Red eye shadow

[TheCure911]

I just got this red eyeshadow/eyeliner and i have worn it a few times out but ever time I have looked like a corpse any ideas on a way to wear it?

 

[Saja]

i wondered this too.....

 

[TheCure911]

everytime i have worn it i have worn it with black but what other colors would look good with it?...its a tuff color to work with

 

[daer0n]

I have worn red eyeshadow, and i posted a FOTD wearing it, here it is, i combined it with a bit of black and a bronze e/s though.

 

[clwkerric]

Wow, that is great looking! I have seen the red eye shadows and was wondering how to incorporate it into my little make-up regimen and I like it... Thanks for the pic... I'll try it out! Thanks..

 

[ms_sunlight]

Yeah, that is super-pretty! I wear red eyeshadow sometimes, although only for a full-on evening look. There's three things I think you need to watch out for:

Firstly, it must be applied strongly. Applied nice and thick (consider using it wet if it's a powder shadow) it looks like dramatic colour. Applied sheer, it looks like you've got irritated skin.

Secondly, unless it's a very deep burgundy, you don't use it to contour, you use it to add popping colour. So, what I usually do is create the shape using grey or brown shadows then add the red where I want it -- usually in the centre of the upper mobile lid to create a flash of high contrast with my blue eyes. You'll see from daer0n's picture that she's used a black shadow to paint the "outer V" of her lid and added the red over the top of that for colour. Anywhere you want to add a bit of drama, red's good.

Finally, just like red lipstick, different skin tones suit different red eyeshadows too. If it looks awful on your eye, think about whether someone of your complexion could wear that shade on your lips. If not you need to be looking for another red. I like orangey tomato reds personally!

Have fun with it. Oh, and if you want some inspiration look to traditional Chinese makeup -- they know how to use red and lots of it!

 

[TheCure911]

wow thank you for the info the make up tip are great and the picture is gorgous thanks alot :]

 

[FeverDream]

I wore red to an AFI show once. Here's a closeup of the pic in my profile - I just put a little red from Make Up For Ever in the crease, and a little bit up and out to the side. It looked pretty nice.

 

[Jinjer]

this is gorgeous

 

[tadzio79]

both of you gals are so gorgeous with red e/s!!!

I have fear of red/coppery e/s since I look really horrible with them, but I keep trying! :tocktock:

 

[Sirvinya]

I don't wear red eye shadow a lot but I like to wear it on my crease with a yellow or orange on my lid.

 

[Manda]

OOooh you guys make red e/s look great! Im scared of it haha

 

[Charisma]

No idea ...... I don't think I've ever even seen red eye makeup, that wasn't stage makeup.

 

[ms_sunlight]

It's out there. MAC do red, as do Make Up For Ever (obviously from the picture above!) and Urban Decay too, and I've seen it in colour specialist ranges like Barry M and Stargazer here in the UK.

 

[jessimau]

I wore red e/s in HS for a show (well, kind of a show...color guard competition season) I was in. I did gold all over the lid, then red in the countour and outer V, though mostly outer V, and then a nice thick line of black liquid liner. If I can find pics I'll scan & post them.

 

[Sheikah]

Awesome looks girls! I don't know why but I've always wanted to do my eyemakeup with some red in it but I just can't bring myself to buy a red eyeshadow and then not being able of making it look good. I guess I should try anyway, since I really like how the red looks on you girls.

 

[nehcterg]

i've worn red eyeshadow a couple of times. i tend to go a little crazy and make a rainbow when i do.

 

[emily_3383]

nice pics!! I guess it depends on the shade. Maybe its not the right shade of red for you. idk

 

[hello_me]

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^ Wow, that is just... wow.

I dislike anything red on my faces.. so I have no idea how it would work.

 

[Sleeptime]

How about trying a toned down red? A plummy red maybe?