My Go-To Shimmering Taupe Eye Shadow Look - Makeup Tutorial

This shimmering taupe eye shadow look is my go-to for everyday and for work. It’s super flattering on all eye colors and most skin tones.

For medium to deep skin tones, you’ll just want to scale up your shadow crease shades to be one shade deeper than your skin color.

The taupe lid shadow stays the same! Here are the steps so you can either follow along.

STEP 1

Apply eye primer to help the shadow grab and stay all day. Dust a very light amount of powder over the primer and lid to help the eye shadows apply more smoothly.

STEP 2

With a fluffy crease brush, work your soft taupe shade into the crease, applying with a swiping motion first, then switching to small circles to blend the shadow out.

STEP 3

Apply a gel taupe eye liner as close to your lashes as possible. For downturned eyes, tilt your shadow up on the ends to give your eyes a lift.

STEP 4

With the same pencil brush, work a little shadow into the outer “V” of the eyes, blending it in towards your lid.

STEP 5

Using a synthetic brush that has been wet (but with all water squeezed out), start tapping your wet/dry (baked) shadow over the lid of your eye.

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