Make Up For Black Eyes
With an unnamed depth, black eyes offer an intense gaze with a unique character. But doing making up for dark eyes is not always easy. With such depth in the look, it is not necessarily easy to choose a shade when it comes to eye makeup. Certain colors will indeed tend to make you look harsh.
To avoid looking stern with a dark look, know that there are techniques to make your black eyes either soft of dark and passionate.
Choosing the right make-up colors, enhancing your complexion and using make-up tips that enhance black eyes is possible. To find out which makeup will look best on your dark eyes, keep on reading!
4 secrets to properly your black eyes make up
–Choose the right colors
Make up for black eyes starts with choosing the right colors. For a successful make-up and to highlight the color of your pupils, it is impossible to ignore the famous circle of chromatic colors.
With black eyes, the best option is to choose dark shades or warm colors such as anthracite gray, black, gold, brown, khaki, copper…
You can also turn to brighter colors but make sure they are intense like a beautiful emerald green, duck blue, sapphire blue, deep plum….
As for the light colors, they will rather be placed on the brow bone or at the inner corner of the eye to illuminate the look. Bringing light to your eyes is a good thing. You can therefore apply a pink, a peach or a pastel but in a single touch and not on the whole eyelid. With makeup that is too light, you risk dulling your look.
So you have a wide range of colors in front of you!
–The kohl pencil line: the essential for black eyes
Among the essential makeup items for black eyes, the kohl pencils high up there! If you haven’t already, you definitely need one in your makeup bag.
A basic that will highlight your intense gaze in all circumstances. Fine line of black kohl on the eyelid for daytime make-up, underlined eyes with a pencil line under the eyelid for evening make-up, this is the star product for doing black eyes make up!
Unlike the line of eyeliner, the kohl pencil makes it possible to obtain a slightly blurred appearance, which sublimates without giving a severe air.
–Enhancing the complexion: an essential step
Eye makeup is always done according to two things (at least): the color of your eyes and the complexion of your skin.
Now that you have seen the colors to choose according to that of your iris, let’s see together why the makeup of the complexion is so important.
Just imagine a fair-skinned, black-eyed woman with smoky-eye makeup or a dark base on the eyelids. You will immediately obtain a dull, cold and even sometimes pale complexion. The depth of your eyes does not leave you the choice as to having to sublimate your complexion, it is a fact.
And even for dull skin with black eyes, you still have to work on your complexion to achieve your eye makeup. For what? Simply because black eye makeup leaves little room for imperfections. A successful make-up will sublimate your natural beauty and the deep color of your black eyes. But even with the most beautiful makeup on the eyes or the lips, if your complexion is not well taken care over, it is sure to fail.
So don’t skip this complexion make-up step and learn how to enhance your face according to your needs!
–Perfectly shaped eyebrows
Finally, and you can imagine, there is no question of leaving your eyebrows aside. As a whole that completes the whole face, the eyebrows will come to illuminate your black eye makeup and make them pop.
Neatly plucked, well drawn and brushed and perfectly symmetrical, they are the final touch to your professional make-up!
Daytime Simple black eye make up
For a daytime makeup for black eyes, go for a simple make-up that will instantly highlight your look. Bet on a peach color, an iridescent pink or a copper that you will place on the eyebrow arch.
Add a touch of black mascara and, if you wish, a small stroke of kohl pencil on the eyelid or above the eye. And you are highlighted!
You can also make a simple eyeliner that rises slightly in the outer corner of the eye to get a doe-eyed look.
What evening makeup for black eyes?
If there are many women who can pull off the famous black smoky-eyes that we all dream of, it is women with dark eyes. Indeed, in view of the intensity of their black gaze, a smoky black eye makeup will only accentuate the beauty of their gaze. Unlike some fair-skinned women who try this kind of look, you don’t look anything like an evil witch. On the contrary, you will attract all eyes to your iris!
Doing make up to your black eyes is always an exercise that must be done with care. This is why it is advisable to play with shades of dark eyeshadow by intermingling gray and black or gold and black.
Don’t forget the touch of mascara for an intense look and intense lashes!
To summerise
- The ideal colors for black eyes are black, copper, gold, khaki, anthracite gray.
- For daytime make-up, apply a little light eye shadow like a peach or pink on the brow bone. This technique illuminates the look.
- The kohl pencil is a precious ally for black eyes!
- Above all, never forget to take care of your complexion and camouflage your dark circles to keep your glow with your smoldering eyes!
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