Beginners Eye Makeup Tutorial Using Three Matte How To Apply Eyeshadow

In today's makeup lesson, I'm going to show you how to create this look using three matte eyeshadows

The reason I wanted to do this is because one I really like this look And two because I feel like for beginners if you can master

Applying matte eyeshadows then you can do anything matte eyeshadows are a little tricky to use

So I want to share lots of tips and tricks to make sure it works for you But also you can change up this look in so many different ways

It's really a basic look that can be made dramatic or made toned down

So I hope that you guys enjoy this one This is a palette that we're going to be using and i'm sure you all own eyeshadows like this

We have a light medium and dark then we also have the three shimmers, but we'll just ignore them for now

It's a very easy look to recreate. So let's get started So as always we're going to start by applying an eyeshadow primer all over the lid

This is going to create a blank canvas for us to work on But it's also going to give our eyeshadows something to grip hold off because my eyeshadows naturally have a dry texture

They need a little bit of moisture in order for them to grip onto the skin

Otherwise they can kind of just sit there If you think of it as when you were a kid doing little art projects

And you'd put glue on and then you'd sprinkle glitter and then you'd knock off the excess glitter

And the glitter would only hold on to the damp glue. That's the same thing as using a primer with matte eyeshadows

So this is a palette that we're going to be using today I'm going to start off with this spiced coffee shade and we're going to be applying this with a fluffy brush

Not a flat brush on our fingertips But a fluffy brush and we want to apply a very small amount at a time and build this up

Because our base is damp It's really important that we don't just put a load of eyeshadows on there because they will hold too much

So a little goes a long way and you want to very slowly build this up

Now i'm starting on the outer corner i'm bringing it down onto the lid and then across the lid

So with this eyeshadow what this is going to do is to create sort of a base for us

So it's going to create a soft blur everywhere. So it's going to go into the crease and then onto the lid

Again, very slowly build this shadow up because that damp base is going to hold too much if you put too much on

Now Now because I want to just kiss the crease of the eye i'm going to keep my hand a little higher

Now if you have your hand higher, you're going to get a lower blend so it's going to work into that area and across

But then if you bring your hand lower it's going to actually bring a higher blend

So the higher the hand the lower the blend the lower the hand the higher the blend

So just bear that in mind when you're applying eyeshadow watch for your hand placement

And then i'm going to take a clean brush and i'm just going to kind of buff over everything

It's just going to make sure that that base is nicely covered It's going to make sure that our base is nice and even and that's why it's always a good idea to have a clean

Blending brush handy whenever you do a makeup look I know i'm throwing a lot of things at you right now

But I also want you to be careful with your angles So using the edge of your nose eye and brow you want to make sure you're working up and inwards from this point

Just make sure you get that nice angle even if you want to bring it outside of your eye shape just watch for your angle

Moving on i'm going to use this deep Chocolatey brown and we're going to be applying this with a fluffy brush again starting on that outer corner

Now I want to be very careful where I apply this This is going to go on that outer corner i'm bringing my hand nice and high because I don't want to get it in the crease

Your highest shade is always your mid-tone. Your contour is always a little lower than that

So keep your hand nice and high apply it on the outer edge and kind of softly blend inwards

Just to about the halfway point of the lid If you feel like you need to again take that clean blending brush and very softly go over and around the edges

And when you are using a clean blending brush, make sure you keep a really light touch Don't put too much pressure on it. It's just kind of blurring rather than actually kind of buffing

A few people comment on the fact that it always looks like I have like this like patch on the edge of my eye

And this is very common for a lot of people. I have a little bit of damage to my lid So it holds onto eyeshadow in kind of an unusual way

Really up close is the only way that you can see it from far away It's not that noticeable, but I do want to mention it because I do get comments about it sometimes

Now we're going to cut the crease I know it's scary It's scary when you're a beginner, but I promise you

It isn't as scary as you think you just have to go for it So i'm using this very tiny little brush

Which is the cutest thing ever and I applied a little bit of concealer to that inner corner of the eye

Then what I do is I kind of just look around and this is going to help me see

The shape that I want to create and then I just fill it in We're only going to about the third to half the lid just covering it with concealer

I know it feels weird, but give it a go We're then going to take that lighter shade and we're going to stamp this with our fingertips or a brush over the concealer

Don't worry if it looks patchy. I'll show you how to fix that in a second But you're just pressing this over the concealer now

You can do this without using the concealer, but you just won't get that really sharp finish Which is kind of what i'm looking for now

Here's the trick you then want to go back in with that spicy coffee shade

And you want to blur the edges where the light meets the dark on the lid

so right in between You want to make sure you apply this eyeshadow kind of tap it in there

Very softly blend and it creates this beautiful fade. This is what I refer to as a fade shade

Sometimes i'll use an actual different eyeshadow. But in this case, it actually works great to use your mid-tone as a fade shade

And so you end up with is a blend from that cream to that spicy coffee to that chocolate shade

And you should end up with something like this and i'm going to call myself out here I did not blend very well right at my brow. I should have blended that a little bit more

It's a little harsh, but i'm calling myself out on that. Maybe that's something to watch for for other people

Now on the waterline i'm going to keep it nice and clean because I like that cleanness on the lid

Cleanness on the waterline. So we're applying a cream pencil to the waterline

So that little little rich on your eye, it's going to open those eyes more and I feel like it complements the look

And i'm going to take that spicy coffee shade again and we're going to apply this with a flat brush this time

Just underneath the eye I tend to look upward so I don't get it too low

That can be a problem, especially if you're like looking down in mirror So try looking upwards with your mirror in order to get right underneath the lashes

I finished off the look with some invisible liner. So that's applying liner

That's really really thin right at the lash line some mascara and lashes and there you go

That is the finished look. I hope that you'll give it a go using mattes

I love using mattes and if you can perfect this look then you can do anything

I will show you how you can add a little bit of shimmer into this look in another video

But I hope that you enjoyed this one and we'll give it a go Have a wonderful day as always be kind to yourself be kind to others

You're doing the best that you can and i'll see you next time