TDoll
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Hey everyone! This tutorial is based on a FOTD I did a while back. The focus is on this green eye shadow look:
Hope you all find this helpful, and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!
Lets start...
Go ahead and do your face makeup routine. Skip the blush. Add it last after you do your eyes so you'll know the right amount to add that will complement your eyes! (If you usually do your face makeup after your eyes, thats fine too!) Also, fill your brows or skip it...whatever you usually do.
First, apply your eye shadow base. We're going to use 2. Apply Painterly paint pot first, from your crease up to your brow. Next, apply Pharaoh paint pot on your lid, from the
crease down. Use your finger! I like to use my ring finger. I've found that if you use a brush, it wastes way too much product that gets into the brush and doesn't give you as much color payoff unless you use tons of it!
(It looks a little yellow in this picture, but it's actually a very bright green)
Next, apply Chartreuse pigment to the inner half of the lid with a flat shader brush like the 239. Pat it on, don't rub...and don't blend.
Next apply Emerald Green pigment to the center 1/3 of the lid with the 239 brush as well. It will overlap the Chartreuse pigment and thats ok. Again, pat it on and do not blend.
Next, apply Forest Green pigment to the outer part of the lid-not covered by pigment yet. Slightly overlap the Emerald Green pigment. Pat it on and don't blend. Form a soft, more oval outer v with it, so that it looks like this:
(Yes, it's supposed to look this crappy and un-blended, lol. If your's looks this crappy too, you're doing it right!
)
Now its FINALLY time to blend! Take a soft blending brush similar to the 224. You don't want a super dense blending brush for this because you don't want to remove too much product. Blend softly, and in back and forth motions.
(Looks much better huh?)
Now you have a good shape to work with.
Now take a dense flat shader brush similar to the 227 and apply your brow highlight. I used Vanilla e/s.
Also, take a little bit of Carbon e/s on a small brush and darken the outer v a little bit by dabbing it over the outer v area of the Forest Green color. Lightly blend with the 224 brush. Take the 239 and dab a little more Forest Green pigment right over the area you applied the Carbon. Lightly blend again with the 224 brush. This intensifies the green color.
Next, we're going to line the lower lash line with some Emerald Green pigment dampened with some Visine. I like to use empty small jars (like sample jars) to mix the wet pigment. Drip a very small drop of Visine into the jar and keep adding very small amounts of pigment until you have a good consistency that is more pasty than watery. Take a fatter angled brush (one that doesn't make a thin line) and apply this wet pigment to the lower lash line. You can go all the way in, or just on the outer half, whatever you prefer.
Next, apply a gel liner to the upper lash line with a sharp angled brush. I'm using Loreal HiP cream liner in black and a Benefit hard angle brush (it creates the thinnest line!).
Now, (as I always do) apply Carbon e/s over the line with another small angled brush. I use the 208. This step intensifies the line and smooths and blurs the edges for an even look.
Now, apply mascara. I use CG Lashblast in black.
To complete the look, I added some Gingerly blush and of course, the green Tendertone, Shush!. (It's my all time favorite)
Aaaand...we're done!
Ok, so if you find the inner part of the green is a little too bright (which I did tonight, b/c my hubby was taking me out to dinner and I wanted to go more "sultry" than "neon") you can easily fix it without removing anything.
Take a gold based green like Sumptuous Olive e/s and apply it with a small brush over the inner half of the lid, or just over the bright green part. Voila! Fixed!
Hope you all find this helpful, and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!
Lets start...
Go ahead and do your face makeup routine. Skip the blush. Add it last after you do your eyes so you'll know the right amount to add that will complement your eyes! (If you usually do your face makeup after your eyes, thats fine too!) Also, fill your brows or skip it...whatever you usually do.
First, apply your eye shadow base. We're going to use 2. Apply Painterly paint pot first, from your crease up to your brow. Next, apply Pharaoh paint pot on your lid, from the
crease down. Use your finger! I like to use my ring finger. I've found that if you use a brush, it wastes way too much product that gets into the brush and doesn't give you as much color payoff unless you use tons of it!
Next, apply Chartreuse pigment to the inner half of the lid with a flat shader brush like the 239. Pat it on, don't rub...and don't blend.
Next apply Emerald Green pigment to the center 1/3 of the lid with the 239 brush as well. It will overlap the Chartreuse pigment and thats ok. Again, pat it on and do not blend.
Next, apply Forest Green pigment to the outer part of the lid-not covered by pigment yet. Slightly overlap the Emerald Green pigment. Pat it on and don't blend. Form a soft, more oval outer v with it, so that it looks like this:
(Yes, it's supposed to look this crappy and un-blended, lol. If your's looks this crappy too, you're doing it right!
Now its FINALLY time to blend! Take a soft blending brush similar to the 224. You don't want a super dense blending brush for this because you don't want to remove too much product. Blend softly, and in back and forth motions.
(Looks much better huh?)
Now you have a good shape to work with.
Now take a dense flat shader brush similar to the 227 and apply your brow highlight. I used Vanilla e/s.
Also, take a little bit of Carbon e/s on a small brush and darken the outer v a little bit by dabbing it over the outer v area of the Forest Green color. Lightly blend with the 224 brush. Take the 239 and dab a little more Forest Green pigment right over the area you applied the Carbon. Lightly blend again with the 224 brush. This intensifies the green color.
Next, we're going to line the lower lash line with some Emerald Green pigment dampened with some Visine. I like to use empty small jars (like sample jars) to mix the wet pigment. Drip a very small drop of Visine into the jar and keep adding very small amounts of pigment until you have a good consistency that is more pasty than watery. Take a fatter angled brush (one that doesn't make a thin line) and apply this wet pigment to the lower lash line. You can go all the way in, or just on the outer half, whatever you prefer.
Next, apply a gel liner to the upper lash line with a sharp angled brush. I'm using Loreal HiP cream liner in black and a Benefit hard angle brush (it creates the thinnest line!).
Now, (as I always do) apply Carbon e/s over the line with another small angled brush. I use the 208. This step intensifies the line and smooths and blurs the edges for an even look.
Now, apply mascara. I use CG Lashblast in black.
To complete the look, I added some Gingerly blush and of course, the green Tendertone, Shush!. (It's my all time favorite)
Aaaand...we're done!
Ok, so if you find the inner part of the green is a little too bright (which I did tonight, b/c my hubby was taking me out to dinner and I wanted to go more "sultry" than "neon") you can easily fix it without removing anything.
Take a gold based green like Sumptuous Olive e/s and apply it with a small brush over the inner half of the lid, or just over the bright green part. Voila! Fixed!
Thanks so much for looking!
