eyeshadow covering the whole lid and the brow bone. Follow it with the main color for your eyelid. The highlighter comes next but do take care of how you put your highlighter because if applied the wrong way your highlighter can make your eyes look too big and too beady. Keep your highlighter to the outer edges of your eyes. Also, avoid putting highlighter on your brow bone unless you are putting on makeup for an evening affair or going to a photo shoot. Blend the three shades of your eyeshadow carefully so that they appear to smooth over each other.

After you are done with your eyeshadow, you can start putting on the other elements of your eye makeup applied to the eyebrows and the eyelashes. Your eyebrows give character to your eyes so you should not neglect them when you are putting on eye makeup. Brush them with a brow brush and then shape them with eyeliner. Make sure that your eyeliner pencil is sharp and matches the shade of your mascara.

As for your eyelashes, the proper application of mascara on them will do a lot in making your eyes pop. Mascara extends the length of your eyelashes and makes them appear thicker. To finish it off line your eyelids just under the lashes with eyeliner.

If you want special touches to your eye makeup, you can put on a little shimmer on your eyes to make them appear brighter. Special occasions require special touches on your eye makeup though and in that case, you can put a little amount of shimmer on your brow bone. You can further brighten your eyes by drawing a dot or two with white eyeliner or eyeshadow on the inner edge of your eyes.

Another thing you should remember when putting on eye makeup is to go for balance. In fact, you can completely forego wearing eye shadow and just stick to mascara and eyeliner if you are wearing red lipstick.