Do you layer your eyeshadows?
Oh, yes! It is often easier to get the right in-between shade by getting a little of that shade and this shade on a brush.
— Christine
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Yes, in particular I like layer the very sparkly shimmers, those ones whith multichrome shift but sheer base, over matte shades. Sometimes I also layer two similar formulas just for the whim of creating a shade in the middle. Sometimes it ended as a muddy undescript colour, sime other times I’ve got some pleasant surprise (i.e. a sage/olive green shimmer over denim blue… Wonderful combo)
Been there.. muddy… and kept layering 😆
All the time. I find, especially for my creasy eyes, that if I layer mattes, I get less creasing. And layering shimmers is always lovely.
Totally! With crepey eyes, I find I have to blend my transitions particularly well and the easiest way to do that is to load a bit of each colour and apply to transition area and blend out.
Not only that, but I also find layering shadows gives an eye look more nuance in general.
I mostly use the colors as they are, I don’t have the artistic eye to combine colors. Eyeshadows end up being layered simply because that’s my process: I apply a matte color on the entire life or just in the crease, than follow up with a lid color, for example.
I never mix colors because the end result is risky and I never get the same color on both eyes… but that’s my lack of skills.
I sure do! It’s how I achieve a really good, seamless blend, especially when doing a really perfect blown out smokey eye. Also, it makes for better blending of shade edges in even a colorful or complex look.
Yes. I love to layer sparkly shades over my lid color. I’ll also layer sheer duochomes over lid or inner corner colors.. Sometimes I also layer colors to deepen, brighten, or tweak a shade (say, to make a blue more teal).
Since I’ve found this wonderful site I have!
Not usually, but sometimes to correct I do and sometimes it works, but most times not, so I avoid totally laying. Of course, blending area overlap is a must.