Summary: Looking for dramatic eye makeup? Learn tips for applying evening eyeshadow in this free makeup lesson from a professional makeup artist.
Amanda Backensto has been a freelance makeup artist in Los Angeles for the past 15 years. She has worked at celebrity events such as the Oscars, Emmys, and the Golden Globes. She has...read more
"And now again to take this simple day look to a dramatic and beautiful sensational evening look I'm going to add a couple of more pieces to her eye wardrobe. I'm going to take a little bit of gold brown beautiful radiant gold brown and mix them. Carry if you look if you look up and I'm going to add that right underneath the lower eyelid and that is going to give me beautiful shape to the eye without making it to dramatic where it looks a little to dark. I want to play with a the beautiful green brown in here eyes. So I'm just going to go ahead and dab, tap in just a little bit of this beautiful gold brown that I customize the beautiful colors in Carry's eyes. From there I'm going to take that water proof eyeliner and line the top of your lids just to give a little more of the dramatic sensational look. You want to line up in your hands before applying and again this is just going to add thickness to the lash line and just a nice thickness and a beautiful dramatic look for sensational eyes. Again sweeping that beautiful pencil right on the lash line. You can move it in to the inner corner for more of a dramatic look and sweep it out to lift up the eyes. Then I'm going to take a beautiful little tiny brush the same one that I used underneath the eye and just smudge in the liner for a soft radiant look. Never fear if you get a little product underneath the eye you can always sweep do your powder brush sort of like this like a fan and just sweep away the excess. I'm also going to heighten this look by adding a little more mascara to the top lash as well as the bottom."
eHow Article: Applying Evening Eye Color