eye shadow

St. Patrick’s Day Makeup

St. Patrick’s Day is near and some of you will be wearing the green.  Here are a two ways to incorporate green into your makeup look without being too matchy-matchy (assuming that you’ll be wearing something green) or looking like a crazy person.  After all, the goal is to be festive and attractive.

The easiest way to incorporate green into your makeup look is to wear green eye shadow.  Here are a couple of rules:

  1. The paler the skin, the paler shade of green
    • Fair to light skin tones should stick with mint and celery shades
    • Medium and deep skin tones should use richer shades in the emerald or evergreen family
  2. Use a light hand.  A little goes a LONG way, so start with a pop of green on an otherwise neutral/skin tone eye.  You might find that a little is just enough.  Use green shadow:
    • Just on the lid, or
    • Just in the crease
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  3. Shimmer is ok
    • Since you aren’t wearing color all over the eye, a bit of shimmer is ok.  NOT GLITTER, ladies— shimmer.
    • This is especially flattering on deeper skin tones.  A deep, rich and shimmery emerald can be exceptionally beautiful on a very deep skin tone.
    • On fair or light skin tones, emerald shades can be used if a high-glamour or vamp look is desired, but it can be tricky, so you might want to stick with hues of mint or celery.  If you aren’t very skilled at blending, the look can be harsh, aging, and unflattering.
    • If your eyes are very crepe-y, you might want to restrict the shimmer to the lid.
  4. Skip green shadow altogether and pop it on the upper or lower lash line (not both!)  Here are two of the easiest ways to incorporate green into your St. Patrick’s Day makeup look:
    • Start with a neutral eye (taupe, brown, skin tones), then
    • Use green eyeliner on the upper lash line (experiment with a cat-eye, if you can  carry it off), or
    • Use a green pencil on the water line (inner lower lid).
    • The model is wearing a bold version of the look.  The mature woman might want to soften the look by blurring the line with a clean brush (or q-tip)

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

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Finally! Eye Shadow that Does Not Settle into Fine Lines and Wrinkles

Viceart Neutral Basic 01-Matte Eye Shadow Available at Viceart.com for about $80.

Viseart Neutral Basic 01-Matte Eye Shadow
Available at Viceart.com for about $80.

Forget Urban Decay’s NAKED palette.  Viseart’s Basic Neutral 01-Matte palette is the best neutral eye shadow on the market, period.  It is especially suited for women over 50 because it is very blendable and does not settle into nooks & crannies!

Why it’s good for the 50+ woman:  The Neutral 01-Matte palette contains no shimmer, sparkle, or glitter to settle into fine lines and creases, and there is no shadow “fallout”.  The outer corner of my lid is textured like crepe paper and this shadow never “settles” in the nooks and crannies.

Uses:  All skin tones.  This palette looks good on EVERYONE, from the palest to the deepest tones.  Its beige, taupe, brown, grey, and peach tones are universally flattering.  This shadow also has multiple uses:  all colors can be used as eye liner,  brown tones can be used to fill in brows, black and deep terracotta tones can even be used in your hair to cover  “roots”.

Ease of application: There is virtually no fallout.  This stuff STAYS WHERE YOU PUT IT.  Although it is heavily pigmented and stays put all day, it blends easier than any shadow I’ve ever tried.  If you don’t have lots of experience applying shadow or are challenged by the “smokey eye”, you should try this palette.  Because it is so forgiving and blends like a dream, I am finally able to rock  “smokey eye” and experiment with colors outside my taupe-hued comfort zone.

Texture:  Smooth and buttery.  Although this is powdered shadow, it goes on with a very creamy feel.  It glides over the eye and doesn’t look thick or caked on.

Finish:  Rich matte.  No sparkle, shimmer, glitter, or twinkle to bring negative attention to crows feet and crepe-iness.

Value:  For most of us $80 is a huge makeup investment.  I buy $0.99 brushes from Target, so I get it.  There aren’t many people willing to pay $80 for eye shadow, but the results are worth every penny!  It is heavily pigmented, so a little goes a very long way.  My palette is in the photo.  I’ve been using it for about 2 months and haven’t made a dent in the taupe and grey colors I use every day.

Viceart  is professional quality shadow that is easy to use and delivers great results.  I strongly recommend this product.  Post a comment and share your knowledge of Viceart eye shadow with other beyond50beauties.

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