Today we’re going to be showing you 7 eyeshadow dos and don’ts. If you’re having some trouble with blending or just eyeshadow in general and brushes, don’t worry, we got you! If you do any of these things that we’re saying are wrong, don’t worry. If you’re happy with it and keep doing it, we’re just giving you suggestions.

Eyeshadow Do’s and Don’ts – 7 Things To Know When Apply Eyeshadows

1. Priming Your Eyes

Don’t

Don’t prime your eye. If your eyes don’t prime, it’s going to be bare. If you leave it like that, there might be some oils on your skin that are going to mix into the eyeshadow and make it just really difficult to blend. The eyeshadow is not going to look as vibrant and it’s probably not going to last that long.

 

Do

On the do side, we would suggest you prime your eye now. The best thing you can do is use a concealer than a primer. But if you want to use a primer, we have some suggestions for you. Pro Longwear Paint Pot in soft ochre from Mac or the Too Faced shadow insurance is also good. The reason why concealer is better than shadow bases is that concealers are a little bit more hydrating. If you already have dry skin, it may intensify the flakiness and dryness, and lines in your face.

 

If we’re using a concealer, it’s usually something that doesn’t crease. So you can use either the Tarte shape tape or the NARS radiant. If you’re looking for a good drugstore, we would suggest the Maybelline master concealer. This is perfect for concealing and also for priming your eyes.

 

How To Prime Your Eyes

Use a little bit of the concealer, just use a little dot of it and then just blend it in. We’re working it in with a Beauty Blender and using these bouncing motions is going to make sure that it’s going on flawless, smooth and your eye shadow is just going to look like a nice even canvas. If you need to clean up your brows, you can clean those up too.

 

After that, take a face powder or an eyeshadow that’s similar to your natural skin tone. What they will do is set your shadow in place and also fill in any line, so it’s sitting on top of a smooth surface. It’s going to help your brush glide onto your eyelid super smoothly.

 

2. Transition Shades

Don’t

The next don’t is don’t start off with a dark shadow in your crease. Going in with the darker color is going to make it really hard to blend out and it’s also going to look very harsh. If you’re a densely-packed brush and that’s only going to make it way harder to blend if you have blending problems already. This is just going to make it worse, there’s no coming back.

 

Do

Start off with a transition shade that is in the shade range that you’re going with. Tap off the extra because you don’t want too much product on your brush. We’re going to use the tapered brush and use a light hand. Keep your hand towards the back of the brush and use back-and-forth motions, the tip of the brush is gliding on the skin.

 

The tapered brush is going to make it a lot easier to find the crease and blend it into the crease. You just want to use it a little bit at a time. You want to start off with a light shade and then gradually get darker so you have that nice gradient to look nice and airy kind of airbrushed. Your crease is right above the lid, so stay right in there.

 

How To Do Transition Shades

You can use more than one transition shade to get that gradient look, we would suggest you use two to three eyeshadows in your crease. But if you really want that nice smooth look, this is just something that always works for you. Going to go into your crease right below the other shade and with very light pressure. Go back and forth or windshield wiper, whichever works best for you, and slowly build up that intensity.

 

3. Add Dimension To Your Crease

Don’t

When you add a dimension, you want to use a darker shade, something that is matte. Use the darkest brown in the palette. On the don’t side, we’re going to go in with the big fluffy brush to add dimension to our eye, which obviously is the definite don’t. You don’t want to use something that’s too big and fluffy, it’s just going to make the product go everywhere rather than getting that precise area. So don’t go in with a lot of products at once with the wrong brush.

 

Do

Go in with a small precision brush that is tapered towards the end so it does give you that precision. Then just tap your brush in the shadow and tap the extra off. Starting with just a small amount at a time and we’re holding your brush a little bit closer to the bristle because we want to add a little bit more pressure in a precise area. Use these circular motions and kind of go and follow your outer V. Remember that shadow gets buried down right into the brush, so you’ll always have enough shadow to work with. Once you feel like you absolutely have nothing else on your brush, then you can add a little bit more at a time, it’s still patting off the extra. You want to slowly add on and not pack on all at once.

 

4. Blending Blush & Pressure

Don’t

The next thing we’re going to talk about is blending your eyeshadows. So after this is all said and done, you still want to go back over with a clean blending brush. On the don’t side, try to blend them out as well as you can. Don’t hold the brush too close to the handle. This is going to make it really hard to blend, and the outcome may seem super hard. But you do want to use a fluffy brush. Hold your brush towards the back of the handle. This is going to help your brush lightly glide over your shadow, giving it that airbrush effect in making your eye shadow look blended. For the lid, don’t use a fluffy brush to apply your lid color because it’s just going to get everywhere, especially if it’s a shimmer that you want on the lid.

 

Do

Use a density pack of shadow brush so you can get the shadow on in the precise area that you want without making it fluff and fly everywhere all over your face.

 

5. Highlight Brow Bone

Don’t

If you use a glittery pressed powder on your brow bone, it’s way too much and way too glittery. Actually, some shimmers on the brow bone look really nice if you use them just below the arch side.

 

Do

We’re going in with a matte bone color and we’re going to blend it down into the other colors. So that it transitions nicely and the whole look is really smooth. If you brought your dark crease color up too high, you can always clean it up.

 

6. Lower Lash Line

Don’t

Now we’re going to talk about bouncing out your eye shadow and adding something on the lower lash line to redefine that lower lash line. Don’t go in with a super dark shadow on your lower lash line, and just keep going lower and lower. Because it’s going to look like you’re dragging your eye down and like you haven’t gotten sleep in about 10 years.

 

Do

Use the transition shade just like we did with the crease we layered on. We started off with a light shadow and went slightly darker and darker and darker until you got the intensity that you wanted. You basically want to do the same thing with a lower lash line, just redefining and balancing out your eye shadow.

 

7. Setting Makeup

Don’t

Another don’t is don’t set your face makeup before you do your eye shadow because if you have any mess-ups or want to clean up anything. It’s going to be really hard to clean after you have powder and cream powder on top of a cream is basically locking it in place. If you move that around, it’s a messy sight. It’s not easy to deal with.