Are you attending an event where you want to look outstanding? Maybe over-the-top, theatrical glamour with a dramatic effect? Eye, eye, eye, the answer is in the eyes, and the answer is, glitter eye shadow!
Applying glitter eye shadow to your gorgeous peepers is a simple and amazing way to get an alluring, sophisticated look that steals the show when you walk into a room. The addition of glitter to the eyes makes the eyes pop. Add heavy eye liner and mascara, and fashion diva, your eyes will stand out in sparkling, dazzling abundance.
Eye shadow is a cosmetic that is applied on the eyelids and under the eyebrows. Eye shadow is commonly used to make the wearer’s eyes stand out or look more attractive. Eye shadow can add depth and dimension to one’s eyes and complement the eye color.
No matter if your eye color is brown, gold, hazel, green, violet or blue, glitter eye shadow will wear fashionably well on you!
Glitter eye shadow can be applied in a wide variety of ways depending upon the desired look and formulation. Typically, application is done using your fingers or makeup brushes. For liquid eye shadows, often times the eye shadow can be applied to your eyes much like wiping a pencil across the lids.
How to Apply Glitter Eye Shadow:
- Prepare your eye by applying eye primer all across your upper and lower eyelids (this limits the chances of creases in your eye shadow).
- Blend the primer thoroughly using your fingertip.
- Select either a powder, cake glitter eye shadow or a liquid glitter eye shadow.
- Apply to your upper, lower, or both eyelids with fingertips, makeup brushes or pencils.
- Experiment with various colors to match your clothes or your eye color. Neon colors will make the eyes pop. Pastel colors will give off a dainty, elegant look.
- To remove the glitter eye shadow, a commercial eye makeup remover can be utilized. For some, warm water alone can be used.
Cosmetics have been used for as long as there have been people to use them. Face painting is mentioned in the Old Testament (Book of Ezekiel 23:40) and eye shadow was used in Egyptian burials dating back to 10,000 BC.
Eye Shadow Fun Fact: Common ingredients in eye shadows consist of talc, mica, sericite, magnesium stearate, colorants and preservatives. Fillers in eye shadows are primarily talc. Liquid shadows are typically a silicone and the dry binders are often magnesium stearate. Eye shadow is made with a balance between fillers, dry binders and liquid binders.
Eye, eye, eye. Love the glitter eye glam!
Glitter Eye Shadow Fun Fact: Civilizations across the world use glitter eye shadow – predominantly females, but occasionally males go for the rock and roll wild eye look as well. In Western society, eye shadow is basically seen as a feminine cosmetic. In Gothic fashion, black or similarly dark-colored eye shadows and other types of eye makeup are popular with both sexes.
As a lover of fashion, I feel there aren’t any set in stone rules. No matter what shape or color of eyes you have, whatever shades of eye shadow you prefer is what you should wear. Me personally, I have blue eyes, yet I tend to match the color of my eye shadow to the clothes I am wearing as opposed to the color of my eyes. However, here are some eye shadow color combinations that look fantastic on certain colors of eyes.
Eye Shadow Color Combinations to Bring Out the Color of Your Eyes:
- Brown and/or Gold Eyes: Go with brown, chocolate, gold and orange eye shadows. Stunning!
- Blue Eyes: Go with shades of blues and pinks. Dainty!
- Green and/or Hazel Eyes: Go with light browns, greens and purples. Exquisite!
- Violet Eyes: Go with pinks, purples and lavenders. Luscious!
For a glittered up, glamorous, glorious set of eyes, highlight your glitter eye shadow with heavy eyeliner and mascara (even long, false eyelashes are beguiling) and show off your eyebrows. The eyes have it!
Glitter Eye Shadow Fun Fact: Glittery eyes are commonly used in theater and other plays to create a memorable look, with bright, bold colors. Depending on skin tone and experience, the effect of eye shadow usually brings out the glamour and gains attention.
Golds, silvers, greens, browns, oranges, purples, pinks, lavenders, blues. My glittery, colorful, lovely made up eyes are watching you!
To thine own eyes be true!
Eye Shadow Fun Fact: As early as 10,000 BC, in Egypt, kohl was a dark-colored powder made of crushed antimony, burnt almonds, lead, oxidized copper, ochre, ash, malachite and chrysocolla (a blue-green copper ore) or any combination thereof. The kohl was applied with a small stick. The upper and lower eyelids were painted in a line the extended to the sides of the face for an almond effect. In addition to reducing glare, it was believed the kohl eyeliner could restore good eyesight and reduce eye infection.
After the defeat of the Greeks by the Romans, the Romans adapted the Egyptian custom, albeit with different ends. To the Romans, applying eye shadow became a matter of fashion and aesthetics.
To all fashion and style lovers, today glitter eye shadow is one of the most popular cosmetics on the market.
 
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