Welcome to another Jessica Who? makeup tutorial, this time we present a step by step guide to creating dramatic looking eyes perfect for a night out on the town or even a special occasion.
Please continue reading below for the full tutorial including instructions, pictures and a diagram.
Tools Needed
- 3 Shades of your favorite eye color
- Eye Primer (to match skin tone)
- Eye Shader Brush
- Blending Brush
- Pencil or Crease Brush
- Eyeliner
- Mascara
Details
The dramatic look is an extension of the “every day eyes” look. It can be accomplished by adding a few additional steps to the natural look. It is also relatively easy and can be accomplished within 5-8 minutes.
The look requires 3 colors — a lighter color, a medium tone and a darker one; as always you can use any colors that you like, you can also mix and match colors from similar or different families the choices are endless (see natural look article for more discussion).
I love Mac eye shadows and products and we will using them here today for the demonstration.
Here we are using the colors: hold my gaze (1), magnetized (2) and altered state (3) all of which are in the purple family. In this case my darker color is 3, the medium shade is color 2 and color 1 is my lighter shade. Usually the lighter color (color 1) is applied first all over the entire eyelid and brow, then medium color is applied just on the lids and the darkest color is applied just within the crease.
If you are continuing from the every day look, assume that darkest shade (2) is now your medium shade and continue on from step 6. Basically, you will be adding the darkest color into crease and blend to avoid a harsh contrast, you would finish off with liner and mascara and don’t forget about your brows.
Instructions
Step 1 – Prep your lid with an earth tone primer to hold shadows in place (make them last longer)
Step 2 – Load your eye shader brush with the lighter color, using light to medium pressure.
Step 3 – Blow or tap off excess powder off of the brush.
Step 4 – Sweep the lighter color over the eyelid, crease and brow (entire eyelid).
Step 5 – Next take the eye shader brush and apply the medium shade just on lids keeping it within your natural eye crease.
Step 6 – Be sure to take the blending brush and blend where the two shades meet to avoid a harsh contrast.
Step 7 – Next load pencil brush with your darkest shade (shade 3) and apply it in the crease and lower outer edge of eyelid to form a >
Step 8 – Blend again with your blending brush to get rid of any demarcation.
Step 9 – With a dark eye liner, line the lids as close to lid line as possible, you can also line the lower lids if you prefer and brush brows into place or fill them in your preferred shape.
Step 10 – Finish off with your favorite mascara.
Results (Step By Step)
Final Look
I hope you enjoy this tutorial and find it useful. Response was overwhelmingly positive on the first one so I decided to do more, hopefully the added pictures make it a bit easier to follow. If you have any tutorials that you would like to see, feel free to leave a comment or send me a message.
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Hi Jessica,
I don’t think you get as many comments as you deserve and as a new reader I just wanted to say thanks and let you know that this has become an essential place to drop by. I’ve only been cross-dressing for six months or so and am in my fifties so it’s all new to me and I need all the help I can get
Great resources, nice links and well written articles. You seem to be a very warm, gentle and caring girl and I’m proud to have met you here online. Be happy, xoxo Monique.
Aw, thanks Monique I really appreciate that and am humbled by your sweet words. Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment, I am so happy that you love the site, feel free to send me suggestions anytime
Im a hands on person. I love it when some one is right there showing you what to do and helping out. It increases my creativity. All lessons are helpful and I thank you so much. Eyes are the hardest to get correct. Well, a good figure doest hurt either.
Yes, eyes are very difficult, I agree. Glad that you liked the tutorial
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Hi Jessica, Thanks for all your help. Your ABC’s on makeup are very easy to understand. I love makeup and I practice very much to look great. I am proud to be a crossdresser and am committed to being the most beautiful girl I can be.
Louise
You’re very welcome, Louise, I love makeup too and yea, it takes so much practice to get right.
It’s also great to hear about your pride in being a crossdresser!!
Hi Jessica
It doesn’t matter how often you have done it, it always helps to have in words and easy to understand pics the way to do it, or a slightly differeent way to do it. Always helpful and much appreciated.
Hugs
TinaCortina xx
I figured the extra pics would be more useful
, happy to hear that you appreciated it
Wooo – Nice tips, nice finish….. hmmm maybe you can mom’s eyes for the holidays.?? Love you! Mua,
Sounds great! Love you too!
There’s a number of make-up videos on YouTube, but they flash by so quickly. The step by step guide – with each stage as a photo – is great. Thanks for sharing.
Great job girl! I will have to use parts of this in my own routine =)
i don’t pretend to know alot but i do what is rite for me depending on what clothes i’m going to wear that day and it seems that i always end up getting compliments on what i have done which is a real shot in the arm for me since I’m a M2F TG. So Thank You Soo much Jessica for being my friend on facebook , It’s been fun getting to know more about you on a daily basis
xxxx R.
Thanks for all the tips – this one especially. I love the look, and now it’s so easy to do!
Thanks Sweetie
Wow! can you share some lip makeup pics too? please let me know your email so that I can write to you.
Have watched and loved all your youtube videos. So glad I finally made it here too. I agree with the comment that it is so hard to learn when people go so fast in videos. Thank so much for all your hard work!
Candice