How to build an eyeshadow look

[@AlexandraAnele]

Hope this helps! I know it's long but trust me, it's everything 🥲 Also let me know if you want this to be a series and what looks you'd like explained ❤

[@katidoesnails]

keep going ! i love when I can relate to a video and honestly i can’t relate to all but I’ll still try to watch 🥺

[@sichu4722]

I cannot believe we're getting this for free. We definitely want this to be a series. You are the bessstttt! 💛

[@katidoesnails]

also I literally am like two different people with fake eyelashes and not, because my natural eyelashes are blonde / brown I need a look with no lashes at all!! Like some cute to just bink bink if I don’t have any eyelashes ):

[@littlebird7400]

We can't thank you enough for this type of videos!! Incredibly well explained, so helpful, your tutorials are GOLD♥️ please let it be a series🙏🏼 Lots of love, Alex

[@dvdh4856]

YES SERIES PLEASE!! 🙏

[@CatharsisByProxy]

I hope you never stop making your art.

[@liberalwithlipstick]

Yes, PUHLEASE make this a series. I’d love an explanation of how to build a look when you want to use contrasting colors that don’t easily melt into each other. I realize that’s maybe more of a color question than a structure/shape question, but I think it could still fit within a series like this. And what someone considers/strategizes when they want to build a successful high contrast look is a thought process I’ve never actually heard anyone verbalize before.

[@makeupnerd8467]

Yes please

[@ma-ma-mamary3946]

Yes!!!! Making the use of shades that are on the opposite sides of the color wheel will be the death of me. Making it look good, I mean. Because I'm a pro at making it look like a blob of mud. Or a smudge.

[@Ms10yearsafter]

@@ma-ma-mamary3946same, that's why we have you ♥...

[@asher662]

These are real tutorials! Things we actually need! Love u Alex

[@AlexandraAnele]

😭🙏🏼❤❤❤

[@my_face_but_better]

This person said the perfect answer! 🥰 exactly 💯

[@sandrameza1644]

Yes, you help a lot. I am a fan. I am 65 and I would wear this! I don't do tik tok so I rely on these videos. Thanks!

[@sherynemmanuel]

Woah...thanks for this in-depth tutorial. This is going to be extremely useful, especially for beginners. Heck, this would be useful for everyone really 👍

[@AlexandraAnele]

🙏🏼

[@murphy1011]

Agreed. I’ve been doing my makeup for over 20 years now and I never stop learning new things. Especially since makeup tutorials became so popular on KZbin. It just goes to show how versatile makeup really is. There are endless techniques and combinations that can be done. Everyone I watch has different tips and tricks that I never would have thought of.

[@Arcannabis]

You remind me of my favorite MAC trainers, I miss the old days. You’re so good at explaining things in a way that doesn’t sacrifice artistry but is easy for everyone to understand- truly talented

[@AlexandraAnele]

😭 Thank you love! 🙏🏼❤️

[@AW-xc1xc]

I'd genuinely love to see you create an "opposite" eyeshadow look; so the shimmer shades goes where the dark smoky shades usually go, a pop of black or dark brown on the middle of the lid, etc.

[@potato-qr3sg]

That's interesting

[@lauradelaney5457]

Yessssssss great idea! I hope Alex sees this

[@briannaw6980]

i’m imagining a look where the darkest shades are placed in the typical “highlight” areas on the eye 👁 might be cool!

[@mervet.3850]

you're literally the coolest person i have ever seen 💕

[@lynnhom6915]

Yes a series. I would love to see a very subtle sophisticated, but done up look. I’m 71 and love eyes and wear makeup most days.

[@americanviking9384]

Your tutorials have literally elevated my makeup game and confidence soooo much! You're the bestest ever 🥰💕

[@AlexandraAnele]

😩 This makes me so happy you have no idea 🥺😭

[@allmyworldlygoods]

You always explain everything so clearly and concisely. Thank youuuuuuu 🥰🥰🥰

[@AlexandraAnele]

Thank you love! 🙏🏼❤️

[@Lisa-sq3zl]

Agreed! You are my new virtual bff 😆.

[@TheLexiJess]

This girl has probably the best makeup skills in all of beauty KZbin. (imo).

[@toniapedd]

Mesmerizing! I used to be pretty good at doing my makeup and different eye looks daily. I got Leukemia and had to stop working, I owned my own salon. Now that I rarely leave the house I feel like I've forgotten how to do everything and am rarely happy with my boring, simple shadows and eye looks I do for fear of doing it wrong or looking like I did too much. I'd love this to be a series and you explaining why a certain color goes where and such will really help me do more than the typical old school, darker crease, medium lid, hi lighted brow and corner, 'safe' look. My Leukemia is terminal, so 'safe' is not acceptable! LOL Not as bold maybe, as my only outings are to dr's appointments, but I still want to look the best I can & have to start changing things up properly. With you explaining with your artist's eye is so helpful!🥰 My request would be a nice everyday kind of look that doesn't scream, "I'm going somewhere special," but also changing the color scheme of the technique at times. You Rock!! Wish I had an ounce of your talent!!

