Difference between applying eyeshadow on crease and outer V?

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Difference between applying eyeshadow on crease and outer V? Which one does which? Point of each? How does it make your eyes look? And what brings out what in your eye? (ie crease brings out shape or w/e.) Also I know one crease is supposed to be darker but why?
 
I think it's just a different way of styling a smokey eye, it gives it more of a structured look than a traditional one. 

Here's a good video on how to find your "outer V" and define it: http://www.makeupgeek.com/tutorials/how-to-define-the-outer-v/

I think the only part of your question it doesn't answer is the "What brings out what in your eye" part. A traditional darkened crease, is basically just adding depth and dimension to your eye (think contouring and highlighting your face), and a darkened "outer V" is adding it but with more structure, and makes it less of a "natural" look. Darkening the "outer V" can also bring your eyes out a little bit, creating an almost cat eye like effect. It can be used as a more dramatic look, and depending on how you do the rest of your eye/face makeup it could bring a more "exotic" like appearance to your face.

Hope this helped! 

 
Ok so eyeshadow in the crease helps to make the crease recede and the lighter shade on the lid up to the crease, brings that forward...thus bringing out or defining the eye. When you the outer edge V shading you making that area recede even more than the crease, further defining the eye and bringing it out even more. The idea is that you eyes will look more vibrant, defined, and brighter. The outer edge V can also help close eyes appear wider set. Technically speaking, a Smokey eye is used more to recede the lid up to the crease in people who are somewhat "bug eyed"

 
Ok so eyeshadow in the crease helps to make the crease recede and the lighter shade on the lid up to the crease, brings that forward...thus bringing out or defining the eye. When you the outer edge V shading you making that area recede even more than the crease, further defining the eye and bringing it out even more. The idea is that you eyes will look more vibrant, defined, and brighter. The outer edge V can also help close eyes appear wider set. Technically speaking, a Smokey eye is used more to recede the lid up to the crease in people who are somewhat "bug eyed"

 
Ok so eyeshadow in the crease helps to make the crease recede and the lighter shade on the lid up to the crease, brings that forward...thus bringing out or defining the eye. When you the outer edge V shading you making that area recede even more than the crease, further defining the eye and bringing it out even more. The idea is that you eyes will look more vibrant, defined, and brighter. The outer edge V can also help close eyes appear wider set. Technically speaking, a Smokey eye is used more to recede the lid up to the crease in people who are somewhat "bug eyed"

 
Let's keep it very simple!!!

Crease-Where your eye folds(apply darker here to make eyes pop)

Outer V-Outer corner of your eye (apply here to smoke, and to make eyes appear smaller and seductive)

 
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