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 eyeshadow.
Applying glitter eyeshadow 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.
Eyeshadow is a cosmetic that is applied on the eyelids and under the eyebrows. Eyeshadow is commonly used to make the wearer’s eyes stand out or look more attractive. Eyeshadow 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 eyeshadow will wear fashionably well on you! Glitter eyeshadow 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 eyeshadows, often times the eyeshadow can be applied to your eyes much like wiping a pencil across the lids.
How to Apply Glitter Eyeshadow:
- 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 eyeshadow or a liquid glitter eyeshadow.
- 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 eyeshadow, 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 eyeshadow was used in Egyptian burials dating back to 10,000 BC.
Eyeshadow Fun Fact: Common ingredients in eyeshadows consist of talc, mica, sericite, magnesium stearate, colorants and preservatives. Fillers in eyeshadows are primarily talc. Liquid shadows are typically a silicone and the dry binders are often magnesium stearate. Eyeshadow is made with a balance between fillers, dry binders and liquid binders.
Eye, eye, eye. Love the glitter eye glam!
Glitter Eyeshadow Fun Fact: Civilizations across the world use glitter eyeshadow – predominantly females, but occasionally males go for the rock and roll wild eye look as well. In Western society, eyeshadow is basically seen as a feminine cosmetic. In Gothic fashion, black or similarly dark-colored eyeshadows 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 eyeshadow you prefer is what you should wear. Me personally, I have blue eyes, yet I tend to match the color of my eyeshadow to the clothes I am wearing as opposed to the color of my eyes. However, here are some eyeshadow color combinations that look fantastic on certain colors of eyes.
Eyeshadow 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 eyeshadow with heavy eyeliner and mascara (even long, false eyelashes are beguiling) and show off your eyebrows. The eyes have it!
Glitter Eyeshadow 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 eyeshadow 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!
Eyeshadow 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 that 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 eyeshadow became a matter of fashion and aesthetics.
To all fashion and style lovers, today glitter eyeshadow is one of the most popular cosmetics on the market.
 
Glitter eyeshadow – festive party makeup at its finest!
Glitter eyeshadow: All eyes will be on you! To thine own eyes be true!
Nancy Mangano is an American fashion journalist, screenwriter and author of the Natalie North murder mystery book series. Visit Nancy on her global online fashion/style/beauty magazine Nancy Marie Mangano Style at https://nancymariemangano.com, her Facebook page Nancy Mangano at https://www.facebook.com/nancymmangano/ Twitter @https://twitter.com/nancymangano and her author website http://nancymangano.com