[@itsrachelbtw8169]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate this instruction. I don't see a lot of good actual tutorials anymore and EVERYONE can always learn more. I would definitely watch you do more of these. Teach me your ways !!!

[@christendominique]

This look is so incredibly beautiful 🥲❤️

[@talia841951]

yes. please make this a series. eyeshadow isn't my strong suit but it's my favorite part of makeup and i keep looking for tutorials when no one seems to create that content anymore. this is just what i need. 💕

[@azychristie7288]

We definitely need a series of these tutorials. The explanation and the slow and simple nature of this video was very very helpful. Please do a series.🦋

[@brendaleelydon]

This is amazing! I've watched other people put on eyeshadow & even tutorials, but I found this MUCH easier to understand in a 'this is WHY' way and not *just* a 'this is HOW' way. I'd love to see more videos like this with other eye looks! Thanks for the video!

[@DizzehxxMitizzeh42]

I was just thinking this recently, especially since I feel like other creators don't even really get to "how," they kinda just stop at "what." But here we also get why _and_ how because she's not just saying and doing, she's showing _where_ and _pointing_ and _then_ explaining why.

[@krissy8552]

This needs to be a series. Creating, blending and building of all different looks, colors would be great. Grungy, smoky, bright. So much fun!!

[@amberr6]

I LOVE how you explain everything. So much as to the WHY you’re doing something. Those pieces of detail truly help me tremendously and not everyone gives so much helpful info and is so transparent and honest about their choices. So helpful dude. Thank you 🙏!!!!

[@MrsAnnThropy]

I’m gonna cry, this video makes me so happy. These are the videos people need to put out for makeup. We’re tired of recreating a look, tell me how to put the colors I like together and use the shades I have already lol when I was little my mom taught me what she was taught when she tried modeling school (it was the 80s when she went), and it’s been interesting to see it evolve but it’s now so complex that it’s not just the same basic rules as it was. It’s more of a genuine art form and that requires the techniques to be explained more than just how to apply the makeup to your face correctly. I love this n I love u I’ve said it a million times n I’ll say it a million more times I’m so happy I found this channel 💜

[@MrsAnnThropy]

If it’s not obvious, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make this a series

[@skn85]

You're so talented! Your content is so refreshing and interesting. Just watching the way your hand moves, and the looks you create, your true artistry shines thru!!

[@LaurieStylesxoxo]

I haven’t felt inspired with eye makeup in months. Not even enough to do a look on days I wanna wear makeup. But this eye look intrigued me and now I wanna try to do it! Please make more videos like this!! ❤️❤️

[@AlexandraAnele]

😭 This means so much to me 🥺❤️

[@katie4996]

I’ve doing my own makeup for 15 years. And I’ve never heard blending explained this way. Well done ❤️

[@Lighthouse1852]

Ooh, fun, art school! Great idea to demonstrate on a monochromatic neutral colorway first! Alexandra as a trained artist knows all the principles and does a fantastic job keeping it simple. If anyone wants to learn more about creating the illusion of bringing an area forward or pushing it back, a few ideas help. I hope Alexandra does more with this subject, it would be fun to see. Fantasy looks and daily looks. Every shade in a palette falls somewhere along these ranges: lightest to darkest, warmest to coolest, shimmeriest to matte, most vivid to muted. Not everyone realizes that even in an all-red palette, those differences exist. Wherever on the face you create the biggest contrast between extremes, that's where the viewer's eye tends to go first. That's why bright dark red lips compete with a smoky eye. Lighter shade => forward (darker = recessed.) Shimmer shade => forward (matt-er = recessed.) Warmer shade => forward (cooler = recessed.) Vivid shade => forward (muted = recessed.) So, pale shimmery champagnes usually pop forward the most. (Ahem, highlighter.) A darker, cooler, sludgy, matte is the easiest way to cheat the crease and outer corner. Of course a warm light color like canary yellow can look fantastic in the crease, but if the goal is to exaggerate a recessed crease, yellow takes more skill than a taupe. Anyone nervous about mixing bright colors with each other: it's almost foolproof to pair colors that sit close to each other on the colorwheel. Green + teal blue. Yellow + orange. Etc. It's much harder to blend two complementary colors, for example, red + green. Blue + orange. They turn to mud quickly. It takes compatible pigments within the two shadow pans to achieve an attractive neutral. Trial and error is the only way to find out if the two complementary shades you chose will play well together. With your own underlying skintone as the third color in the mix, the difficulty escalates.

