Summary: Want professional makeup artist tips? Learn how to keep eyeshadow from smearing your foundation in this free video clip.
Kate Shepherd is a Seattle based makeup artist. She works on local runway shows and photo shoots, but she also does makeup for news channels including CNN, FOX, and MSNBC. Kate's...read more
"Alright, so I'm just smoothing out the surface of Sherry's under eye. I'm going to do something that make up artists will do, especially when using darker shadows, is I'm going to actually use a translucent powder underneath her eye, because we're going to be adding those darker shadows, and I don't want it to fall down, since we've already used her concealer and her foundation. So, I'm going to use a sponge, and this is going to look kind of funny, but it makes a really big difference. And I'm actually going to take this powder and I'm just going to put it right underneath her eye, we get a little fall down, oops. And what this is going to do is this is going to catch any of the darker shadow, so if we put that black shadow on her lid, and if any of it falls down, it's going to get stuck right in to that powder, and when we're done, it just wipes it away. So, this is a great little trick to do. Now, you can put your foundation on first, or, excuse me, you can do your eyes first, foundation on after if you want, that's a great way to do it, but I sometimes don't like do to that, because I sometimes feel that, you know, you have to do your smoky eye underneath, and then when you're done with your eyes, then you go in and do your skin, and you still have to put your concealer in there. And this is just the way I prefer to do it, so, this is a fun trick for you to do at home. "
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