someone talk me through eye makeup and how to apply it without looking like a panda or a hooker from the 80s

[OverMyDeadStuffedTurkey]

coz I have no idea!

I always wear mascara, either brown or black, but the only eye shadow that doesn't look ridiculous to me is my favourite light pink stuff, ehich I wear every day.

I really want to be more adventurous, but when I have attempted darker colours of eye shadow, or eye liner, it always looks ridiculous on me and I end up washing it off and putting the usual stuff back on.

I'm just getting sick of always doing the same thing, and think it is rather conservative and gives off the wrong impression that I'm a bit boring and librariany, if you get my drift?

I want to have smokey dark sexy eyes sometimes!

What do you lovely ladies do and how do you do it?

she is very good.

snort yes Mrs.Badger, my nose was probably stuck inside some Arthur Ransome novel when that issue came out

cod when I try putting dark grey just near the socket of teh upper lid it looks like I have a black eye. Is this normal? (Am I just seeing black eye where other people would see smokey eye?)

when put grey in socket line, blend then put another colour (say green or browny) just above it and blend some more. see if this still looks like blakc eye

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ok, so blending is key? Thanks! will practice a bit before trying it out for real and see where that gets me.

LOl

I never learned how to put on eye makeup because the class wannabe beauty therapist who did demos in the lunch hour declared that she couldn;t find any eye shadow that would match my green eyes (everyone else blue or brown) and refused to do them.

Having watched this I think I may be about to attempt my first night out and the age of 38 with eye make up properly applied. I have the same colouring as her but don;t have anyting else in common I hope

Thank you MrsB