Thanks to the right makeup, you can focus on your beautiful eyes and highlight their best features, however, if you make a mistake during application, you can highlight possible flaws. Today we will talk about dark makeup and its options.
This make-up option involves the use of dark, almost black shades of shadows and mascara. However, everything is not so simple and unambiguous, since dark make-up has many varieties.
For several seasons now, this kind of makeup has been trendy, because dark shadows can perfectly emphasize the depth of the look and highlight the eyes. Basically, this make-up option is performed using the smoky eyes technique, the name of which has long been known to many beautiful girls. There is a misconception that such make-up is done exclusively in black. This is not true at all. Of course, smoky eyes are applied with dark shades of eyeshadow, but the color palette can be very diverse. Depending on current fashion trends, you can change the image yourself, but the application technique cannot be changed.
Types of dark makeup
The classic version is able to highlight the eyes and emphasize their expressiveness. With successful application of mascara and shadows, you can feel like a real queen. This kind of make-up is amazingly suitable for evening special events.
Makeup for dark eyes and dark hair
If you belong to the oriental type of girl, or you have dark curls and brown and green eyes, then dark Arabic makeup is ideal for you. You can also use it for evening events, or if you want to surprise your beloved man on a romantic date.
Among today's youth, the most common and popular makeup today is avant-garde dark makeup, moreover, it is used daily. A huge key to success in this business is the harmony between makeup, clothing and accessories, and their successful combination. Everything should be done in the same style; for example, dark-colored make-up goes well with shiny leather or metal trim. Dark make-up is extremely popular in styles such as emo, trash, punk, gothic, industrial and others.
Black and white makeup
Most of the fair sex prefer the same makeup for all occasions. But it's not right! For different occasions (work, party, trip out of town), you should choose the right makeup.
Black and white makeup is a sophisticated, classic look that can be used both during the day and in the evening. Also, it fits perfectly with any wardrobe and any style.
Black and white eye makeup
Beautiful black and white makeup can work wonders - it makes a woman languid and mysterious, gives her look depth and charm, and emphasizes the beauty of her eyes.
Tips for black and white makeup:
- Remember that white visually enlarges the eye, and black makes it smaller. Also, keep in mind that light makes the outline of the eye blurry, and black puts emphasis on the distinctness of the lines;
- the effect of shining eyes can be achieved with the help of white or even light pearlescent shadows, which are applied to the inner corner of the eye;
- It’s better not to draw arrows with daytime makeup, try to emphasize your natural beauty.
Evening black and white makeup
There are many options for black and white makeup. Let's look at one of the most popular:
- Apply a special primer in the form of a gel or cream under the shadows, which prevents the shadows from crumbling and rolling.
- For black and white makeup, it is better to use creamy gel-based shadows. Apply black eyeshadow with your finger along the upper eyelid and along the curve of the eye. Use a brush to smooth out the edges and make the lines smooth.
- Use a black pencil to carefully line your lower lash line.
- Use white pearlescent shadow under the brow line on the upper eyelid. Also, apply it to the black eye shadow along the lower lash line, just so that the black shadow shows through.
- Apply black mascara to your lower and upper lashes. Curl them with a curling iron and apply a second layer of mascara - this way you can achieve the effect of doll eyes. You can also use false eyelashes. Use a special brush to comb your eyelashes so that there are no sticky tufts.
Very often, for daytime outings, we do natural makeup. But if you want to stand out and at the same time not look vulgar, then try wearing black and white makeup for the day. Use our recommendations:
- For the best quality eye makeup, apply an eyeshadow primer.
- Apply white eyeshadow to the upper eyelid, and apply some shimmery light eyeshadow to the inner corners of the eyes.
- Apply black shadows to the outer corners of your eyes, then blend them with a brush so that they merge with the white ones. The main thing is not to overdo it - the makeup should not be flashy.
- Next, choose at your discretion whether to line your eyes with black pencil or not.
- Use black mascara. And black and white makeup for every day is ready!
