Daytime Eyeshadow
If eyeshadow confuses you at the best of times, let us assure you, you’re not alone. Where do you put it? How do you blend it? How do you know what colour?
Why does it make your eyes look small and closed? There’s a lot that can go wrong, and when it’s wrong, it’s really wrong, but when it’s good, it’s well worth the trouble.
It can define your eyes without the heaviness of eyeliner, open them up, change the shape and make them look twice the size with a bit of shadowing underneath (a trick Cara Delevingne’s make-up artist does on the reg, apparently).
It’s an obvious choice if you’re hitting the town, but when long lunches and summer soirées call for a bit of extra somethin’ somethin’ in the eye department, we’re at a loss.
What won’t make us look like Courtney Love? Daytime shadow, that’s what (kind of like a smokey eye, but the PG version). Click through to see how it’s done.
By Carmen Hamilton.
Curl your lashes.
Use a soft bristled brush (like MAC 217 blending brush) to apply a soft brown shadow (the light latte colour in Tom Ford’s ‘Cocoa Mirage’ Eye Colour Quad is perfect) over your eyelids to just above the crease.
Then use a flat brush (like Laura Mercier Eye Colour Brush) to apply the same colour along your lower lash line. Make sure you take it all the way out, and all the way in to the inner corners.
This creates a subtle ‘shadow’ effect which creates the illusion of bigger eyes.
If you’re a no shimmer kind of girl, that’s fine (we still like you). Skip to the next step.
But if you really want to make your eyes pop, apply a subtle bronze or copper-coloured shimmer to the inner corners.
Skip eyeliner altogether and go straight for the mascara.
Go for one that defines and thickens, without looking too intense.
Tip: for the most natural result on your bottom lashes, look up, rest the wand on them and gently wiggle it.
This applies mascara only at the roots so you don’t get clumps or spider leg-looking lashes on the bottom.
Boom. Hey gurl hey.
