Effective ways to apply eyeshadow for beginners 

Eyes are the most attractive part of the human face; proper eye makeup can intensify your look by making it more attractive and appealing. Your eyes are capable of grabbing others’ attention and making you feel confident. However, along with being attractive, eye makeup is also tricky and to be a perfectionist in properly applying the eye makeup a lot of practice is necessary. It is the creativity of your hands and how perfectly you use your hands positions and angles.

When it comes to applying eye makeup, the most challenging part of it is the application of eyeshadow. As there are so many different colors, shades and brushes, it is tricky to choose the best one for yourself. Especially if you are a beginner and don’t have much knowledge about different products and their usage, the task of choosing the right one feels way more difficult. Moreover, branded makeup products are essential to use for skin care and safety, and branded products are expensive. Hence, when you go for expensive products, you always seek the best one at first.

If you are a beginner, and don’t know the right techniques for applying eye shadow, here is how you can apply a perfect eyeshadow step by step.

Choose complimentary shades

Choosing the shades of an eyeshadow is the step before proceeding to the initial process. Complimentary shades of eyeshadow refer to choosing two shades in which one is neutral and one is darker. All you need to create a natural shade of your eyeshadow is one base color that matches your skin and two shades of darker color to apply on the base color. However, there is no limitation to choose any particular color for applying on a base you can choose any darker shade. If you have a fair skin tone, choose a base color which is darker than your skin color and if your skin tone is dark, choose a lighter base color, make sure it pops up. The caramel shade is best for darker skin tone. It comes out great on your eyes, besides it complements your skin tone.

Swipe the brushes lightly

The proper movement of brush decides the perfection of eyeshadow, as holding the brush properly is a technique. Hold your eyeshadow brush between the thumb, index finger and middle finger of your dominating hand. Then brush the bristles at the top smoothly across the base color to pick the right quantity of it, it’s better to start with less product and go on adding more. However, most eye shadow palettes come with an applicator, you can use the same for applying the eyeshadow. The technique of holding the applicator is same as brush, hold it lightly with your three fingers and start rubbing slowly. Moreover, if you don’t have a brush or an applicator you can even use a cotton ball for applying the eyeshadow.

Tap the brush simultaneously

While picking the eyeshadow with a brush, tap the brush simultaneously, sometimes little flecks of eyeshadow get on your brush which leads to uneven application. It is important to remove the excess powder from the top, otherwise you will get uneven shade on your eyes. In order to avoid this, tap the brush gently to remove the excess powder, tap on the eyeshadow palette or on the back of your hand.

Apply the base color properly

When applying the base color make sure you apply it on your eyelid completely. Move your hands back and forth to spread the base color evenly, start from eyelid and move towards your eyebrows slowly. In this way you will get a proper blend of base color on eyelid. When you have even blend of base color, it is easy to apply the next complimentary shade color of eyeshadow. The base color should fade lightly to give a natural look towards the crease, this will create a proper base look for subtle eye makeup.

Apply darker shade

After applying the base color neatly, the next step is to apply the darker shade on the base. For this rub the brush or an applicator on the eyeshadow palette, after that tap on the brush lightly to remove the excess powder from it. Then sweep your darker color softly, your darker color is the main highlight of your eyeshadow. Typically, a darker eyeshadow color matches the best with base. However, avoid applying excess of it, otherwise you will end up removing the base and your eyeshadow will leave its spark. Try to start with less powder and then slowly add more to it, if required. Moreover, a large shadow brush is best at first, but then you can shift to a small brush for accent shade.

Replicate the process

It is always better to focus on one eye at a time, because putting an eyeshadow requires a lot of patience, otherwise you will end up messing. Take your time and go slow, get a perfect and satisfying color on one eye and move towards the next. Repeat the same process for the other eye, remember the step you followed for the first one and go step wise to get a similar look for both eyes. However, it is tough to get the same shade again, but you can try to make it as close as the first one. Compare both the eyes in the end, and do changes accordingly. Once you achieve a similar color of eyeshadow on both the eyes, you have achieved perfection in application.

Conclusion

Eye makeup makes your look noticeable; it fills you with more confidence when you have attractive and sharp eyes. Eye makeup is done in parts, one of its crucial parts is applying eyeshadow, to have a perfect eyeshadow people do a lot of practice. However, if you are a beginner and lack practice then these steps will surely help you to gain perfection. These steps are typically for beginners and it teaches you the right technique to apply eyeshadow, after knowing all the steps repeat them frequently and you will become a perfectionist in eye makeup. It is possible to make a mess at first but after two or three applications of eyeshadow you will by heart the techniques of it, and it will become effortless for you.