How to Apply Dark Eyeshadow on Natural Makeup

Video Transcript

" I want to thank you for visiting expertvillage.com. Today we’re going to learn about some makeup techniques and this is my beautiful model Ana-Lucy Corona. Always, always, always this is a basic rule: start with your dark color first. Why you ask? Because the dark color, when you apply it in your contour, that’s what’s going to give you the definition and depth that you’re looking for. So I’m going to use a brown, okay and I’m going to lift up her eye right here. I’m going to move it like that and I’m going to lift it up. Now when I lift it up, you can see the concave, her contour come through. Now I’m not saying lift it all the way, just be gentle and lift up and this will allow you this area right here to apply your dark color, and then when you release and open, open your eye, you can see the base. Now when you open your eye and you look in the mirror, I want you to be able to see this line. If you are not able to see it…close your eye… you did not go high enough when you applied. Now if you notice I haven’t blended, I’ve only done the contour. I kind of have a look at my model make sure that I placed it where I want to place it, and I do the same for this side. I lift it up slightly and I’m just applying the depth color. I have not blended, don’t blend yet… okay, open… and that’s kind of where I want the color. I have not blended it yet. I take the same brush and I’m cleaning it; you can use a rag, a towel, you can use anything to remove all the makeup on the brush, so now the brush is cleaned. So what I want to do is I’m going to blend I’m going to do the same thing, I’m going to gently lift up her eye, and I’m blending that contour line so it’s a very soft pretty smoky look. Now remember we’ve only applied the base lid eye shadow color and her dark contour color and look how pretty that looks once it’s blended. And I’m going to do the same with the other eye; and once you have a cream foundation eye shadow beneath it, it makes your blending much easier."