| Eye Makeup | | | | brushes. The most important aspect of |
| Never use your fingers to apply makeup, | | | | applying eyeshadow, and makeup in |
| it is totally unsanitary even if you did | | | | general, is blending well. An eye shadow |
| wash your hands, I don't think you are | | | | primer or base can be applied to prevent |
| aware of the bacteria that harbors on | | | | the shadow from fading or migrating to |
| your fingers. If you insist on using | | | | the crease. |
| your fingers, be careful with how hard | | | | Follow with eyeliner Dark eye shadows |
| you are pressing and pulling on the skin | | | | work great as eyeliners. Wet a slanted |
| around the eyes. You are really yanking | | | | brush, then dip in a dark eye shadow. |
| and pulling on your client's skin. The | | | | Line eyes as close to the upper lashes |
| skin around your eyes is so delicate and | | | | as possible from the inner corner to the |
| can tear easily. The best finger to use | | | | outer corner. Follow with liner on |
| is your ring finger because it puts the | | | | bottom eyes, but only line from the |
| least pressure on the skin than any of | | | | middle of the eye out. |
| your other fingers. | | | | Applying eye mascara- Select a suitable |
| Prep your eyes with concealer Concealer | | | | color. If you have blond or red lashes |
| can be used to cover up undereye circles | | | | then go for brown mascara. Darker-lashed |
| or just the bluish discoloration just | | | | women can consider brown for a casual |
| under your inner eye. To cover dark | | | | look, and black or brown-black for more |
| undereye circles, apply three dots of | | | | pronounced or dramatic lashes. Before |
| concealer under each eye. Start at the | | | | applying mascara curl the lashes to |
| inner corner where skin tends to be | | | | widen the eyes. Prior to your mascara, |
| darkest, then under the pupil and the | | | | Curl your lashes with an eyelash curler |
| third on the outer edge. Pat, never rub | | | | and apply all other eye makeup. Before |
| with your ring finger (this finger tends | | | | you add mascara, add loose powder to the |
| to have the softest pad) until it | | | | tips of the lashes. Doing this will |
| disappears. | | | | allow the mascara to cling to it when |
| Eye Shadow-Women with small eyes should | | | | applied for fuller, thicker and blacker |
| go easy on the eye shadow, as too much | | | | lashes with lots of va-voom appeal! |
| will make the eyes appear even smaller. | | | | Have nice eyebrows-If you have decided |
| To make the eyes appear larger, keep the | | | | to tweeze, make sure you know what you |
| color on the eyelid itself light but put | | | | are doing. Get a tweezers and carefully |
| a darker shade on the crease of the | | | | pinch the hair (close to the skin) you |
| eyelid. Then, highlight under the brow. | | | | are trying to take out. Pull the hair |
| A woman with large eyes would want to | | | | up, or straight out. Never pull the hair |
| wear dark colors on the eyelid, | | | | down. You will just break the hair. Try |
| including the crease. The highlight | | | | not to tweeze on top of your eyebrow. |
| should be a flat color under the brow. | | | | Use an old toothbrush or an eyebrow |
| Eye shadow can be applied in a variety | | | | brush together with a fixing fluid such |
| of ways depending upon the desired look | | | | as hair gel, Vaseline (great for shine) |
| and formulation. Typically application | | | | or aloe Vera, to comb the brows into |
| is done using sponges, fingers, and/or | | | | shape. |