Eyes and Lips

Eyes and lips

Eyes

You will need:

Primer

Foundation

Concealer

Translucent powder

Eyeshadow

Eyeliner

Mascara

Disposable mascara wands

Eye make-up brushes e.g. small round brushes and an angled brush

Cotton buds

Cotton pads

Powder puff

Method:

-Use the primer, foundation and concealer as you would for a normal base following previous notes. Sometimes using a little more of the primer on top of the foundation on the eyelids gives a good make-up base. Then powder well if you are using powder eyeshadow or leave if you are using other types of eye make-up.

-Put lots of loose powder under the eyes upto the lash line to catch any eyeshadow that falls down, when you are more confident you can use a tissue under the eyes instead. If the client is wearing contact lenses use tissue.

-Use the lightest colour of eyeshadow first as it is easier to make the eyeshadow darker than it is to make it lighter and also you will be able to use the brush again for the darker eyeshadows.

-Stretch the skin using a cotton pad so that your fingers do not touch the skin and apply the eyeshadow using small strokes and work in using backwards and forwards strokes.

-Look in the mirror so you can see what the shadow looks like and ask the client to open and close their eyes accordingly so that you can see how the make-up looks with the eyes open and closed.

-Ask your client to tilt their head slightly if you need them to so that you achieve the best application possible.

-Then use darker colours to shade. Look at the shape of the eyes and think about how you can shade in order to enhance the eyes and make them look as good as possible.

-Start by shading at the outer corners of the eyes and then into the socket line or where ever the shading is required to achieve your chosen look.

-Use a cotton bud to remove the powder from under the eyes and to correct any mistakes that you may have made with the eyeshadow. Alternatively you can remove the powder using a powder puff.

-Use eyeliner or mix some eyeshadow into a paste with water and use an angled brush to apply the paste as eyeliner which you can blend to create a softer look.

-Stretch the skin whilst applying and make sure the eye remains closed until the eyeliner has dried.

-You can also use the eyeliner to create flicks at the sides of the eyes. You can do this free hand or by using something as a guide such as masking tape or a piece of plastic to draw against.

-Then use liner near the bottom lash line making sure you hold the skin under the eye down using a cotton pad.

-Fill in the eyebrows using eyeshadow and a small round brush or angled brush use small strokes and first fill in against the direction of hair growth and then in the direction of hair growth, smoothing the hair down as you do so, this is known as feathering.

-Then apply the mascara using disposable mascara wands. Ask your client to look slightly down so that you can apply the mascara to the top lashes making sure you wiggle the brush from side to side to get to the roots and then use sweeping strokes along the length of the lashes. You can curl the lashes as you do this by using the mascara wand to do so. Then ask the client to look up so you can apply mascara to the bottom lashes by pressing on the mascara near the roots and then using sweeping strokes to help curl the lashes under.

-Use a cotton bud to correct any mistakes.