Eyeshadow help! Over blending.

Jun 17, 2016

Katie G.

Whenever I try to blend my eyeshadow it just blends everywhere. It look so sloppy. What can I do?

Jun 17, 2016

Alexis C.

What brushes are you using? Do they have any eyeshadow on them already when you go to blend?

Jun 17, 2016

Katie G.

I use bh cosmetic brushes and I have a few bare minerals brushes. They are all different types of blending brushes.

Jun 17, 2016

Maressa H.

It can also be the eyeshadows you use. If they're not pigmented enough, the colors can get muddy when blending.

Jun 17, 2016

appi A.

You can try eyeshadow stick..

Jun 17, 2016

appi A.

Rimmel has good ones.

Jun 17, 2016

Katie G.

I use tarte urban decay and Stila so I don't think it's that shadows

Jun 17, 2016

Jacqueline H.

How do you move your brushes when blending, and specifically, what shapes do the brushes you are using have?

Jun 17, 2016

Katie G.

I do windshield wiping motions and in my outer corner I kinda circle it. I have many variations or fluffy blending and crease brushes. Some are fluffy some are more stiff.

Jun 17, 2016

Katie G.

They are all some shaped except one but I only use that if I want it to look very natural or if what I started out with is really harsh.

Jun 17, 2016

patty s.

I think it might be the shadows.

Jun 17, 2016

Marleen B.

I would try using a goat hair brush like the Mac 217 or similar. Not too big or small. Goat hair although not as soft as synthetic does a better job at precise blending (imho). And when I mean "precise", I mean don't do really LONG windshield wiping motions. Use the tip of the brush and use shorter strokes. Experiment with how short the strokes you need to do to achieve your desired look. It may take longer, but it won't spread the shadow out too far. After you start to blend, step back further out from your mirror for a different perspective. Sometimes you can be too close to see the big picture.

Jun 17, 2016

Jacqueline H.

When it comes to blending, you have 2 basic motions: circular and windshield wiper. Different applications require different motions.

There are tons of different types of blending brushes: Short Dense Dome shaped, large Dense dome, Long tapered, short tapered, (rounds and points), Tapered Duo long and short DuoFibers, etc. etc.

In my opinion, you really only need a few good shapes to blend. The MAC 217, 221, 224, 219. Using a windshield wiper motion will blend or diffuse your shadow into the surrounding area. What you don’t want is a visible start or stop point, and the windshield wiper motion is goof for just diffusing color.

When you are trying to blend two shadow colors together, you want to use small circular motions. When working on an area where the two colors meet, you’ll want to make incredibly small tiny circles; that will blend the line between the two colors. One the line is diffused, making slightly larger circles until the colors very subtly blend one into the other. :)

Jun 18, 2016

Katie G.

Thank you so much! I've watched hundreds of makeup tutorials but I still can't get it right! I'll try that tomorrow and post a picture!

Jun 18, 2016

Katie G.

Are there any good Morphe blending brushes?

Jun 18, 2016

Jacqueline H.

I don't use Morphe brushes, but Marleen does, so hopefully she will come back and give you some recommendations. :)

Jun 18, 2016

Marleen B.

Morphe M433 is a Mac 217 dup, I actually like it better than the Mac 217. Also like the Morphe 521, a slightly bigger, longer, more fluffier version on the M433. The M524 is a thick dense packing style brush, but I use it for heavy duty blend esp, when I'm working with a difficult shadow. Those were all white goat hair brushes. But I have some other softer blending brushes like M504, a staple and pleasure to use. Also M 506, a soft, small, skinny bullet shaped brush for precise crease application and blending, esp. when you don't want that crease color to spread out too far.

Jun 18, 2016

Katie G.

Oh my gosh Marleen thank you so so much!!

Jun 18, 2016

Marleen B.

You're welcome.

Jun 18, 2016

Diana T.

Are you using a clean brush to blend with? You have to make sure there is no shadow on the brush to start with otherwise it can't blend properly and you also need a light hand - don't push on the brush - just the tip of the brush should touch your eye

Jun 18, 2016

Katie G.

Sorry it's blurry I'll re upload one later!

Jun 21, 2016

Tia B.

Cream eyeshadows blend well but try using a lighter color first to see how you like it.