Matching Eyeshadow Colours: Day 2

Today I am playing with earthy colours.  These are colours like brown, beige and rust.  You can accomplish a polished nude look with these colours, or a more intense look for the evening.  I find that brown and beige looks good on any skin tone, from fair to tanned.  However, the rust colours will definitely look better on a tanned skin.  But play around if you like it.  You never know what you will come up with!!!

Today, I chose to combine a rust with a much darker colour in the outer corners of my eyes.  It's more intense and looks good for an evening out but natural enough to be worn in the day. 

Here's a closer look at the eyes!

What I used:

Outer corner             All over base colour             Lighter colour

OUTER CORNER: MAC eyeshadow in Blue Edge
ALL OVER BASE: MAC eyeshadow in Mythology
LIGHTEST: MAC eyeshadow in Nylon

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 earthy colours!!!

MAC Mythology            MAC Gleam            MAC Nylon

MAC Mulch             MAC Mythology             MAC Nylon

MAC Mulch          MAC All That Glitters          MAC Nylon

MAC Black Ted                  MAC Mulch                  MAC Nylon

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A CLOSER LOOK AT EACH EYESHADOW COLOUR, GO TO:
http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/product/shaded/154/363/Eyes/Shadow/Eye-Shadow/index.tmpl

Important tips: 

1) The general rule (although I hate the term 'rule' for makeup) is that lighter colours should be worn in the daytime and darker colours in the evening.  If you do want a more intense look for an evening out, play around with darker colours on the outer corners of your eyes.

2) In order to fade the colours into each other nicely remember to BLEND, BLEND, BLEND!

 

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.