Makeup for a black and white dress
A black and white dress is a capricious thing that requires a certain color scheme, both in accessories and in makeup. Bright colors are not appropriate here. Along with this color, it is better to do makeup in black and white. Try makeup for a black and white dress in the Smoky eyes style. This is a great option if you want to enlarge your eyes and add expressiveness to your look. And you will get a rather harmonious black and white image.
Remember that your charm and attractiveness depends entirely on your ability to make your face beautiful. Professional and beautifully done makeup will definitely attract the attention of men to your personality.
Makeup options by color type
Makeup for brown eyes and dark hair
Before “trying on” such makeup, a woman must determine which shadow palette suits her best. Black, dark gray and brown tones are ideal as makeup for dark brown eyes. Shadows of rich copper, deep burgundy, blue, bronze or rich copper shades look unusual.
The darker the eye color, the darker the shadow palette should be selected.
Brown eyes themselves are expressive and impressive. When choosing shades of shadows, we recommend giving preference to discreet tones so as not to create a provocative and vulgar image. This could be a palette of gray, blue, green and light blue. The basic rule is that dark makeup should be harmoniously combined with the shade of lipstick, eye color and clothing style. All girls should try to adhere to it, both brown-eyed with light brown curls, and dark and light.
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We invite you to familiarize yourself with the step-by-step method of applying dark makeup for brown eyes yourself:
- First you need to prepare the skin for applying cosmetics;
- Then the corrective foundation is applied;
- Next, foundation is applied;
- We adjust the face line;
- Then powder is applied;
- Blush is selected and then applied correctly to the face;
- Eyebrow correction is performed;
- Covers eyelids with shadows;
- We paint the eyelashes with mascara.
Dark makeup for gray eyes
For young ladies with light gray or steel-colored eyes, medium-saturated tones are amazingly suitable. An excellent option for dark make-up is a combination of two types of shadows. First you need to apply matte shadows, then with a metallic effect. A bright lipstick color will help complete the most beautiful look.
Makeup for dark gray eyes, which can appear even darker in different lighting, can be done in the smoky eye style.
Makeup for green eyes and dark hair
Girls with green eyes and dark brown or brown hair are recommended to choose a palette of chocolate, green, blue and copper shades. It goes great with light brown or dark hair. The shadows melodiously combine with the image if the girl has light hair.
Technique for applying dark makeup for green-eyed beauties:
- The first step is to apply shadow, starting from the lash line to the middle of the eyelid. Then the boundaries of the shadows are thoroughly shaded. It is important to try to make the transitions of colors from one to another invisible. Then, using the same tone, you should emphasize the lower eyelid.
- Now you can start applying a thin line with dark shadows. You need to start from the inner corner of the eye to the outer corner. Blend the shadows properly.
- The final stage of each make-up is painting the eyelashes with mascara. This year, fluffy, thickly painted and curved eyelashes have become very popular.
Dark makeup for blue eyes
Women with blue eyes are advised to opt for cool tones. Make-up prefers to use all shades of gray, silver, lilac, turquoise and beige. If you decide to do a smoky make-up, you should concentrate on shades of brown, sand and eggplant. You can see original ideas for dark makeup for blue eyes in the photo: ideas for gray and blue eyes.
The luckiest ones are women with gray eyes, dark or light brown hair, and an olive skin tone. They can afford almost all shade palettes. Shades of rich wine shades, indigo, blue, and also with a metallic effect will look more impressive.
Natural daytime makeup in nude style
Even if you don’t want to wear bright makeup and choose simplicity and naturalness, you can’t do without high-quality eyeliner, mascara and eye shadow. After all, even the simplest makeup for black eyes requires eyeliner or tattooing, because without it they will look faded and expressionless. Let's figure out how to do it.
- Leather. Conceal the circles under your eyes with any foundation and adjust your skin tone. Then apply a little powder and blush to your skin, and then proceed to make-up, which will not take you too much time.
- Eyes. Using a black pencil or gel eyeliner of the same color, draw thin arrows of the shape that suits you, then apply peach pearlescent shadows to the eyelid area. They should not be too bright or yellowish, as such makeup will look unnatural. Then apply a layer of mascara to your eyelashes; for this makeup you will need a black or brown shade. Now you can start processing your lips, which is easy to do even for a girl who is inexperienced in these matters.
