Practical: Natural Eyes

Natural Eyes

Creating a natural eye makeup can immediately enhance the pupils and bring the face more "to life" in the sense of awakening the face and beautifying.

Key products to create natural eyes are;
Small/Medium Rounded Brush
Eyeshadow palette
Angled Brush
Cotton Buds
Cotton Pad
Disposable Mascara Wands
Mascara
Powder Puff
Transluscent Powder

• Pull the eye slightly upwards by the corner/temple area using a cotton wool pad or a powder puff this will help to pull the eye tight when applying eye products but also can act as stability if you need to lean the base of your hand to steady yourself
• Apply a loose translucent powder all over the eye lid with a cotton wool pad or a fluffy powder brush, this will help to absorb any excess base foundation or natural oils that are released through the lids, it will also help to keep your eye colour in place for longer.
• Apply a lot of loose translucent powder under the eye as close and as carefully to the lash line as you can, this will help to catch any product that may fall from the eyelids whilst applying and be easier for you to dust off afterwards without stick or smudging to the face.
• Using a medium/small rounded brush take your lightest eye colour of choice and apply all over the lids, really working the product into the eyelids. You can also use different amounts of colours on the eyes it can just the one colour, two, three or three depending on what type of look you are trying to achieve for the final outcome. 
• Then for your next colour which will be a medium to darker colour, this is used to help define the eye sockets and create the crease of the eyes. You will need to start from the outside corner of the eye socket and carefully blend inwards building the colour and enhancing the shading on the outer corners of the eyes. 
• If you think you may have gone in to heavy with the darker colour you can get a cotton bud with a small amount of translucent powder and gently blend the edges to soften the colour down.
• Once you have done this you will then need to get a small angled brush and a black eyeshadow, scrap a small amount of the black eyeshadow on to the back of your hand and wet the angle brush down with water, mix them together to create a paste texture. Using the angle brush apply the black paste across and closely to the lash line
• If you want to do more of a dramatic winged eyeliner you can use a small amount of paper tape and place this on the edge of the eye which can be used as a guide for your winged liner.
• Now for mascara. You will need some disposable mascara wands and a tube of mascara, you can also use eyelash curlers if you want to as this helps to lift the lashes but it is optional.
• Apply the mascara to the underneath of the top lashes first and then underneath slightly wiggling the mascara wand to ensure that all the lashes have been coated in mascara. Remember to not double dip the mascara wand back in the mascara tube so ensure you have enough mascara on the disposable wand to cove the lashes and if you don't use a fresh disposable wand.
• Using a powder brush or cotton bud gently sweep under the eyes to wipe away the translucent powder and any excess dropped product.
• Lastly for the brows find a colour that is an exact or near enough match to the brow colours and gently sweep this colour through to give them more definition and structure to the face.

I am happy with the outcome of the eye makeup I did, however, next time I shall take more time to intensify the corner edges and crease so that it will become more visible and maybe fill in the brows slight more to fill them out more.