I just bought one of those eye shadow quads, can anyone tell me how to use it?

Question

There's white in the center, and different shades of purple ranging from lavendar to DARK purple.

I want to achieve the blended effect. I've seen it done correctly and I think it's BEAUTIFUL and REALLY cool! Can anyone instruct me how to do it right?

Answer 1

You start from lightest to darkest on your eyeshadow quad. Use the white eyeshadow over the entire lid and up to the brow bone and then use the next darkest eyeshadow over the entire eyelid and blend in well. Use the next darkest shadow and apply that over the crease only. If there is a darker one than your third eyeshadow, you can use that in place of eyeliner with the tip of a wet eyeshadow applicator.

Answer 2

The two darker colors go in the crease of your eyes. The lighter colors go on the lid and the white is a highlighter for the brow bone. After applying it blend it well. Blend the darker color on the crease into the highlighter(white) on the brow bone. Just a few smudges with a clean eyeshadow brush will blend it well. The lighter colors on the lid don't need to be blended. Just pick one dark color and one lighter color. Don't put both dark colors in the crease and both lighter colors on the lid. Just pick one. Then next time you apply you can change up the colors. Good luck!!!

Answer 3

put the medium purple all over the lid
put the darker purple in the crease of the lid
blend it with an in between color
put the lightest on your brow bone

Answer 4

Listen to shopahol, and hunnyim.
Note: the third MAC pic is great for hooded or droopy eyes.

Answer 5

I think the idea is to work your way from the darkest color closest to the eye and then work your way out. Here is a good template from one of the best eye makeup products, ever!

http://www.maccosmetics.com/templates/looks/look_category.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CATEGORY21696