Eye Color Tips

Eye Colors are used to create balance with the eyes and the entire face. Choose your tool and product wisely for a natural and beautiful Eye Color application. And remember, you must blend, blend and blend!

Prep the eyelids.

To create an even application of Eye Color, prep the eyelids with a light application of Cream Foundation with a Professional Make-up Sponge or the #940 Foundation Brush. Make sure to set the base with a Loose Powder and the #700 Cheek Contour Brush.

Choose your tools.

For a sheer application, use longer bristle brushes, like the #320 Oval Shadow Brush or the #330 Shadow Fluff Brush with a light sweeping motion. Use a tapping or stippling technique with the shorter bristle brushes, like the #300 Shadow Blender Brush or the #350 Shadow Blender Brush for more intensity. The #800 Crease Brush is great for blending in the crease with little or without product. The #810 Smudger Brush is great for a smoky eye.

Build your color.

Start with your lightest shade on the brow bone or eyelid. Ice, Bone, Honeysuckle, Cashmere, and Dulce de Leche Eye Colors are beautiful highlights. Usually the lightest shade is placed on the brow bone or lid.

Use matte eye colors if you have any texture on or around the eye area. If you really love your shimmer and you have texture, try mixing a matte with a shimmer to create a demi-matte for a more subtle approach.

To further intensify the color of our extremely pigmented Eye Colors, dampen your choice of brush and load the product for a wet application on the eyelid. To define the eye, try a wet application with the #210 Angle Liner Brush and an Eye Color as a liner. Never spray directly into the eye color.

Build your crease gradually by using a transitioning color or a medium eye color that is easily blended into the highlight. The darkest area should be in the crease. If needed, you could also use this technique to camouflage a heavy fold and create a lift on the outer corner. Great transitioning eye colors are Chamois, Canyon, Sunflower, Pink Grapefruit and Taupe. This step will allow you to deepen the crease with a darker color that will easily blend into the transitioning color.

Deepen the crease by applying the darker color on the transitioning color starting from the outside corner of the eye. As you move toward the inner corner, the color should taper, sheer out and blend upward into the transition color to create a soft edge. Sienna, Espresso, Galaxy, and Onyx are a few of many darker shades that create depth in eye color applications.

When all else fails and you just can’t get rid of that hard edge. A Professional Make-up Sponge makes for a great eraser or a fantastic blender.