How to apply eyeshadow for hooded eyes
Hooded eyes, wow. As someone who has hooded eyes i know how painful it is to apply eye shadow onto your lids and then bam it disappears when you've spent all that time perfecting your look.
Over the years of playing around with eyeshadows, i have definitely learn a thing or two. And i hope with what i have learnt can give you hooded eye gals some help.
Before i go onto the rest of the blog post, if you are wondering what are hooded eyes? Hooded eyes have an extra layer of skin that droops over the crease and that is why your eyes look smaller and the eyeshadow disappears. It's basically where you can't really see your lid that well looking straight on.
1. Prime
Priming the eye lid is just as important as priming your face, like if you were about to paint a wall for the first time you need to prime prior to make sure it sticks. Well in this case its the same thing, priming your lids before the eyeshadow makes a huge difference.
If you don't prime, your eyeshadow will crease and won't last a very long time. You don't have to spend a lot of money to make your eyeshadow last a long time, all you need is a concealer and some translucent powder, and you good to go.
2. What eyeshadow should you use?
I personally love using matte shadows onto my lids and bringing them up above my crease so when you look straight you can still see all your work. I love using browns and golds but of course you can use whatever colours you like. Instead of using black gel eyeliner, i recommend using a black eyeshadow or a brown and create a wing right above the lash line, where you normal place the wing. I find that doing this helps your eye to open up and look more awake, where with eyeliner it takes up most of your lid space.
3. What areas of the eyelids do you need to focus on while applying eyeshadow?
I'd suggest when applying shadow focus on the outside folded skin, so basically when you apply your shadow make sure when you blend it out, blend it upwards and above your crease to make sure your shadow is seen when you look straight on.
When i do my eyeshadow i like to apply all the darker shadows on the outer corner and all the light colours on the inner corner, doing this makes your eyes bigger and wide awake. The picture below is a prime example of what i mean when i say "dark shadows on the outer corner and the light shadows in the inner corner"
Another eyeshadow look i like to do with my eyeshape is the halo spotlight cut crease, this is the similar style as the classic eye. but in a halo effect, i personally love love love this look on my eye shape because it makes a illusion of bigger eyes.
What is a halo spotlight cut crease? This style makeup has the same steps as the classic eye but in a different way of applying it. the rules still stay the same but instead of outer corner vs inner corner, you apply the darker shade on the outer corner AND the inner corner then you connect the two which creates the halo effect. Sounds cool doesn't it?
Once you have applied all your darker shades you then cut your crease and to blend out the dark shadow with the a lighter shadow.
Jess Xx
Over the years of playing around with eyeshadows, i have definitely learn a thing or two. And i hope with what i have learnt can give you hooded eye gals some help.
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Before i go onto the rest of the blog post, if you are wondering what are hooded eyes? Hooded eyes have an extra layer of skin that droops over the crease and that is why your eyes look smaller and the eyeshadow disappears. It's basically where you can't really see your lid that well looking straight on.
1. Prime
Priming the eye lid is just as important as priming your face, like if you were about to paint a wall for the first time you need to prime prior to make sure it sticks. Well in this case its the same thing, priming your lids before the eyeshadow makes a huge difference.
If you don't prime, your eyeshadow will crease and won't last a very long time. You don't have to spend a lot of money to make your eyeshadow last a long time, all you need is a concealer and some translucent powder, and you good to go.
2. What eyeshadow should you use?
I personally love using matte shadows onto my lids and bringing them up above my crease so when you look straight you can still see all your work. I love using browns and golds but of course you can use whatever colours you like. Instead of using black gel eyeliner, i recommend using a black eyeshadow or a brown and create a wing right above the lash line, where you normal place the wing. I find that doing this helps your eye to open up and look more awake, where with eyeliner it takes up most of your lid space.
3. What areas of the eyelids do you need to focus on while applying eyeshadow?
I'd suggest when applying shadow focus on the outside folded skin, so basically when you apply your shadow make sure when you blend it out, blend it upwards and above your crease to make sure your shadow is seen when you look straight on.
When i do my eyeshadow i like to apply all the darker shadows on the outer corner and all the light colours on the inner corner, doing this makes your eyes bigger and wide awake. The picture below is a prime example of what i mean when i say "dark shadows on the outer corner and the light shadows in the inner corner"
Another eyeshadow look i like to do with my eyeshape is the halo spotlight cut crease, this is the similar style as the classic eye. but in a halo effect, i personally love love love this look on my eye shape because it makes a illusion of bigger eyes.
What is a halo spotlight cut crease? This style makeup has the same steps as the classic eye but in a different way of applying it. the rules still stay the same but instead of outer corner vs inner corner, you apply the darker shade on the outer corner AND the inner corner then you connect the two which creates the halo effect. Sounds cool doesn't it?
Once you have applied all your darker shades you then cut your crease and to blend out the dark shadow with the a lighter shadow.
General Tips for hooded eyes:
- Don't drag the tail of your eyebrow down to far, grooming or with makeup because this will make your eyes appear more droopy. Instead, define the top of your brow arch with your favourite brow product to draw the eyes up.
- Every time you do your eyeshadow make sure you blend blend blend, so you don't get any harsh lines.
- Always apply your shadow with your eyes open, because then when you do open your eyes you will be able to see the work you have done.
- Make sure you also use shimmer eyeshadows because when you apply shimmer shadows onto a hooded lid because they brighten the eye and the shimmer creates a illusion of a light.
Jess Xx
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