How To Apply Red, White And Black Eyeshadow
How to apply red, white and black eye shadow: this films shows you how to apply red, white and black eye shadow to achieve a smouldering eye effect.
Step 1: Introduction
Hi there, welcome to Pursebuzz and More. I just finished a video on how to apply individual lashes, so don't forget to check that out. So now I'm going to apply my eyeshadow, and I'm going to be using some crazy colors today. I'm going to be using red, black, and white.
Step 2: Applying The Base
The first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to put some base on. I'm using a blush cream in lum and I like it because it's a very moist base and it's creamy so it's easier to blend the colors together, unlike a M.A.C. paint where you've kind of got to apply it much quicker. This is also an experimental video because I just purchased a different kind of eyeshadow, you to me, the NYX. Someone asked me if I've ever used it and I bought it a long time ago and don't really remember how much I liked it, so I went to the store and I found some and I purchased it in Sunrise, which is a red color, and M.A.C. doesn't have it in red so I decided that would be a fun color to try.
Step 3: Pigment
The very first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to apply my pigment. My pigment color is called Frost. It's pretty much just a white shimmer. What I like to do is I just like to use it off the lid. If you've ever used a pigment, you know how crazy messy it can get. So let me just put some on here, and tap it a little bit. I'm using a 224 brush because I don't want to pack on the pigment. I just want to have some pigment. So what I'm going to do is put it all over my lid and just a little bit above my lid, avoiding my highlighting area right here. Brush it in...like that. It will soften the red later when you put it on and that's what you want to do because we don't want it to be, or I don't it to be super intense red.
Step 4: Red, aka Sunrise
Okay, the next thing I'm going to do is I'm going to apply the red. It's actually called Sunrise, so if I say red, I mean Sunrise. I'm going to take my brush here. It's a 224 so I don't want to pick up too much red. I'm going to flick my brush. The trick that I'm going to do is, here is my crease and just a little bit above the crease I'm going to apply the red. Very lightly apply the red...like that. So what I’m going to do is, after this I’m going to put the black on right above it just so that a little bit of red peeks right through. I’m leaving this whole part blank...just with the red. Kind of making it thinner as you go in, like that. See how when I add it with the pigment it gives it a little bit of a shimmer and it’s not just a chalky red.
Step 5: Black Tied
The next thing I’m going to do is my Black Tied. I’m going to grab my Black Tied, right here. Clean up the 224 brush, not too much, though, because then that way we can keep a little red pigment in our brush. Dab a little bit of our Black Tied, flick it. Black Tied tends to fall. And I’m going to go all the way down here where our lash point is, and we’re going to do the windshield wiper effect, so here we go. Right into the crease. Back and forth. Now if you want a lot of red then I recommend the 217 brush which picks up a lot more than the 224. And you just want to go for a bit of a softer look. It’s going to be thick right here and then I’m just going to blend it right in here. I’m going to blend it in with the red too, like that. Remember to go all the way down and in, like that. So there is my red and black.
Step 6: Liner
The look is pretty much almost finished since I’ve already done my liner, but I will do my liner again, and I’m going to use my smudge brush if I can find it. I’ve got so much stuff going on here. Here it is. It’s pretty much just a sponge. That’s what I’m looking for. I’m going to take my fluid liner and Blitz and Glitz, and I’m going to try to line this top part as best I can since I do have false lashes and this will be my second application of liner. Just like that. You know I seemed a little bit rushed in this video. I didn’t know how long it was going to take and I wanted to keep it under ten minutes, so if you have any questions, send them to me at Info@Pursebuzz[.com] and I’ll be happy to answer them. A little on the bottom. Kind of messed up my lash there.
Step 7: Smudging
Depending if you want to go for a smoky look, you can smudge out that bottom part, and let me show you how to do that. One of my favorite brushes is the 219. I’m just going to spread so it’s not a hard line. Like, it’s there, but you didn’t intentionally just put a black line under your eye. Ok. And then, right now my highlighter area is shiny, it’s shimmery from the base, but if you don’t like the shimmer since you think the red may be too much and you just want a matte color, what I recommend is the M.A.C. pigment Naked, which I pulled out here but somehow it rolled away from me. Everything is just moving around today. I found it here. Let me take this, and what you’re going to do is you’re just going to take a brush, the one that you usually use for highlighting. I’m so indecisive today. I don’t know what I’m going to use. I’m just going to use…so let me use my 217 brush. That way I can pick up more pigment and it will completely cover up the shimmer. I kind of like the shimmer but I want to show you what it looks like without it. Just put it over, like that. Remember to always blend. Wipe off your brush and what you can do is you could just pull everything down, the reds into the black, and your base color up here, your highlighter, into your red. Just to bring it into one smooth transition, like that.
There you go. All set with the black, red, and natural highlighter. Thanks again for joining me here at PurseBuzz and More. I’m just going to finish up this eye, and I’m probably going to add just a bit of a red so you can see it. Thanks again for joining me here at PurseBuzz and have a good one!
