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Hey guys! Since a lot of people say they have a blending problem, I did a small tutorial on it. I used a simple black and white e/s so that you can see the contrast and the blending better.
Also the brush I used is Sonia Kashuk's Pointed Blending brush, my HG brush for blending so far... E/s was Hard Candy Cyber and Sheer e/s. I also used my normal base of MAC Bare Canvas Paint and MAC Flighty Cream Color Base.
https://www.makeuptalk.com/image/id/542135/width/1000/height/500
Pic 1.1
Pic 1.2
Pic 1.1 and 1.2 - The unblended eye. All of the e/s are on the eye including the browbone highlight. This is before any sort of blending.
Pic 1.3
Pic 1.3 - I started using my SK brush to blend the e/s on the LID only. Use small, one direction strokes. Move the brush from the inner lid to the outer lid only and ONLY blend right over the line that divides the two colors, not across the whole lid.
Pic 1.4
Pic 1.4 - Blending on the lid ONLY is complete. You decide how much or how little blending you want between your colors...
Pic 1.5
Pic 1.6
Pic 1.5 and 1.6 - I am going to start to blend the inner crease color. Again only use gentle strokes in one direction. Work from the inner eye to the middle/outer eye. Don't use the "windshield wiper" motion back and forth with your brush; this will cause the white e/s to become "muddy" looking and will not let the black e/s have the same shape.
Pic 1.7
Pic 1.7 - Now begin to blend the outer crease color with the browbone highlight. You want to use small, gentle, circular movements here so that the line between the black and white will become blurred and the black will fade into the white.
Pic 1.8https://forum.makeuptalk.com/gallery/files/5428-CIMG4861.jpgPic 1.9
Pic 1.8 and 1.9 - The totally blended eye... All the blending is complete now, all that is left is some mascara and lower liner.
https://forum.makeuptalk.com/gallery/files/5428-CIMG4865.jpgPic1.10
https://forum.makeuptalk.com/gallery/files/5428-CIMG4866.jpgPic 1.11
Pic 1.10 and 1.11 - Complete eye. Mascara and lower liner have been added...now go and show off your fancy, blended eye!! :w00t:
Also the brush I used is Sonia Kashuk's Pointed Blending brush, my HG brush for blending so far... E/s was Hard Candy Cyber and Sheer e/s. I also used my normal base of MAC Bare Canvas Paint and MAC Flighty Cream Color Base.
https://www.makeuptalk.com/image/id/542135/width/1000/height/500
Pic 1.1
Pic 1.1 and 1.2 - The unblended eye. All of the e/s are on the eye including the browbone highlight. This is before any sort of blending.
Pic 1.3 - I started using my SK brush to blend the e/s on the LID only. Use small, one direction strokes. Move the brush from the inner lid to the outer lid only and ONLY blend right over the line that divides the two colors, not across the whole lid.
Pic 1.4 - Blending on the lid ONLY is complete. You decide how much or how little blending you want between your colors...
Pic 1.5 and 1.6 - I am going to start to blend the inner crease color. Again only use gentle strokes in one direction. Work from the inner eye to the middle/outer eye. Don't use the "windshield wiper" motion back and forth with your brush; this will cause the white e/s to become "muddy" looking and will not let the black e/s have the same shape.
Pic 1.7 - Now begin to blend the outer crease color with the browbone highlight. You want to use small, gentle, circular movements here so that the line between the black and white will become blurred and the black will fade into the white.
Pic 1.8 and 1.9 - The totally blended eye... All the blending is complete now, all that is left is some mascara and lower liner.
https://forum.makeuptalk.com/gallery/files/5428-CIMG4865.jpgPic1.10
https://forum.makeuptalk.com/gallery/files/5428-CIMG4866.jpgPic 1.11
Pic 1.10 and 1.11 - Complete eye. Mascara and lower liner have been added...now go and show off your fancy, blended eye!! :w00t: