When it comes to eye makeup, neutrals reign supreme. By sticking to shades of brown and beige, you can ensure your eye looks are always understated, flattering and cool. There's a reason these tones dominate eye shadow collections time and time again!
Reaching so consistently for browns, taupes and bronzes can begin feeling rather staid after a while, though. By switching up the placement, you can get a fresh new look while staying firmly in your color comfort zone.
Materials
- Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentré, Face & Body Moisturizer
- Smashbox Photo Finish Reduce Redness Primer
- L'Oreal Infallible Pro-Matte Liquid Longwear Foundation
- Flat-top kabuki brush
- L'Oreal Infallible Full Wear Waterproof Concealer
- Beauty sponge
- Laura Mercier Translucent Setting Powder
- Fenty Beauty Sun Stalk'r Instant Warmth Bronzer in "Private Island"
- Cheek brush
- Maybelline Fit Me Blush in "Pink"
- Morphe Brow Cream in "Hazelnut"
- Angled brush
- Morphe Jeffree Star Set & Refresh Mist
- Laura Geller Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator in "Gilded Honey"
- Powder brush
- NARS Soft Matte Complete Concealer in "Custard"
- Domed eye shadow brush
- Morphe Jaclyn Hill Palette Volume I in "Silk Creme," "Chip," "Abyss" and "Enlight"
- Blending brush
- Shading brush
- False lashes (not shown)
- Tweezers (not shown)
- Lash glue
- CO Bigelow Mentha Shimmer Lip Tint in "Bare Mint"
Instructions
1. Prime your complexion with a moisturizer and rub it on with your fingers.
2. Apply a redness-reducing primer.
3. Use a flat-top kabuki brush to apply a medium-coverage matte foundation to your entire face.
4. Add coverage and brightness under your eyes with a full-coverage concealer. Blend in with a beauty sponge.
5. Set with a loose translucent powder blended in with the beauty sponge
6. Apply a warm-toned powder bronzer with a cheek brush to your cheeks and on your forehead near your hairline to add dimension.
7. Apply a warm pink powder blush to the apples of your cheeks.
8. Fill in your eyebrows using a pomade and an angled brush. Set in place with a setting mist, being sure not to spray too close to your face.
9. Apply a gold-toned powder highlighter to the tops of your cheekbones and the tip of your nose with a powder brush.
10. Prime your eyelids with a matte concealer on a domed eye shadow brush.
11. Work a warm matte brown eye shadow (the tutorial uses "Silk Creme" from the Morphe Jaclyn Hill Palette Volume I) into the crease of your eye with a blending brush.
12. Intensify your crease using a deeper warm brown shade (the tutorial uses "Buns" from the same palette) using a blending brush.
13. Use a dark chocolate shade (the tutorial uses "Chip" from the same palette) to deepen the outer corner with a blending brush.
14. Add drama by working a matte black eye shadow into your lash line. (The tutorial uses "Abyss" from the same Jaclyn Hill palette) and apply it with a shading brush.
15. Apply an ivory-toned eye shadow (the tutorial uses "Enlight") to the inner portion of your eyelid with a shading brush to create contrast.
16. Apply false eyelashes for extra drama. Hold the false lashes with the tweezers, and apply a small amount of lash glue onto the lash band. Let the glue set for 10 seconds, and apply the lashes just above your upper lashes
17. Finish the look with a shimmery pink lip gloss.