- Lips. Outline them with a warm pinkish pencil and cover them with glossy glitter in the color of peach, watermelon, creme brulee or tea rose. They should be very light and subtle, so that your makeup looks natural. When done correctly, your eyes should stand out on your face. This kind of makeup will be appropriate in any setting, as it always looks neat and natural, just like in the photo.
Rules for dark makeup
Regardless of the color of a woman’s hair, whether she is light brown or blonde, whether she has brown or blue eyes, the main thing is to always remember: the make-up should melodiously combine with any selected clothes, accessories and shoes.
The preparatory stage is the most important key to success.
To obtain an impeccable result, you should pay special attention to the preparatory stage. Before applying eye shadow and lipstick, it is recommended to do the following:
- First of all, cleanse the facial skin of impurities using milk, cleansing gel or tonic.
- Next, apply foundation to moisturized, clean skin. It should be selected taking into account your skin type and applied with a damp sponge over the entire face to the hairline and chin.
- To make your makeup last longer, lightly powder your face, including your lips, and eyelids before applying eyeshadow.
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If you want to refresh your look, use a powder that is a shade lighter than the base. Upon completion, you can lightly highlight the wings of the nose, jawline and cheekbones using a dark shade of powder. This rule applies to everyone, blondes and fair-haired girls, brown-eyed girls and those with blue-gray eyes.
Step-by-step description of dark makeup with photos
We are happy to move on to practice. Let's try to prepare a base for dark makeup, and then place accents.
- Step one. Face tinting
Skin preparation plays an important role. You can achieve the ideal result using foundation and powder. Remember: the foundation must match your skin color, otherwise there is a risk of only focusing attention on any flaws.
Using a damp sponge, distribute the foundation in the center, stopping a little before reaching the hairline and chin.
- Step two. Apply powder
The powder should be chosen a tone lighter than the main foundation. You will also need dark powder, with its help we will emphasize the chin, cheekbones and of course the wings of the nose. The powder helps to visually narrow areas of the face that are too wide and make the face look voluminous.
- Step three. Apply blush
If you want to add freshness to your face, we recommend using blush. These can be any shades - both rich crimson red and delicate light pink. The main thing is that you feel confident.
Carefully watch the transition of the blush to the main tone - it should be smooth.
- Step four. Painting lips
Particular attention should be paid to the lips. Lipstick that matches your skin tone and, of course, your clothes will help you create a bitchy look.
If you want to refresh your face, you should choose delicate light shades. If you like a sexy, daring look, use rich and bright colors.
- Step five. Painting your eyes
It's time to move on to the eyes. Apply the puff over the movable area of the eyelid and lips. Powder is necessary to ensure that lipstick and shadows apply evenly; this is the most important aspect of a fresh look for all makeup.
First, you need to apply a light shade of eyeshadow on your eyelids, maybe almost white.
Then line your eyes with a black eyeliner.
Apply blue, brown or gray shadows to the upper eyelid, as long as they have a rich shade, and for the perfect result, choose matte shadows.
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Color the crease of your eyelid with a transitional tone. Don't know how to choose it correctly? Focus on your own eye color or the clothes you plan to wear.
If you want to make a more intense make-up, line the lower eyelid with a pencil, and further strengthen the line on the upper eyelid.
Paint your eyelashes with mascara, it can be black, dark gray or dark blue, depending on your preferences. It is enough to paint the lower eyelashes in one approach, but it is advisable to focus on the upper eyelid by painting in several layers. The main thing is to let them dry a little before applying the next layer. When finished, comb your eyelashes with a stiff brush, thus removing any clumps.
Congratulations, your custom dark makeup is ready! Now you will definitely attract admiring glances. Don't believe me? See for yourself!
Evening makeup for black eyes
You can make two evening options, depending on the color of your dress and the look you want to create.
- Leather. You need to disguise all problem areas with a corrector and foundation of a natural darkish shade, and then apply powder of the same tone. On your cheekbones you need to carefully add a neutral shade of blush and apply a light bronzer with shimmering gold or bronze particles along your hairline, cheeks, nose and chin. The skin needs to be well-groomed and glowing from within, which will look very beautiful in electric lighting.
