A: It's all about the brush! Well almost all about the brush. First, you want to make sure that your under eye is clean of eye cream, under-eye concealer, anything else that's greasy. The best thing to do is use a Q-tip and wipe the whole rim of your eye with it before you apply any eye make-up. The take your good quality brush and coat it well in the eye shadow of choice, tap it a couple of times to remove excess shadow, and apply. It should last you for 4 - 6 hours.
Important reminder: it has been my experience that almost all make-up wears off in the course of a day. You can buy the fanciest, most expensive make-up and it will still be a little worn after an 8 or 9 hour work day. If you want your "look" to last longer than that, I got one word for you - reapply, baby, reapply.
The Brush: for this type of application, I personally like one a little smaller and thinner but not the fine point of an eyeliner brush. I found one on Sephora that I liked. (LOVE SEPHORA!) Check out the picture. I would use the nubby end.
One more comment on dark shadow under the eye - that's technique and a "look" that is best left to a night time event. If you show up at the office or your dentist appointment with the smoky eye, folks are going to think 1. you've been out all night long or 2. you are a bartender at Koots (no offense to bartenders or Koots!) My point is daytime, keep the eyeshadow on the neutral side. And apply a darker color in your office bathroom at 5:15 pm for drinks! ;)
Ciao for now - let me know what your questions, comments, thoughts are on my new blog and most definitely send me your fashion/make-up/hair/accessory/shoe questions!
Oh, PS, speaking of shoes - check out these uber cute Naughty Monkey shoes I just got on Zappos.com. OMG, I love them. Have a good one!
Love the shoes @akrosewarne!
ReplyDeleteAnd nice site BTW -@mile19