Shop Angled brush | BK Beauty #205 Contoured Shader Brush Step 5 | Under Eye I find it easier to start with less shadow and lighter tones and then build up to the intensity I want. If you need to deepen the outer corner even more, repeat this step with a darker shade after applying your lid shade. This helps create the perfect eyeshadow base shape. Now gently draw the brush in, towards your lid and down towards your lash line. Place it at the edge of the “V” we just created. Using that same pencil brush, grab a bit more of the transition shade eye shadow. This step uses: pencil brush + transition eyeshadow shade Sigma e30 pencil brush Step 4 | Outer corner This will help create the perfect lifted “V” shape once you connect it with the transition shade we just placed in the crease. Using a pencil brush and your same transition shade, now “mark” this shape and place eyeshadow down. TIP | To create the perfect eyeshadow shape on your upper lid, hold a pencil brush under the bottom lashes at the outside edge of your eye, directing the brush up towards the tail end of your eye brow. I prefer to apply with a windshield wiper (back-and-forth) motion and then when all the shadow is applied, I take the same brush and start to do swirling motions to really diffuse the shadow for a perfect blend.

I never bring my crease shade past the edge of my eyebrow. I have a smaller lid shape and my eyes are downturned and slightly hooded at the outside corner.īased on my eye shape, I take my crease shade just above my actual crease and apply it up and out at the outer corner, above the actual crease. For me, MAC “Wedge” is the perfect transition shade. I prefer a more natural look, so I use a shade that is only one shade deeper than my skin tone. This step is called the transition shade because it’s the makeup color that transitions your eye makeup into the rest of your skin.

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