[@m.e.5]

That shimmer looks wet! How beautiful. Your brows-sensational!

[@thefirststate]

Eyeshadow, blush and highlighter is my favorite make up content

[@rachelknight5797]

Wow, that is so beautiful! At first, I thought the shimmer wasn't transferring to your lid, but then I realized it's rather holographic. Very nice! I love this 🥰

[@thefirststate]

Yes, please make it a series. I promise I will watch, comment and like your content.

[@embernicole9609]

Please make this a series!!! I love your process of creating a look because it is pretty much how I feel most of our minds work lol. I hope we get to see more of these!!

[@breedrotts4371]

I love this !! No one really goes back to like in depth how tos anymore with eye looks. So I’m so down to watch you do any and all kinds of looks !!!

[@sugandhasharma2818]

I love seeing you create eyeshadow looks!! They are always so creative and different and beautiful ✨✨♥️♥️

[@jusjillt]

Please Yes to a series on various look’s & application process. As always your detailed Description helps with the application at home and just an overall understanding on how to use your brushes as well as how to layer the colors used we appreciate your videos💗

[@alyssadube2786]

Okay kind of random but you're literally one of the most beautiful people I've ever seen😭 And your videos have helped me SO much to feel more confident..you're the absolute besttt🖤

[@AlexandraAnele]

STAAAHHHPPPPP Alyssaaaaa 🥺😭

[@annakarnas4914]

Alyssa, totally agree.

[@scarlettea6514]

Fact!

[@nikashagha7507]

This was extremely satisfying to watch you truly are talented omg

[@Ellamaybuttons]

I was literally thinking the other day how helpful it would be to have a breakdown of the composition of eyeshadow looks, and you deliver. Thank you, would love to see more!

[@creepypapermultipack]

You’re killing it with these eye looks lately. I’m obsessed.

[@nikkil9311]

I would LOVE a series! Learned so much, and so mush fun to see someone "play" and how they are thinking. Thanks!

[@dirtclassy]

DUDE. I haven’t seen you this happy or excited in your videos in a long time, it’s super cool to see you having fun! The energy is contagious. I’m gonna go play now, too 💛

[@cheryljoaquin6023]

Thank you for this tutorial. It's so helpful to hear why you place the shadows where you do. I am totally here for a series of eye look how-tos!

[@Lita_Joann]

Omg please make this into a series! I need more 😅 The look is amazingg 😍 love, love, love. I would like to see a step by step smokey eye with neutral tones x

[@saintn2103]

loving these sort of abstract looks.

[@leena5531]

genuinely obsessed with this eye look

[@lizbethruiz5736]

Tysm, theres barely any tutorial videos out there anymore, like I struggle a lot to make a look, it ends up this blob, just a stain in my lid. I appreciate your content and I'm all in for the series.

[@BlackThorndRose]

I don’t know how well this will apply to eyeshadow but it’s a neat trick aside from squinting to find the value of a color. What you can do is set the camera on your phone to a grayscale, and you will very easily see the difference in value. I’m a hairstylist and typically do this after lightening someone’s hair to pick up the true level so I can color correct and/or tone the hair properly. If anyone is also a hairstylist this trick is a game changer!

[@rebeccavorwald7821]

I will take these videos at any time you want to give them!!!!!!!!!!!! So freaking fabulous, Alex! I would SO rock this!!! Love it, love it all!!!!! Play anytime, I'm here for it!!!! Blessings to you!! ✌️💚🙏

[@wendytran6110]

Skin looks so healthy! I love it! You can wear the worst makeup and still make it good girl! Love!

[@sylviaspaugh9206]

This is probably one of my favorite videos you have done! I always enjoy ur approach to making content and how ur on screen personality is so genuine and realistic, but specifically I like how u emphasis using placement and techniques to flatter each person’s individual anatomy and also that u explain reasons behind what u do for your self. This was super helpful for me! thxxx ☺️💕💕

[@sherryb1083]

Absolutely beautiful girl. I love all your videos. I also like that you zoom in so close that we can actually see what you are doing and that you recognize not everyone has same eyes so you offer up other alternatives and tips.

[@vanessawatkins7482]

That shimmer eyeshadow shade is everything! I need it. I love this hopefully series! You're an amazing teacher!

[@antoniadragomir2759]

I would love to see a grey smokey eye! And thank you for explaining this so technically and logically, it really helps me have more control over what I want to achieve with my look

[@meowsie1646]

So neat how the matte white was kind of like a winged liner in how you darker all around it. Love love love

[@shreya6328]

really needed a detailed explanation like this, and yesss a series would be of so much help! love you!

