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Summary: Looking for dramatic eye makeup? Get tips for applying black eye shadow in this free makeup video clip from a professional cosmetologist.
Jenny Karl has over eleven years experience working for cosmetics establishments in NY, NJ, PA, and CA. She's also worked as a freelance makeup artist and light, hair, and wardrobe...read more
"For the crease color I'm going to use a black. I'm going to use a black shadow because the purple is so funky and bright we're going to kind of smoke it out and kind of make it look a little more sultry and sexy but using a black in the crease. You want to use a nice fluffy crease brush and you just want to use a little at a time. This is black so it's very pigmented. It's going to come out black so just use a little bit at a time. You?re going to start out at the end of the eye and make a sideways V. Then you?re going to fill it in, little by little just continue to add color to the sideways V. You can go in the eye a little bit just not toward the center, but you want to go up to about the ball of the eye. You wan tot keep it pretty dark on the end and pretty light toward the nose. Little by little just keep adding color. You don't want to go to high you want to keep it highlighted under the brow. We're going to do a little more dramatic look. It's the nighttime look; it's kind of funky so we're going to smoke out her eye a little bit. We're going to just keep adding a little more, a little more. It's all personal preference for how dramatic you want to go, how smokey you want to go. Really blend makes sure everything looks like it's meant to be blended together. You don't want any harsh lines. Then take this black and go a little under the eyes as well. That's going to really accentuate that smokey look. I like to use a nice little pencil brush that?s good for smudging and blending. Brushes are really important you can have the greatest colors and they just won't go on good without a nice brush. There we go. That?s the crease of the eye."
eHow Article: Applying Black Eye Shadow to Eye Crease