Every Day Eyeshadow (tutorial)

One of my favorite bloggy homegurlz, Kate, requested an eyeshadow tutorial from me and when a homegirl asks for something your girl delivers! Today, I'm going to show you all my every day eyeshadow how-to. Not to say I wear eyeshadow (or any other makeup) every day, or even every other day, but when I am going au natural with makeup - this is what I do.

Prime your eyelids with whatever primer you prefer. I use foundation, most of the time, for my natural shadow.

Shadow: MAC - Nylon

Take a beige/nude shadow, I use MAC's Nylon, and highlight your brow bone, insides of your eye lid and under the corner of your eye.

Brush: For this I use my finger. 

I only recommend this when you're doing your own makeup... don't go sticking your dirty fingers on your friend's bare skin.

Shadow: Urban Decay (Naked 2) - Half Baked

Brush: Finger

Using a bronze shadow and my finger, I cover my eyelid and move slowly up towards the brow bone - under the highlighted shadow I previously applied.

Shadow: Urban Decay (Naked 2) - Snakebite

Brush: MAC 217

Blend a dark brown shadow from the outer corner of your eyelid into the crease of the eyelid - slowly moving up to contour the crease. Nothing too drastic, this is supposed to be a natural look.

I like to go a little darker on the outer corner for shape.

As for the shadow, that's it. 

Now I line the top of my eyelids with L'Oreal's liquid liner... I slightly wing the outsides, but that's personal preference.

The finishing touch on this look is MAC's False Lashes Extreme.

And viola! This is a very simple look that really isn't very time consuming. Why don't I always wear it? Well... I'm lazy. ha. In a perfect world, I'd do this look every day.

Like this tutorial?

Depending on how this post goes, and if it's actually helpful (I have no idea if I'm good at explaining this stuff, so let me know!) I will do a similar tutorial on a more "going out" look with darker shadows and under-eye liner.

Here is the post where I talk about the different makeup I use, if you missed it.

Happy almost Friday, loves!