Though I'm listing the specific products I used in this tutorial for those of you that are curious, these products can my substituted with ANY of your favorite products. Really...your favorite eye primer, concealer, shadows, liners...anything at all.
The key is how the products are layered...not the specific products used.
Wet n Wild Fergie Take on the Day Eyeshadow Primer Cover Girl Flamed Out Shadow Pencil in #335 Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Junkie |
NYX Eyeshadow in #114 Oro NYX Eyeshadow in #145 Smokey Mountain |
Products Needed:
1. Eye Shadow Primer
2. Flesh-Toned Eye Shadow Base (a concealer can also be used for this step)
3. Flesh-Toned Powder (I used my everyday face powder for this step)
4. Cream Eye Shadow
5. Powder Eye Shadow
6. Long-Wear Liquid Eye Liner
7. Long-Wear Pencil Eye Liner
8. Mascara (waterproof formula optional)
The Tutorial...
First, I started with clean and moisturized skin. Yep, this is my eyelid in all its veiny, discolored glory. |
Apply an eye primer |
Blend the eye primer on the entire eye lid, up to the brow bone, and along the lower lash line |
Apply a neutral eye base to the entire eye area |
This cancels out any redness or discoloration |
Apply a flesh-toned powder to the eye lid to set the base. I usually just use my face powder for this step. I now have a "blank canvas" to work with |
Next, I apply a cream shadow to my entire eye lid. Any cream shadow will work for this step. I like applying a cream shadow to make my powder shadows more intense and vibrant |
I blend out any harsh edges with my finger. This step doesn't have to be perfect, we're going to top this with powder shadows anyway |
Roughly blended cream shadow |
Apply your powder eye shadow as you normally would |
Apply a long-wearing liquid eye liner to your upper lash line |
Apply a long-wearing pencil eye liner to the lower lash line. For this look, I added a fun pop of color by using a turquoise pencil eye liner |
Finished Long-Wearing Look |
After 16 hours...
Bam! Told 'ya it was long-wearing!