Preparing Eyelids for Color : How to Apply Eyeshadow

Series Summary

Eye shadow is a makeup that is used on the eyelids to make the eyes stand out. Most eye shadows today come in a powder form because they are easy to apply and are able to be smudged if needed to get certain looks. In certain styles like Goth and Punk dark eye shadow is used extensively to attain a darker heavier look. A lot of people use eye shadow to be more attractive but it is also used in plays and other forms of theater to make the eyes stand out even to the point of being ridiculous.

In this free video series our expert, Yvette Parrish, will show you tips and techniques for selecting the right eye shadow for your use and step by step instructions on how to correctly apply it as well as the best and easiest way to remove it. She will thoroughly explain the differences among the different types of eye shadow and how to care for it to get the most use possible. You will also learn tips on applying it for photos which is a bit different than regular everyday application.

Video Transcript

"Hi! I’m Yvette Parrish, thanks for joining me at Expert Village. Eyes are so much fun, and there are really not a lot of rules. I’m going to give you some tips to some basic outlines. It’s wonderful. You can play with color; you can mix eye shadows together. I have mashed lipsticks and made them eye shadows and blushes. The beauty of makeup is the creativeness and the artisticness in it. There are really no rules. I’m taking a little bit of foundation and I’m applying it on her eyelids. You ask why? Because everyone has a little bit of discoloration on their eyelids. Sometimes they have veins; sometimes they are darker in this orbit, they’re pinker. There is always some issue everyone has on their eyelid. So it’s best to put a little foundation there too, so the whole face is the same texture. When it’s time to apply the powder, the powder grabs evenly all over the face, and you don’t have to worry about the powder grabbing here and not here. Remember we are painting, so we want everything, the whole canvas, to be one color."