Matching Eyeshadow Colours: Day 1

This whole week is dedicated to my amazing friend and fellow makeup fanatic, Raven!!!  Like many of you out there, Raven loves makeup but has never really ventured past foundation, blush, eyeliner and mascara.  With all the colours out there to choose from, how do you know what goes with what?  I've heard this so many times before from other friends who are just starting to wear makeup as well.  In terms of knowing what looks good for your skin tone, just stick to the basic warm skin tone, warm colours and cool skin tones, cool colours.  For the more adventurous, just play around with whatever colours appeal to you.

Today I'm playing with pinks and purples.  A floral combination!!!

Here's a closer look at the eyes!!

What I used:

Outer corner     All over base colour       Lightest colour

OUTER CORNER: MAC eyeshadow in Satellite Dreams
ALL OVER BASE: MAC eyeshadow in Sushi Flower
LIGHTEST: Krayolan eyeshadow in white (A good MAC substitute for this is MAC eyeshadow in Vanilla)

FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO APPLY THESE COLOURS PLEASE SEE PREVIOUS BLOG:
Basic Eyeshadow Application 
http://jazzo-princessjasminem.blogspot.com/2011/12/basic-eyeshadow-application.html

Here are a few more colour combinations with pink and purple!!

MAC Satellite Dreams    MAC Sushi Flower    MAC Pink Freeze

MAC Blue Edge        MAC Sushi Flower        MAC Pink Freeze

MAC Satellite Dreams         MAC Electra         Krayolan white

MAC Electra          MAC Pink Freeze          Krayolan white

For a closer look at the eyeshadow colours go to http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/product/shaded/154/363/Eyes/Shadow/Eye-Shadow/index.tmpl

Important tips:
1) Don't be afraid to mix eyeshadow textures.  You don't have to stick to just powder shadows for one application.  You can use a cream shadow for the middle base colour with a powder shadow elsewhere or a powder shadow for the middle base colour and a cream shadow for the outer corners.


2) There are many powder shadow finishes to choose from as well such as matte, shimmer, frost, lustre etc.  You DO NOT have to use one finish either.  Mix matte and shimmer, shimmer and frost etc.