{"id":11030,"date":"2012-11-05T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=11030"},"modified":"2012-12-12T17:01:55","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T09:01:55","slug":"tip-and-how-to-using-eyeliner-as-an-eyeshadow-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2012\/11\/tip-and-how-to-using-eyeliner-as-an-eyeshadow-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Tip and How To: Using Eyeliner as an Eyeshadow Base"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A little while ago, I shared with you some tips I picked up after going for a Dior makeover<\/a> and I told you that one of the most interesting tips I learnt was to use eyeliner as a eyeshadow base. I realised that my text instructions were a little confusing, so here is a pictorial tutorial, as it were, on how to use this very easy, very effective trick to apply eyeshadow.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, I had a Burberry Beauty makeover recently and the makeup artist used the same trick! He did use a different coloured liner for different results, but the essence is the same. This must be some secret makeup artist trick I’ve just stumbled on and how you have access to it too \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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I’m still practising with this, and I can tell you that it will look better and you will accomplish this much more quickly the more you do it. So please excuse the imperfections in the images below and just focus on the essence. Also, different eye shapes will produce different results so work with your eye shape \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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  1. Bare eye. You can prep your lid with a thin layer of concealer to even out the colour.<\/li>\n
  2. Take a black pencil eyeliner and draw a thick line from your lash line upwards about 1\/3 of your lid. Its ok if its not perfectly straight or even.<\/li>\n
  3. Use a smudge brush, sponge or your fingers to smudge out the edges.<\/li>\n
  4. This is what it should look with your eye open. You sould be able to see some of the black colour. Do note that different eye shapes will produce a different result.<\/li>\n
  5. There is no picture #5 because I evidently cannot count! Oops \ud83d\ude1b<\/li>\n
  6. Take a lid colour and dab it on your eyelid, starting in the center of your lid and then use the residual colour on your brush on the inner corner and outer corner. This draws attention to the center of your lid and gives your eye a 3D effect. Take a slightly deeper colour and dab on the outer corner.\u00a0Its ok if its not smooth and even or has a harsh edge.<\/li>\n
  7. This is how it will look with your eyes open.<\/li>\n
  8. Keeping your eyes open, take a blending brush and blend away the harsh edges. Only do the edges. If you blend the lid colour, it’ll sheer out and look less intense.<\/li>\n
  9. This is how it might look when you’re done.<\/li>\n
  10. Take a fluffy eyeshadow brush and dab into a light highlight colour, and apply to your brow bone, starting from the arch and then blending sideways along the underside of your brow. This again gives you the 3D look.<\/li>\n
  11. And this would be how it looks after you are done.<\/li>\n
  12. To finish off, draw a liner on the lower lid starting from the outside to about 1\/3 or half way in then blend the colour. To clean up the eye area, use an under eye concealer or illuminator and brush around the under eye area.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I was taught that if you use this trick, you may notice that your powder eyeshadow will stay on longer as the wax in the pencil acts as a base. Also, the other benefit is that you will not have to draw on eyeliner again, as the colour will naturally be deeper closer to your lashes where you started, and so it saves you one extra step. I do tightline, so when I start, I tightline and then draw in the liner. Make sure you fill up the gaps between your lashes so it looks more natural.<\/p>\n

    Another benefit is that its very quick. You can do a very impressive looking eye in just a few minutes with just 3 colours or a basic palette, and you can do this with any colour.<\/p>\n

    The fourth and final benefit is that a black base deepens the colour of eyeshadow so you get some pretty amazing lid popping colours with what you might have thought were simple, nondescript lid colours. Definitely worth a try \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

    Do you already use this trick to apply eyeshadow? Does it intrigue you enough to try it?<\/h4>\n

    I learnt at Burberry that if you want a softer look but with a similar sort of effect, use a brown pencil eyeliner. The effect is less eye popping, and if you then pair it with a cream or a brown shadow, you get a polished sort of look. Try it and see for yourself \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

    For my daily use, I use the Guerlain Kohl eyeliner pencil<\/a>\u00a0in ME Black and for this post, I used the Dior Smokey Khaki palette as pictured above. My regularly used eye brushes are the MAC 239 for lid colour, Tony & Tina Blending brush (discontinued) to blend, and Sigma E55 Eye Shading brush for lid and for applying colour at the brow area because of the fluffier and wider brush head.<\/p>\n

    Paris B<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A little while ago, I shared with you some tips I picked up after going for a Dior makeover and I told you that one of the most interesting tips I learnt was to use eyeliner as a eyeshadow base. I realised that my text instructions were a little confusing, so here is a pictorial<\/p>\n

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