Apply Eye shadow

Prime the eyelids by dusting them with a small amount of loose powder.

Select a light base shadow. Using a shadow brush, sweep it across your entire lid, from brow to lash line.

Blend shadow by stroking the lid gently with an eye shadow brush. Don't use your finger'you could wipe off the shadow entirely.

For almond-shaped eyes with a distinct crease, place the deepest tone on the outer edge of the lid and half way up into the crease, keep the inner half of the lid lighter.

If you have narrow-shaped eyes with a small crease and want to use dark tones, keep them very close to the lash line, and consider highlighting under the brow bone.

For round-shaped eyes, keep the deepest tone toward the center of the eye blending upward from lid to crease.

Don't match your shadow with your eyes or your clothes so that attention remains with your eyes and not your makeup.

Neutral shades like browns and beiges look natural while brighter shades like blue and green look dramatic and artificial.

Only use cream eyeshadows that do not cause creasing upon application and should be coordinated with powder shadows that are to be used on top of them. They should be applied using fingertips.

Blue eyeshadow should only be worn only if you either have fair skin, black or platinum hair and brown or gray eyes or very dark skin.