I love using
the darkest shadow shade, as a liner.
Not exact matches
This eye
shadow palette contains five different
shades of natural base and
darker tones for definition and lining.
Start with a nude base
shadow, then apply
shadow a
shade or two
darker than the base to your crease and use your finger to blend the color up toward your eyebrow.
Working with liquid or cream
shadows, apply a light
shade as a base from lash lines almost to brows, then blend a slightly
darker hue along creases and - if you want extra definition - an even
darker color along lash lines.
Therefore the eyes are made more prominent with shimmering
shadows and a mix of
dark and light
shades.
10 highly pigmented
shades range from light to
dark to flatter every skin tone in 3
shadow finishes: shimmery satin, buttery matte & lustrous sheen.
The Sigma Beauty Fall Softly eye
shadow palette is a light eye
shadow palette which contains very light and soft colors with a few
dark shades which are ideal for the outer v area.
A crease brush is for applying a
darker shade into your crease or to layer a wash of color onto your lid over your base eye
shadow.
For this look, I used Lime Crime's Venus 2 Palette which has this unbelievably beautiful
shade in it called Boot that's a super
dark navy / black eye
shadow with specks of purple and blue glitter.
Use your brown
shade to do this, and sort of draw freely on the face to get an idea of where you want the
dark shadowing to go.
Using a blending brush, like a Make Up For Ever 216 or an E.l.f. Crease Brush, pick up a
darker brown
shadow (only a few
shades deeper than the last
shadow) and smudge it lightly it into the outer corner of your eye near the lash line, then blend it beneath the eye, sweeping it along the first third of your lashes.
So swirl your tapered blending brush over a warm, soft - brown
shadow (only a few
shades darker than your natural skin tone) and blend it into the outer V of your eye, sweeping it from your lash line to the middle of your crease.
Next, pat a slightly shimmery cream
shadow that's close to your skin tone on your lids, then grab a cream blush in a warm, rosy
shade (for very
dark skin, try rich coral instead).
By applying
darker shades to your bust where
shadows should fall and lighter
shades to areas that should be highlighted, you can create the illusion of ample cleavage.
Then, use the
darker shade to fill in the sections that fall in the
shadows.
Brush a
dark grey
shade of eye
shadow on your upper eyelid following the lash line.
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Dark shadows can appear too harsh on a fair bride, so for her I'll use brown
shades; for a girl with olive skin like Kim's, gunmetal silvers will mimic her look pretty closely.
Alternatively, for a lighter bronzed glow, use a matte brown
shadow (about two or three
shades darker than your natural skin tone) and a large bronzing brush.
This particular
shade is really nice & subtle on my skin tone, but I've mixed in a pinch of the cheek swish and the
darkest eye
shadow to test it out.
«Brown
shadow in the crease of the eye and a
darker shade on the corners and beneath the lower lashes create depth; highlighter on the brow bone opens up the eyes.
To add more light and
shadow, I applied a
dark shade (
shade 6) on the outer half of my lower lashline and a bright colour (
shade 2) on the inner corners, also bringing it along the inner half of my lower lashline.
Plus, the
darkest eye
shadow is a cool toned, matte
dark brown
shade.
EYES... From the new Smashbox Shape Matters Palette, I applied the taupe
shade to my lids, used the soft brown
shadow for a transition, the
dark brown for my crease, and the black in the outer corner.
Tip: Prime the eyes with metallic pencil or metallic cream
shadow before applying the
darker shade to make the color really pop.
Where you might start the morning off with a few of the lighter
shades blended together, you can touch things up for the evening with slightly
darker shadows.
Apply a
dark, neutral
shade of eye
shadow to the creases of my eyes, using a windshield wiper motion.
What I did in the video just incase you didn't understand were the following things, first I applied Rigid Collodion and as soon as it dried I applied a light layer of my lightest foundation (avoiding my under eye area so my
dark circles would be visible) then I took mi my blue and beige eye
shadow shades and darken my eye hallows.
At that time I felt like there weren't a lot of makeup options for
darker skin tones available, and the makeup artists at the department store counters seemed to think that loading up the
darkest shades of
shadow, blush, and lipstick was the only way to go --(this is before YouTube changed the world of makeup for women of color)-- that's when I decided to take matters in to my own hands and I became sort of obsessed with playing with makeup.
All the eye
shadows in the palette complement each other, which means you have all the light to
darkest complimenting
shades.
The left side of the palette has mostly golden toned eye -
shadows and right side has mostly
dark shades.
For my lower lash line I had to mix two
shades: MAC Showstopper, a
dark brown, and MAC «Random Silver
Shade ``, a silver I can't remember the name of, as I owned no
shadow similar to the one in the picture.
Apply
dark coloured eye
shadow on corners of eye according to your dress colour and then blend it with liht coloured or white
shade perfectly to give proper blended looks.
Start with a
darker shadow close to the lash line and work with lighter
shades as you move higher up the eyelid toward the brow.
I swipe on an eye
shadow (I like powders) that is slightly lighter than my skin tone over the entire lid, followed by a light brown
shade on my lower eyelid and a slightly
darker shade just in my eyelid crease.
A natural color, one
shade darker than your skin tone will mimic the natural
shadow which will draw attention and maximize your features without being noticeable.
The palette has 120
shadows from light to
dark shades, which are presented in matte black compact case, perfect for travel.
She recommended using the
darker shade of the palette (I have this one but you can use any brow
shadow you have).
Work a gleamy champagne
shadow (use gold on
dark skin) on your brow bones — a little highlight here helps balance the purple — then blend a taupe
shade onto your lids.
So if you are a bit like me, you wear nothing, OR, on days you have to wear a little more than that, you wear the perfect foundation, cover
dark circles with the right
shade of concealer, a little eye
shadow, a good brow, mascara, and some lip balm on your way out.
I took a small fluffy brush and softly blended, adding some of
darker sparkly
shades on YSL Pure Chromatics eye
shadow palette to create less of a harsher look.
As much as I enjoy the
darker shades brought on by the cold winter, I can't wait to mix in the neon lips and bold eye
shadows.
Moreover, the slight white
shading effect has been removed from «Island», while the
shadow has changed to a
darker color.
I use a q tip to remove areas of wet paint in the lighter areas, and darken the
shadow areas by reducing the amount of fluid retarder mixed with the burnt umber: with an under painting you begin with the lighter
shades and gradually work your way up to the
darkest darks.
The exhibition allies a range of highly varied works; Reza Aramesh's critical reconfiguration of postures of oppression taken from the documentary photographic record of the late 20th century within the context of high - cultural legacy of the Enlightenment, Jake & Dinos Chapman's attack of those same Enlightenment spawned delusions of cultural progress, Desiree Dolron's exquisite, dense, almost painterly rendering of light and
shadow within the photographic medium, Terence Koh's white - on - white neon declaration of Eternal Love, Wayne Horse's lighter - lit display of sub-cultural, cul - de-sacs articulated in a trash aesthetic, Dawn Mellor's radical portraits of female film stars, re-contextualized from the objectifying gaze of cinematic light into the critical, imaginative space afforded by painting, Gino Saccone's loose but formal play of material, surface and light in his multi-media, sculptural assemblages, Peter Schuyff's abstract,
shaded path from ambient light into a
dark portal and finally Conrad Shawcross» beautiful and austere kinetic work that emanates an ever shifting pattern in
shadow and light.
Pastel
shades and bright colours go hand in hand and
shadows aren't merely
dark shapes, but rainbows, nearly aureolas of colour.
Dense
shade that creates a
dark shadow is best.