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Jan 15, 2015
Bekah S.
I have the MAC 217 and although I adore it, I do find it hard to blend eyeshadows in smaller places :( I like to very much layer colors and it's very large and this could be operator error but it could be the size of it. Sometimes my colors (usually brighter colored shadows) turn out a little muddy. Help with technique/brushes?
Jan 15, 2015
Alexis C.
Maybe trying something tapered like the 224 would help?
Jan 15, 2015
Kitty K.
Where exactly are you trying to place color that you find it too big to blend out?
I usually start off using my transition and midtone shades before packing on my color on my lid ( if you're having issues placing color on the crease ). This way I can slowly blend upwards into the crease ( and downwards if I need to diffuse it) and create a gradual transition. I'm not sure if that makes any sense but thats the easiest way for me. I usually find playing with my transition's more easier than just packing color on the lid and then applying transition. The darker the color is, the closer I pack it towards my lid because some shadows are pigmented enough to go straight up to your brow bone.
Jan 15, 2015
Cat C.
I like to use the Morphe M441 to blend more precisely :)
Jan 15, 2015
Jenny A.
Jacqueline that might be the single most helpful post I've ever seen on this website. I've been struggling with mud as well. I'm a bit confused about the complementary color thing. When I look at a color wheel it doesn't look like anything I put on my eyes (well OK there's that one Wet N Wild palette). So if I have a vaguely purple, grey-ish, taupe-silver and put it with a apricot, peachy color and it somehow works and I can't figure it out. And things that I would think would work, like an orange-y pink and an olive green and it looks god-awful. I wonder if it isn't my own coloring messing things up? My primer undertone (I use a correcting primer which has some peach in it to conceal darkness in the inner corner) could be making things weird as well.
Those bdellium recs are fantastic! Thank you.
Jan 15, 2015
Bekah S.
Oh wow!! Thank you all so much! Most of the time my colors had been becoming one color hahahs this is very helpful.
Jan 16, 2015
Jenny A.
The color wheel is starting to sink in. Thank you so much. I think some of the issues I'm experiencing have to do with involve me trying to put a cool color in the inner corner of my eye, like a green, blue or purple. It keys into the undereye darkness I have. So I need to stick to keeping the inner side warm and the outer part of my eye cool.
Last night I went home and did about 20 swatches on my arm, where I primed a patch of skin and laid down two colors next to each other and blended them to see what works and what doesn't. I only found three or four that I really liked. But that is three or four combinations I didn't have before. I also practiced blending using your advice and it works a lot better for preventing mud. I was using a big fluffy blending brush and windshield wiper motions. I started using a very small tapered crease brush, almost a pencil brush shape for blending and it allowed for more precise strokes. I practiced on my wrists and arm patches first and then this morning on my eyes. It took me way longer to do my eyeshadow this morning but the results are vastly better. I think more practice is all that is required.