I love a bright splash of color, especially in the Summer. Don't you? One of the easiest ways to get the look is to put a neutral shade all over the lid and then sweep a bold color under the lower lashline. Minimal mascara tops it off.
This looks nice on just about everyone, but is especially pleasant for small eyes, hooded eyes, or Asian-shaped eyes.
Because of the shape of my eye (somewhat down-turned), I did place a bit of dark black-brown liner on the outer 1/3 of the top lid, angled slightly upwards, to give the impression the eye was not quite so droopy. I usually do this when I'm trying a lower-lashline emphasis. Again, that's particular to my eye shape and not necessary or even recommended for other eye shapes.
Products used:
Aromaleigh Infernal Chaos: Immaculate dove grey with the softest sheen and brown tones... to match
the gloves you wear to ensure that you leave no fingerprints.
Yeah, well what I see is a very-close-to-skintone shade for me with the slightest touch of grey. In fact, it's more of an opalescent-nude. It would make a great highlight for people with darker skin than me, but I love it on the lid like this. Subtly brightening!
Aromaleigh Frigid Gloom: One glove lost, the snow and ice advances, along with the setting sun.
Her delicate smile turns icy blue, yet ironically her bouquet of
carnations and freesia are pink with life's essence. It's a cold night.
More gloves? LOL. This one is a soft cool blue with bits of pink and small multi-colored shimmer. It's quite an impressive color. It kind of reminds me of hydrangeas! Love this shade.
Both shadows were applied with a dampened brush. On the lid, I used a flat shadow brush; on the lower lashline, I used a pencil brush.
Other products used:
A skintone pencil for the lower waterline (actually a nude lip pencil I use exclusively for this purpose).
Mascara (black)
A black brown liner (optional) (I mixed two satin pencils with a liner brush, then applied: a dark brown and a black)