Explanatory and understandable rules for casting shadows. Now I can make up in any technique!

Once upon a time, someone very wise came up with makeup, and since then women can be even prettier than they are. However, makeup of a certain area of the face requires a special approach. The hardest part is eye makeup. After all, this is a whole art with which you can completely transform yourself, and then catch enthusiastic glances and take compliments.





Today's edition. "Site" will introduce you to the rules shadowingIt is used in the most famous techniques. It's a lot easier than you think.

Naturally, to beautifully paint your eyes, you will need shadows, a base under the shade (for example, a tonal cream or console), ink, eyeliner or pencil. It is best to apply shadows with brushes, not sponges in the set.

You can do with one fluffy brush made of natural pile, and if the budget allows, then you should buy a flat, bevelled and pencil brush. So you can make beautiful transitions and control the saturation of shades. Glitters, sequins and crumbly shadows are better applied with your fingers.





Classic, or basic, eye makeup
This makeup looks as natural as possible, but at the same time it emphasizes and enlarges the eyes. It is best to use a palette of shadows in brown tones (it will come in handy in every makeup). But now it is also fashionable to use shades with red and brick subtone.

1. Apply a light shade on the entire mobile eyelid, which will become basic.
2. The inner corner of the eyes and the area under the eyebrow make up with a light chimeric tint. It'll make the look fresh.
3. In the fold of the century, apply shades of beige or light brown. The color should be a little darker than your skin. This way you will deepen the eyelid and make your eyes more open. The main thing is to well spread the shadows in the upward direction.
4. If you want to focus on the eyes, you can add a dark brown color to the corner of the eye and spread it to the center. Also, if desired, you can bring an eyelid with a pencil or draw arrows to get an evening version of makeup.

Eye makeup "Butterfly Wings"
Great makeup for the evening out. It's pretty bright, but at the same time it's pretty damn feminine and elegant. This technique will help to correct the shape of the eyes, raising the outer corner, and give the look languor.

1. Do everything according to the classic scheme: apply the base color, darken the fold of the eyelid and highlight the corners and area under the eyebrows.
2. Now take a contrasting dark hue (black, burgundy or any other dark) and apply, starting from the center of the eyelid to the outer corner, as if drawing a thick arrow. Next, stir up this line, leading to the fold of the century. Add color to the corner and stir towards the temples.
3. Draw arrows, if desired, sum up the lower eyelid with the last color at the ciliary edge, and with what you applied to the fold, stir the line down. You can add chimeric shadows to the center of the mobile age. For even more expressiveness, you can put on eyelashes.

Eye makeup "Loop"
This is a very successful makeup for girls with narrow eyes or an overhanging eyelid. It will deepen the eye, thus bringing it closer to the classic cut. It is also suitable for age-related makeup as it makes the distance between the eye and eyebrow visually larger.

1. Make a basic blank, as in the previous version, only do not highlight the fold of the century with a beige color.
2. Apply to the outer edge a dark shade in the form of an arc, without going beyond the boundaries of the century. By the way, you can draw an arc with a black pencil and then brush it.
3. Grow a dark color on top, slightly turning on the crease.

Smokey eyes makeup
This is probably the most popular. makeup. At first glance, it is quite difficult to make it, but in fact everything is fast and extremely simple.

1. Apply the black substrate. To do this, draw with soft pencil or cream shadows a greasy line on the upper eyelid from the ciliary edge to the middle. Grow to the fold of the eyelid and temples, as if creating a cat-shaped eye. Lower eyelid also bring black near the growth of eyelashes. If you wish, you can paint over the mucous membrane.
2. On the resulting substrate apply shadows in black or any other desired color. Dial on the brush beige color and stir them black in the fold and on the lower eyelid. So you will get a smooth and harmonious transition from dark to light.
3. In the center of the century, apply shining shadows of the same shade or, conversely, create a bright glare.
4. For this eyelash makeup, you need to paint very thickly, and ideally add overheads. And more: such makeup will look ugly on tired eyes, so get rid of bags and redness in advance.

In eye makeup, there should be at least two shades, ideally three. Never apply one color to the eyelid without highlighting a fold, otherwise the face will look flat and lifeless. If you do very expressive eye makeup, then the lips should be in nude shades, and vice versa. But this rule is, so to speak, a book rule.

In life, everything depends on the appearance, dress and event you go to. Black Smokey looks very beautiful with red or wine lipstick.

You can get acquainted with the classic scheme of applying shadows in the video lesson of the famous makeup artist Elena Krygina.

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Now you know how to put the shadows right. The main thing is to master the basic technique of application, and then fantasize as you want. Share useful information with your friends on social networks!