How to do makeup with gray shadows?

Shadows are a magical tool with which you can smooth an asymmetrical face, visually bring together far-set eyes, give expressiveness to your eyes, make it playful, alluring and beautiful. For such work, you will need eye shadow of good quality and a set of brushes for their application, as well as good mood and practice, practice and again practice.

They perfectly go to any color of clothing. Properly selected shade of gray will decorate any type. To create makeup, you can use a variety of techniques. Professionals and amateurs resorting to remarkable fantasy create various MakeUp-variations. Very popular techniques of creating makeup with gray shadows - "bird", "Smoky eyes" or "Smoke" and others.

For applying shadows, you will need a palette with different shades of gray shadows, a base (base) under the shadow, which will allow you to increase the duration of their stay on your face, comfortable brushes and mascara. It is very interesting to use colored mascara when creating makeup with gray shadows. Good reviews won the base of the company Art-deco.

An option that is considered absolutely universal and fits any eye cut. Thus you can create both day and evening makeup.

1. The base color is applied to the side of the eyelid;
2. The inner corner and the area under the eyebrow must be lightened;
3. From the middle of the lower eyelid a darker shade is applied to the outer corner. Moreover, when approaching the outer corner, it should become darker;
4. Do not forget about feathering.

The main feature of this makeup is that the outer corners of the eyelids are intensely darkened. This make-up allows you to visually elevate them or visually widen narrow eyes. This makeup is gaining increasing popularity, because it is not only able to correct the shortcomings, but also to emphasize the expressiveness of the look. Ideal for parties and special occasions.

The process of creating "Smoky eyes":

1. Apply a black pencil on the moving part of the eyelid, close to the eyelashes. Then you need to shade it. To do this, pick up a convenient tool for you - a brush or a cotton swab, someone does it just with fingertips.
2. Apply a dark gray shade ("wet asphalt" or "anthracite") to the feathered line and shade.
3. Next, you need to apply a lighter shade. Depending on the shape of the eyelids, they will occupy almost the entire mobile eyelid and, possibly, affect the still. Again, shading is necessary.
4. Under the eyebrow, apply the brightest tone of gray shadows. A very important step in creating an image is feathering.

There is another option for creating this makeup. Perhaps it will seem the most convenient for you.

1. We apply the lightest shadows on the entire surface of the eyelids - both mobile and motionless.
2. We apply a pencil base in such a way that the shape of the eyes is closer to the almond-shaped, because it is this shape that is considered ideal. Do not forget about feathering.
3. Dark gray shadows are applied depending on the shape of the eyes. This layer looks more like a wing or a petal and occupies almost the entire area of ​​the lower eyelid and the outer corner of the fixed upper eyelid or passes along the edge of the ciliary region, along the border of the end of the lower and the beginning of the upper eyelids and converges at the outer corner of the upper eyelid.

Another popular makeup option for celebrations is created using the birdie technique.

Depending on the contrast of colors used, this makeup can also be done for business meetings.

The process of creating a "bird" step by step:

1. From the middle of the lower eyelid in the direction to the outer corner of the eye it is necessary to draw a neat line and at the end to lift it. The line should be smooth and not go sharply up.
2. Find the fold between the upper and lower eyelids, from its middle draw a line to the outer corner of the eye and connect it with the first line. These lines need to be shaded in the direction from the face, having previously applied “wet asphalt” shades on them.
3. Not made up part of the eyelids, you can make up any bright shade of shadows, you can even white.

In the same way, you can perform no less popular makeup in the technique of "wave". Only in this embodiment, the two lines are connected not at an angle, but forming a wave or arc. This option helps to visually lift the hanging eyelid.

If you have deep-set or wide-set eyes, then you could not be better suited makeup using the technique of "glare". For wide-set eyes, the inner corner should be darkened, and for deep-set eyes it should be lightened. Below is the process of performing such a make-up in stages.

1. Apply a base color to the main part of the century, for example, a dusty gray tint.
2. Top paint over a lighter shade (about two or three tones lighter than the base).
3. Then on the movable eyelid above the pupil it is necessary to apply the lightest shade, a small glare is obtained.

The final stage of creating makeup - applying mascara. It should be applied very carefully so as not to stain already painted eyelids.

Choosing gray shadows, it is necessary to pay attention primarily to the color of the eyes. The owners of karih perfect silver matte shades or with a light transparent mother of pearl.

For owners of blue or green eyes, a gray scale will suit you perfectly, and you can choose different shades of gray. However, the shadows should not be more intense colors than the color of your eyes, otherwise the look will seem tired and painful.

Shadows are not spent very quickly, so pay attention to the expiration date. If the selected product is a liquid consistency, then it should not contain lumps and other extraneous inclusions. Dry shadows are divided into compact, which are familiar to almost everyone, and crumbly. Getting such cosmetics, pay attention to its firmness, having put it on the back of a palm. To increase this figure, you need to put a special base under the shadow.

When working with liquid shadows will need skill and experience. They are applied, as a rule, with a special applicator. A creamy-colored product moisturizes the eyelid, but it can slide. There are also shadow pencil and shadow mousse.

Matte eye shadows choose for day makeup or as partner shadows in multi-layered makeup.

Flickering shadows do not need to be imposed on the entire eyelid, they are used to make the look expressive and piquant and are used on certain parts of the century. The choice of such cosmetics by women at the age will only emphasize their age, so you better go past the shimmering shadows.

Creating makeup, remember that the emphasis should be done on one thing: either on the eyes or on the lips. Therefore, if you used active shades of gray in the makeup of the eyes, then lipstick simply must be a low-key color.

Video tutorial on creating gray eye makeup - in the next video.