Eye Shadow's primary purpose is to enhance the eye's shape. Apply eyeshadow to add simple definition or to make a strong impact, depending on your choice of colour. There are two basic ways to apply eye shadow in shape shading, "rounded" and "winged. Use a small, more pointed eyeshadow brush to run the slightly darker shade of the main color in a thin line along the socket line, working from the inside corner outward. Eye shadows come in in several textures, powders (compacts), pencils, and creams. Powder can be used either dry or wet and it's really easy to control. Pencils are fairly easy to use and Creams tend to be hard to control. A dark tone makes an area recede, while a light or bright shade will bring an area forward. This is why eyeshadow is often sold in containers with two color shades: a dark and light.

Three coordinating eye shadow shades that define, highlight and accentuate any eye color. Always apply a lighter shade under the brow bone to highlight the eyes and darker shades on the lid and the crease of the eye. Using a large, flat eyeshadow brush, apply a light shadow color over your entire eyelid from lash line to brow. Choose a fine brush for the eyeshadow application. the base colour to the entire lid from the inside to the outside corner and from the base of the lashes to the eyelid crease. Eyeshadow is applied to draw attention to the eye which accounts for many shades of purple, blue, green, yellow and orange color that comes in and out of fashion. Choose an eyeshadow color that matches your dress, eye color and face makeup.

Eyeshadow Application Tips

1. Before using eye-shadow, use a little powder on the eyelid as a base.

2. Eye-shadow is available in many shades. On black eyes, chocolate, green or mauve shades are preferred.

3. Eyeshadow is commonly found in powder form but it is also available in cream with a sponge-tip wand and in crayons.

4. Eyeshadow should be used for night make-up.

5. Eye shadows with cream-coloured, soft and silky texture are posed in two blows of brushes and are based on the eyelid naturally.

6. Apply the darkest shade to the outer corners of the eyes from lash line to the crease.

7. Use the light shade to cover the entire eyelid that is from the lash line to the brow.

8. Apply the medium shade on the lower lid.

9. Never share the eye makeup tools because by doing so you may unknowingly transfer eye infections to one another such as the conjunctivitis.

10. Cheer up now, as there is a way to make it stick for little longer.