Eye makeup - where to even start?!

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I would love to be able to wear make up, but I have literally never figured out how to do it well, and so for years I haven't bothered at all.

I have sensitive skin, sensitive eyes, and I hate the feeling of having stuff on me. I've tried just using a bit of waterproof, sensitive mascara and you can guarantee it smudges or gets in my eyes and irritates them almost immediately.

I have very dark hair, light skin, hazel eyes and am mid 40s. I go out to a lot of gigs and love alternative music and style, I'd love to learn how to properly do some minimal or maybe a bit grungey style eye make-up that would stay on through a mosh pit.

Can anyone help?! I feel so clueless as to where to start with products, colours, how to apply, how to make it stay put.

Here, she's so good at explaining

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For staying put you need an eyeshadow primer to apply before if you're using powder eyeshadows

Cream eyeshadows too, anything that says longwear. You could just put a cream one all over your lid up to the crease then blend it into and just above the crease for a simple look

Eyeshadow primer! I'd never heard of that 🤣 that might help. Videos look great - that first one is so totally different to my previous attempts at eyeshadow so will definitely give it a try. I'm concerned I'd be getting a lot of powder in my eyes though...

Tap the brush off before applying, that way you don't get fallout