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How to Apply Eye Shadow on Grey Eyes

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Intro: Women gifted with striking features such as grey eyes only have to highlight them to draw attention. This is because colored eyes are in themselves such a string, defining feature in any given face, that they tend to overshadow any other makeup. Should you or anyone also be gifted with grey eyes, the quickest and easiest way to look good would be to highlight them. Ch oosing a complimentary Eye Shadow: Since grey is often considered a neutral color, almost all color palettes go well with it. However, when it comes to doing eye makeup for grey eyes, there are certain shades that flatter them more than the rest. Makeup experts generally swear by the grey on grey look for such kind of eyes and advise that the best way to give your grey eyes the attention is to use eye shadows in shades of deep brown, black and deep grey. The inherent darkness of such dark shades work to draw out the white portion in grey eyes, making the eyes appear big and bright. Metallic colors like copp...

How to Apply Eye Shadow on Blue Eyes

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Intor: Much like brown eyes, blue eyes also bend well with several shades an this makes it easy for you to experiment with different colors and looks. In fact, brown shades go well with blue eyes and vice versa too. One thin to remember is that different blue eyed women may have irises in varying shades of blue. The eye shadow chosen and also the overall eye makeup should be selected, keeping the specific shade of your etes in mind. For example, what looks great for a woman with gray-blue eyes may be slightly heavy for someone with baby blue eyes. A rule of thumb to keep in mind is that blue eye shadow does not help accentuate your irises. However, there are exceptions to this rule especially when you are using a different shade of blue to complement your eyes or combine the blue with a flattering shimmer color or metallic shade. Suitable eye shadow colors for blue eyes: Some eye shadow shades play up your blue irises while others draw attention to them in a more subtle way. ...

How to Apply Eyeshadow for Brown Eyes

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Intro: Brown is the most common eye color in the world. If you have brown eyes, you don't need to feel that they are 'boring' or 'uninteresting.' In fact, brown eye color is a great advantage because this shade of eye color lends itself to eye makeup very well. To draw attention to the rich, deep brown hue of your eyes, you can use a good number of shades with your eye makeup. Below are some point to help you out. Starting Point: Remember to use a good quality primer over the entire eye area. Make sure that you cover any dark circles or puffiness underneath the eye before moving on to your foundation and loose or pressed powder. To highlight your brow, use a peach, white, beige or champagne eye shadow and cover the brow bone to lash line area evenly. When you finish with that, your entire eyelid should have a blemish free even tome that serves as the base for your final eyeshadow application. A light shade is used first to ensure that your brown eyes get th...

How to Apply Eye Shadow for Green Eyes:

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Green Eyes          Either born with green eyes or have contact lenses to draw attention to your eyes, having green eyes is a blessing. This is because green eyes, or cat eyes, can make you look stunning. The trick is  to play up your green eyes in a way that it is flattering to both, your face and your overall personality. Women gifted with green eyes always have to be careful not to underdo or overdo their makeup. Primer and Base: First off, wash your face well with a mild face wash and pat dry. After this, apply a good quality primer. This primer should be applied from the lash line all the way along the to the eyebrow bone. Next, it is very important to apply foundation as well as powder. This will ensure that the eye shadow "sticks" to your eyes and stays on longer.  As for myself, I do not use a primer I just place a little bit of conclear on my eye lids and works just as good. Once the primer, foundation and powder are settled in, you ...

Contouring For Different Face Shapes

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          The idea of contouring is to make each face shape appear as similar as possible. Those women who have an oval face do not need contouring. Long Face Shape Contouring: the objective is to make the longest portions appear shorter or wider. Shadowing helps soften the angles of your face and adds definition where you need it. Be generous with the blush on the apples of your cheeks, especially the bottom parts. This makes your face look rounder. Shading/contouring at the top of the cheekbones and around the jaw line( the chin) helps subdue the angles and gives your face a softer and more rounded shape. Apply a highlighting color just underneath your cheekbones. To contour, you can use foundation/powder, which is a shade of two darker than the skin tone, to soften the angles of your face. The chin and forehead are two areas where contouring will help give the appearance of a shorter face shape. Round Face Shape Contouring: the round face has the c...

Contouring: How to Identify Your Face Shape

  Intro:                      Most experts believ that the oval face is the most perfect one. Oval faces are considered the most characteristic of a classic beauty. Unfortunately all women can not possess this kind of facial shape and structure. There is a total of seven different face shapes identfied.           Identifying your face shape is critical for effective and flawless makeup. This helps you later pick out the right cosemtics so that you can use you them the right places of your face to enhance it overall. It brings out your facial shape and structure as close to perfection as possible. How to Deteermine Your Face Shape:            Determining your face shape is very important part of how to apply your makeup. Not everyone has the same face shape, and thats why it is important for you to know your face shape so you can enhance your beautiful features. ...