Dark Outer Corner Eyeshadow - Highly Requested By Clients

Eek! This is my first 'pictorial'.

I wasn't too sure how this would turn out, I don't personally wear eyeshadow (I don't feel that it suits me) but I gave it a go because a LOT of people ask me how to get the gradient-esque dark outer corner. This look is very similar to the look I applied on Delaney at Directive Photography's photoshoot a while back So, here it is!

First Shade

You want to use a light, creamy champagne (shimmer is optional) shade to 3/4 of your lid. Leaving the outer corner shade-free is a good idea to avoid the next matte colour mixing with the shimmer.

Second Shade

With a white matte eyeshadow, apply this to your inner corners and also over 2/3 of your lid on top of the first shadow, this will make the eyes pop and also brighten the colour that you previously applied.

Third Shade

For a clean cut, use some tape on the corner of your eye. I like to connect my tape by lining up the end of my eyebrow to the end of my eye. Take a medium brown shade and lightly (tap of excess) apply the shadow like a backwards 'C' or a sideways 'V'. I'm using an angled crease brush.

Almost done!

To add more dimension take a black or dark brown eyeshadow with a small-medium crease (I'm using a small square crease brush) or blending brush and simply press it onto the very corner of your eyes before the crease and with a circular motion, blend it. Less product is more, you can always build up the colour.

I hope this tutorial was helpful. For a less harsh look, you can opt out of using the tape, and after the above steps, use a clean blending/fluff brush to blend everything out. You can even play around with all sorts of different colours, get creative! :)