Eyes, Brows and Lips

In our next lesson with Sue we focused on eyes, brows and the lips.
Products used:
- Illamasqua matte primer
- Kryolan foundation palette 
- Illamasqua powder
- Mac eye shadow palette
- Mascara
- Mascara wands
- Lash curlers
- Range of brushes (flat brush, blending brush, angled brush)
- Kryolan lipstick palette
- Spatulas 
- Cotton pads

Eyes
Sue gave us a piece of paper that featured a range of different eye shapes. Looking at Phoebe's eyes I decided that she had even eyes. I therefore had to place the darker colour in the crease and on the outer corners. We were taught that placing translucent powder under the eyes before applying any product helps to remove any eye shadow if it has dropped in the process. I used two flat eye shadow brushes to apply the colours. On the eye I used a natural colour across the whole of the lid and then in the crease a warmer matte brown. I wanted the eye to be darker to I then added a darker matte brown in the outer corner. Blending is the most important part of applying eye shadow. To help with blending you can use a cotton bud and translucent powder. This helps to remove any excess product and to blend the edges. When finished you can wipe away the powder under the eye. 

Next we moved onto mascara. Asking your partner to look forward, place the mascara on the tops of the lashes. This means that any eye shadow that's fallen onto the eyelashes is covered. Then place the mascara underneath, trying to get as close to the root as possible. Move onto the other eye before completing the bottom lashes. This means they have time to dry. Ask your client to look up and use swiping motions places the mascara on the bottom lashes. If you need, you can curl the eyelashes to give more length. 

I really liked the colour of the eye shadow that I used. Even though it was natural it was still smokey and added definition to the eye. I found applying the mascara particularly hard. It was difficult to get as close to the root as possible without the product going onto the eye. Phoebe had extremely long eyelashes meaning the tops of her eyelashes touched her lid when she looked up. To remove mascara I used translucent powder on a cotton bud. 

Brows
For the brows we wanted to create a natural look. Looking at the brow colour, the eye shadow should be similar in colour and can be slightly darker. For Phoebe I chose a light brown shade and placed it onto the hairs of the brow and not the skin. In the more sparse areas you can add a darker shade. You should use an angled brush and place the colour in the direction of the hair. 

Lips
Using an angled brush on the lips helps to create straight lines as well as placing more product on the lips. It also helps create an accurate top lip. We could pick any shade that we wanted. When applying the colour ask your client to stretch their lips outwards so you can place all the product in one go. Once the lips are coloured, blot your clients lips with tissue. You can then reapply the product. To set the lips you can add translucent powder to it. I found applying the product on the lips hard as you have to be more careful as you are working on a smaller surface.