Angelfashionline

dimanche 9 septembre 2012

Green and Brown Cut Crease Eyeshadow Tutorial!

Green is actually one of my favorite colors, but I normally shy away from colored eye shadow. I've been wanting to do a look with green eye shadow, so this morning I decided to mess around a little bit with some green and snap some photos during the process.

Green looks great paired with almost every color. It's a earthy color, so it looks great paired with warm autumn shades (brown, gold, burgundy, orange, etc.) and it also works well paired with bright, floral shades (pink, purple, blue, etc.) You all know that I love my neutral and warm shades - so my favorite pairing is brown and gold.

I actually don't own very many green eye shadows - in fact, I got rid of most of them a while ago because they started collecting dust in my drawers (well, not exactly, but you know what I mean.) I would've loved to use an olive green for this look - I've had MAC Sumptuous Olive on my "to buy at some point" list for ages, so I'm definitely going to add it to the top of my shopping list.

Anyways, enough babbling..

Products Used:

Maybelline Bold Gold Color Tattoo Cream Eyeshadow (used in Step 1)

YSL Absinthe Green 4-Colour Harmony for the Eyes (used in Step 2)

MAC Retrospeck Eyeshadow (used in Step 3)

MAC Tempting Eyeshadow (used in Step 4)

MAC Brun Eyeshadow (used in Step 5 and 7)

Urban Decay Half Baked Eyeshadow (used in Step 8)

Physician's Formula 2-in-1 Lash Boosting Brown Eyeliner (used in Step 9)

Elizabeth Arden Caramide Mascara (review soon!) (used in Step 10)

Ardell #116 False Lashes (used in Step 11)

Brushes Used:

Sponge Applicators (used in Step 1, 2 and 3)

Sigma E30 Pencil Brush (used in Step 4)

Small Generic Shader Brush (used in Step 5)

Sigma E65 Small Angle Synthetic Brush (used in Step 7 & 8)

*A non-shimmery base would've worked better for this tutorial - I used gold to warm up the green, but this base in particular made the otherwise smooth, pigmented green appear patchy.

*A thinner line with a matte, cream eyeliner would've worked better for this tutorial (I made it too thick, and it was pretty much irreversible!)

*When using tape, make sure to press the tape on the back of your hand a couple of times before applying it to your face. You don't want it to be very sticky, because you don't want the tape pulling your skin when you remove it.