Do you spend a ton of time carefully applying your eye makeup, only to feel like no one can actually see it once you’ve got it on? It doesn’t have to be that hard – or take that long.
5 Quick and Easy steps to eye makeup that gets your eyes noticed
1. Apply a light color along your brow bone and above your lash line.
This color needs to be at least one shade, preferably two shades lighter than your normal skin tone. If you are fair like me, you might try Cover Girl’s French Vanilla or Snow Blossom, or Mary Kay’s Crystalline or Sweet Cream. For darker skin tones, try Cover Girl’s Champagne or Mary Kay’s Moonstone.
2. Pick a darker accent color and apply it in the crease of your eyelid.
You can be a little more creative with this color, choosing a warm or cool color based on your mood, the season, or your outfit. (Although I don’t recommend wearing turquoise eye shadow with a turquoise sweater, shirt, and shoes.) Neutral colors are always safe of course; two to try are Maybelline’s Urban Brown or Crème de Cocoa.
3. Use your finger or eye shadow brush to blend upward. You want your colors to blend together a bit, not just stand alone.
4. Apply liner on your lid all the way across, and under your eye ¾ of the way across.
5. Apply mascara
Ta-da! You’re done! Gorgeous eyes that pop, using only two eye colors! The key is really getting a highlighter color that can be seen on your brow bone. It will make your accent color really stand out and add depth and definition to your eyes. The highlighter color on your lash line will make your eyes look brighter and also bring out that accent color.
Jenny Rapson is a makeup junkie and SAHM of two. You can find her writing about all the stuff her kids to do her at her blog, Mommin’ It Up!
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Love the tips! I'm a makeup junkie, too. I love to play with colors and application techniques. Your tip is so simple!
I've actually been doing this ever since you submitted this article Jenny! SUPER easy and makes a big difference.
I wear glasses so having your eye makeup actually be NOTICEABLE at all is difficult. Thanks!
If you want to make a bit of a cat's eye you can take your darker color and extend it to the outer corner of your eye as well as the crease.
Oh, and if you have an extra shadow brush(one big enough to cover the lid), you can use that to blend your shadow. No clean up!