APPLY EYE MAKEUP IN EIGHT STEPS

Learning how to apply eye makeup is something most of us need to do. While you don’t look bad without it, however, learning how to properly apply the right cosmetics will improve your beauty and fashion skills. The proper application of eye makeup will draw people to you. When it calls for a glamorous look, you want to focus on making your eyes amazing. Here's how to apply eye makeup in only 8 steps.

1. Prep your eyes with concealer: Concealer can be used to cover up under-eye circles. To cover dark circles under the eye, apply three dots of concealer under each eye. Start at the inner corner where skin tends to be darkest, then under the pupil and the third on the edge. Pat with a brush until it disappears.

2. Apply eye base to your lid: Eye base is the secret to keeping your eye shadow in place for hours. Without properly priming your lid first, your eye shadow will likely end up a greasy line before the end of your event.

3. Follow with eyeliner: Dark eye shadows work great as eyeliners. Wet a slanted brush, and then dip in a dark eye shadow. Line your eyes as close to the upper lashes as possible from the inner corner to the outer corner.  For a Smokey eye, use a brush to pat in a dark eye shadow along the upper lid and below the lid. You don't want a rough line; instead you want to blend it so it looks smooth and catchy.

4. Apply eye shadow: It's great to use a three-toned shadow and build from lids to brow allowing them to blend into each other like a rainbow, it’s gorgeous. Start with a light colour that almost matches your lid. Sweep the colour across the lid and up to your brow bone. Follow with a medium colour across your lid only. Build on this with a darker colour and blend the colours well.

5. Brighten your eyes with a highlighter: This step involves only the inside part of the eye. Putting a bit of your lightest eye shadow in the inner corner of your eye will brighten it. This is one of the secrets of most makeup artistes.  Just dab a finger into your lightest eye shadow and then press it into the inner corner of your eye where the upper lid meets the bottom lid. This totally makes eyes "pop."

6. Highlight your brow: Take the same light eye shadow and dab it on your brow bone, concentrating on your mid-brow outward. Blend with your finger or better still a tiny brush. Your eyebrow becomes bold, natural and beautiful. 

7. Curl lashes: An eyelash curler will make even long lashes look more gorgeous. For added effect, you can heat the curler under a blow-dryer for a couple of seconds. Test curler before applying to lashes because you could burn yourself. If you are not a lover of lashes extension, grooming your lashes using this procedure will help a great deal.

8. Apply mascara: Place the stick of your mascara brush at the bottom of lashes, continue to move back and forth. Follow with another few sweeps of the stick, apply to bottom lashes as well and continue to apply until they become separated from each other.

Makeup should emphasize beauty and highlight your best features. The eye is the window to your heart; therefore, when applying eye makeup, it is necessary to create harmony to reveal your true beauty. Be mindful of colours you use and make sure to apply eye makeup to suit the occasion. Follow these steps when applying eye makeup and be ready to look and feel spectacular while you are out for the occasion.