#Mac eyeshadow tutorial beginners how to
#Mac eyeshadow tutorial beginners professional

Blend the edges carefully, so that, again, it looks soft and nice.

Apply the lid color all over the lid all the way to the fake crease.

Apply some color to your lower lashline as well, but it keep it subtle (unless you like the drama). Fill in the color in the outer corner and blend well, so that the contour looks soft and nice. That is where your color should be the darkest. Create the ‘crease’ where a natural shadow occurs.

Contour the eye by following your natural bone structure.

Simple eye shadow tutorial for deep set & hooded eyes

Now here is a very simple eye shadow tutorial using this trick. See how high you can actually pull up the eyeshadow? It’s nowhere near that natural crease or fold. Here is a close up to show you exactly the trick. Right? Even the blending looks softer this way – almost as if the bone structure would give it an extra boost (spoiler alert: it does). Since we’ve been following our natural bone structure, the makeup kind of looks as if it belongs there. The reason this makes any eyeshadow look better, is because it looks more natural. Then I’ve just gotten back to my makeup table – it makes the eyeshadow application so much easier, once I have those ‘boundaries’ on. Lately I’ve actually taken my makeup brush, walked to our hallway (where it’s that dim lighting) and drew on that eyeshadow exactly where that shadow hits me. You can see it super clearly that way, as you can see from these pictures. Or you can go to a room, where the lighting is a bit dim and see, where that shadow forms on your eye. You can find it with your finger – you can feel where the bone ends and the eye sinks a little. To get this absolutely right, you need to find the exact spot. I marked it with grey dots in the second picture.įind your natural shadow – it’s right below your brow bone These photos are a bit dark on purpose, because I wanted to show you the natural shadows that occur on my eyes. Which, in this case, forms right below my brow bone. It’s no different from that really! It’s all about playing with the natural contours of your eye and putting the shadow where it naturally occurs.

#Mac eyeshadow tutorial beginners how to

How to apply eyeshadow for any eye shape? Follow your natural bone structure – just like you do with contour and highlight. I’ve parted ways with it a long time ago – deepening my actual crease just makes my eyes look smaller and even though my eyes are just the right size, I don’t want them to be any smaller. Those grey dots in the first picture show you my crease. The ultimate makeup trick for deep set or hooded eyesĪs you can see, with my eye shape, my crease is super low. This trick is also a bit universal, so it works for anyone, who wants to make her/his eyes appear bigger.Īnd might I just add, humbly of course, that this is the best eye shadow trick I have shared on my blog so far. I’m gonna teach you exactly how to apply eyeshadow for hooded eyes, deep set eyes, monolids or just for eyes, that have a little of visible lid space. But it is! It’s life and death here – eyeshadow, life and death.

Getting it sometimes right, but most of the time just kind of shooting in the dark, not understanding the logic behind my actions.

#Mac eyeshadow tutorial beginners professional

With deep set or hooded eyes – you have to do things a little differently.Īnd even though I’m a professional I’ve struggled with my own eye shape. Actually, the typical rules in general haven’t really worked for me. So applying the dark eyeshadows on the ‘crease’, as typical, has never worked for me. My eyes have a very little of visible lid space. I finally learned the trick on how to apply eyeshadow to my deep set/hooded eyes.