How to do makeup with gray shadows?

Shadows are a magical tool with which you can smooth out an asymmetrical face, visually bring together far-set eyes, give expression to the look, make it playful, alluring and beautiful. For such work, you will need good quality eye shadow and a set of brushes for applying them, as well as a good mood and practice, practice and more practice.

They go great with any color of clothing. The right shade of gray will decorate any type. To create makeup, you can use various techniques. Professionals and amateurs, resorting to remarkable imagination, create various MakeUp variations. Very popular techniques for creating makeup using gray shadows are “birdie”, “Smoky eyes” or “Haze” and others.

To apply shadows, you will need a palette with different shades of gray shadows, a base (base) under the shadows, which will increase the time they stay on your face, brushes that are convenient for you, 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 shape. Thus, you can create both daytime and evening makeup.

1. A base color is applied to part of the eyelid up to the crease;
2. The inner corner and the area under the eyebrow must be lightened;
3. A darker shade is applied from the middle of the lower eyelid to the outer corner. Moreover, when approaching the outer corner, it should become darker;
4. Let's not forget about shading.

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

The process of creating "Smoky eyes":

1. On the moving part of the eyelid, apply a black pencil closer to the eyelashes. Then you need to shade it. To do this, choose a tool that is convenient 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 shaded line and blend.
3. Next, you need to apply lighter shadows. Depending on the shape of the eyelids, they will occupy almost the entire movable eyelid and possibly affect the fixed one. And again, shading is needed.
4. Under the eyebrow, apply the lightest tone of gray shadows. A very important step in creating an image is shading.

There is another option for creating this makeup. Perhaps it will seem 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 approaches the almond-shaped, because it is this form that is considered ideal.Let's not forget about shading.
3. We apply dark gray shadows depending on the shape of the eyes. This layer is more like a wing or petal and occupies almost the entire area of ​​the lower eyelid and the outer corner of the fixed upper eyelid or runs along the edge of the ciliary region, along the border of the end of the lower and the beginning of the upper eyelid and converges on the outer corner of the upper eyelid.

Another popular make-up option for celebrations is created using the “birdie” technique.

Depending on the contrast of the 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 towards the outer corner of the eye, it is necessary to draw a neat line and lift it at the end. The line should be smooth and not go up sharply.
2. Find the crease between the upper and lower eyelids, draw a line from its middle to the outer corner of the eye and connect it to the first line. These lines must be shaded away from the face, after applying shadows of the “wet asphalt” shade to them.
3. The unpainted part of the eyelids can be made up with any light shade of shadows, you can even white.

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

If you have deep-set or wide-set eyes, then the highlight makeup is the best for you. For wide-set eyes, the inner corner should be darkened, and for deep-set eyes, lightened. Below is the process of performing such a make-up in stages.

1. On the main part of the eyelid, apply a base color, for example, a dusty gray shade.
2. Paint over the top with a lighter shade (about two or three tones lighter than the base).
3. Then, the lightest shade must be applied to the moving eyelid above the pupil, a small glare is obtained.

The final step in creating makeup is applying mascara. It must be applied very carefully so as not to stain already painted eyelids.

Choosing gray shadows, you need to pay attention first of all to the color of the eyes. Owners of brown are perfect silver matte shades or with a light transparent mother of pearl.

For owners of blue or green eyes, the gray range is just right, and you can choose different shades of gray. However, the shadows should not be more intense than the color of your eyes, otherwise the look will appear tired and sickly.

Shadows are consumed not very quickly, so pay attention to the expiration date. If the selected product is of a liquid consistency, then it should not contain lumps and other foreign inclusions. Dry shadows are divided into compact, which are familiar to almost everyone, and crumbly. When purchasing such cosmetics, pay attention to its durability by applying it to the back of your hand. To increase this figure, you need to apply a special base under the shadows.

When working with liquid shadows, skill and experience are required. They are applied, as a rule, with a special applicator. The creamy texture moisturizes the eyelids, but they can roll. There are also pencil shadows and mousse shadows.

Choose matte shadows for daytime makeup or as partner shadows in multi-layered makeup.

Shimmer shadows do not need to be applied to the entire eyelid, they are used to give expressiveness and spice to the look and are used in certain areas of the eyelid. The choice of such cosmetics by older women will only emphasize their age, so you better skip shimmery shadows.

When creating makeup, remember that the emphasis should be on one thing: either on the eyes or on the lips. Therefore, if you used active shades of gray in eye makeup, then lipstick simply has to be discreet in color.

A video tutorial on creating gray eye makeup is in the next video.