- Eyes. If you are doing classic black eye makeup, then you need to make the arrows with black rich eyeliner, as in the photo. Apply golden and bronze shades to your eyelids. On the inner corner you need to apply golden shimmering shadows in a champagne shade, and whiten the outer corner with chocolate and bronze shadows, then complete the makeup with black or dark brown mascara. But if you want to make your eyes unusual, use mascara and eyeliner in a bright blue with a purple tint. It will look very beautiful on brown eyes, helping to create an oriental, exotic and bright image.
- Lips. Line them with a caramel-colored pencil and apply beige lipstick with gold particles or gloss to your lips.
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Dark blue make-up
This type of makeup always looked quite attractive and luxurious. Shadows of this color have a wide selection of shades, and each of them looks original and attractive on the eyes.
Dark blue makeup is almost on par with the classics. It suits almost every woman and girl, regardless of eye color.
A step-by-step description of creating evening makeup in dark blue, made using the smoky eyes technique:
- Apply primer to your eyelids.
- A little above the upper eyelids, use a brush to apply dark brown eyeshadow and lightly blend it.
- Using a matte black eyeshadow pencil, cover the entire moving part of the upper eyelid. The middle must be left empty.
- Blend the black shadows with a brush.
- Next, using another brush, apply dark blue eyeshadow to the moving area of the upper eyelid.
- Draw a line of brown shadow along the lower eyelid and gently blend it.
- Using a black eyeliner, draw a line along the growth of the upper and lower eyelashes and blend.
- We complete the process by applying black mascara to the eyelashes.
Step by step application of eye shadow in three shades
Before starting eye makeup, apply a base for shadows on the moving eyelid and, if desired, on the lower eyelid. Using an eyeshadow brush, pick up a light milky matte or pearlescent shade of eyeshadow and apply it to the entire eyelid up to the crease. For daytime makeup, we use matte shadows or colors from the palette with small sparkling particles. For evening, you can use shadows with large sparkling sparkles.
Apply a white shade with a radiant effect under the eyebrow and in the inner corners of the eyes. We fade the shade, erasing the boundaries of color. For an evening look, you can add a little highlighter under the brow bone, adding shine to your makeup.
Using a dark brown shade of eye shadow, draw an arrow with a playful thick tail, leading it from the outer edge of the eye. Blend the color with a pencil brush. Afterwards, apply matte black shadows or black shadows with large particles of glitter on top of the brown one, and shade it, achieving a bright, rich shade. And stretching the black shadow arrow to the middle of the eyelash edge.
We combine the black color by adding it to the lower eyelid and using a brush to draw a checkmark going from the upper eyelid to the lower one. Paint the water line from the middle to the outer edge of the eye with black shadows. Depending on the time of day at which you plan to go out in public with black and white makeup, the outer edge is darkened strongly and richly or weakly, only outlining the contours of the edge of the eye.
When doing makeup with dark shades of eye shadow, apply a generous amount of powder under the eyes. Upon completion of applying the shadows, wipe off the powder along with the crumbled shadows without spoiling the makeup and the previous correction, and even out the skin color using foundation. Or start applying foundation after your eye makeup is ready.
Wedding dark make-up
Among most people, there is an opinion that the bride’s make-up should be done in pastel colors. However, you can conduct some experiment and, during the makeup rehearsal, make a dark wedding makeup using a dark-colored pencil.
The bride's eyes will instantly transform. They will take on a more expressive look, and in wedding photos the bride will look like a fashion model from the cover of a fashion magazine. For a brighter effect, you can try a dark version of eye makeup for the bride.
Evening make-up
Evening makeup in dark colors is significantly different from daytime. This option sometimes looks provocative, however, it is still designed to give emphasis to the girl’s eyes and lips.
Beautifully painted eyes
Regardless of the look you choose, be sure to try on evening make-up with the accessories and clothes that you plan to wear. It is very important that they are in harmony with each other. Having completed a dark make-up, be prepared to be the center of attention in the evening!
