Excellent advice!
I've found that once you determine what your best color application method is, then you can play with different colors to suit your mood. I have slightly deep set eyes with a moderately high arch, which gives me a lot of crease and browbone room to work with. My eye shape is similar to Catherine Zeta Jones, as a reference. For a sexy natural look, I like a wash of medium color on the lids and crease with a lighter color blended onto the browbone to blur the lid color. I lightly use a pencil liner on the upper and lower lashlines for definition, then I take a deep-colored powder shadow, like a black or deep brown or plum, and add a touch of shadow to the outer corners to elongate my eyes. A fine, tapered shadow brush works well for this. I use this template and play with all sorts of colors: blues, greens, bronzes, plums...etc.
I also use a light shade on my lids and a deeper shade in my crease for contouring. With my eye shape, this comes out more dramatic so it's best for evenings.
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kerina Sounds like you're a really natural beauty! I agree with Bobbi browns saying that we should never try to use a eyeshadow that's similar to our eye colour (eg blue eyeshadow for blue eyes). Instead we should always use a contrasting colour (but pls dun take it like I'm telling to contrast like a peacock). If ur eyes are deep set with double eye lids, you can just use a single wash of soft shade eg light shimmery beige or light silver to open up ur eye (gives other a refresh & groom feeling). Also, I think dark eyeliners on the upper rim eg. dark grey & dark brown would suit you well. I always find using eyeshadow as eyeliner gives a more natural & sexy feel. New colours should never be applied with a heavy hand. Plus if you apply ur eyeshadow very sheerly together with those new eyeliner, it'll give others a feeling that you're bold & confident (instead of painted clown) even if the colour clash. Do remember to blend well. Good luck to ur attempts!