[@sparklestarkle]

LOVE this! Please make this a series. I’m not here for everyday looks, I’m here for creativity! 🖤❤️🖤

[@briannanickolle]

Wow that pallet is absolutely gorgeous

[@nadialouisa9301]

I loved watching u play with makeup. Please make it a series.

[@LuxOgre]

You keep it so real while also making us feel so welcome and comfy! That BASE IS SNATCHED, and the eye look is incredible as always

[@mariahvasquez8287]

I am in love with this eye look!!!💖 it looks so sultry

[@JulkeaPerkele]

I'd love a colourful version of this!

[@kena1960]

Thank you for this video. A series would be so helpful! Personally, I would like to see more "buildable" videos. "Buildable" in the sense of starting with the basics in look and color & moving into deeper colors & more complicated looks. Something else you might consider explaining is contouring. Both myself and most people I know just don't do it because we don't understand it and fear getting it wrong. This lack of understanding extends to not only how to do it, but the colors to choose as well. Just like the eyeshadows! Thank you for your time. Have a blessed day.

[@joolsdunn1800]

This is amazing Alex! Could you show us a colorful pastel eye? I have no clue how to make pastels work!

[@karahamlet9173]

Yes I'd love a series like this! You explain things so well and show the process in a great, simple way that's easy to learn and follow thank you so much. Please do more videos like this with different looks I want to learn more from you. You've taught me so much already I really appreciate the variety of things you cover.

[@spinfan1]

I love when you do these tutorials. I would totally wear that. Yes make it a series. So helpful and beautiful!

[@melcarol3313]

My jaw literally dropped when you added the lashes. I have to try this technique. It’s stunning

[@ayla17]

this is hands down the best tutorial i’ve watched so far. please make it a series

[@13cindys]

Yes please!!! I love watching you apply eye makeup!

[@reese3005]

I LOOOOVE the idea of a step by step for creating all the popular eyeshadow shapes/styles/trends(?) That would be great!

[@roseannegonzales3009]

That eyeshadow look 👀 looks fire 🔥 AF ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@CTqueenie]

SE-RIES, SE-RIES. Seriously. We need more series. Playlists. Give it to us. Fabulous stuff.

[@carolinaheckard5059]

Absolutely stunning look I love when u do these videos your the best beauty expert on u tube I love how informative you are because of you I now how the confidence to try new things and not stay basic and boring

[@honeybadgergrrl77]

Girl, you always make me buy stuff, lol. Just got that Sigma brush, I'm so excited. I recently got back into makeup after going away from it for a long time, and your channel is so amazing, you have such good tips, and you are honest without being mean. I'm also super fair with dark eye circles, and I've learned SO MUCH. THANK YOU for the color correct recs. I swear, these makeup companies should be making you RICH, I've made so many good purchases from watching your channel.

[@nicolelindoff]

Om gurrrrl I have been doing just about the "same" look for years and I just found my new look!!!!!! Boom. Mic drop

[@BethanyMcNab]

My favorite masterclass. Realistic helpful tips. You are the best!! Thanks

[@mt1745]

Yes, please make this into a series! It is so helpful, hearing you talk through the decisions you are making and why.

[@rockycoast]

This was one of the most beautiful makeup I've ever seen...and one thing about your videos...you have an amazing talent to explain everything thoroughly. Thank you Alex💜

[@lilredcapone4469]

Yes 👍🏻 to the series! learning something new with each video also just fun & relaxing to watch & get a few giggles 🤭 in lol

[@betinababbles249]

I would love to see your take on a pastel watercolor look. I’ve been seeing those roam around with like rainbow pastels but they look so light and airy.

[@dvdh4856]

STUNNING 🤩 and YES PLEASE to a series of this! I’m pretty okay with light/dark perspective stuff but I always feel lost when I try to do something different. Using colors, or just being more creative with color placement (like before you put the darkest color on the top part of your lower corner/crease, I agree, it’s a look!). So yesyesyes please to a series! You explain very well, totally going to try this with a brown/green duochrome 😍

[@ma-ma-mamary3946]

I love your tips! Each time I hear you suggest the squinting thing, I'm like 🤯 GENIUS! And showing how you manipulate dark & light in real time with your hooded right lid is freaking wonderful! Seeing it in action is so much better than reading it or hearing it suggested (for us visual learners).

[@schias6]

Please make this a series! I love having a jumping off point to play with new palettes. This look is gorgeous!

[@behsharam4993]

I would love to see a tutorial on editorial looks, particularly those that take eye makeup outside of the eye area and making it work with your facial structure and face makeup. I love playing with editorial looks. I want to go bigger and bolder, but I feel like it never looks right with my face.

[@ayceleijae]

I am SO thankful for you! I’m 42 and just barely starting to learn how to do real makeup, you are so talented and such a great teacher, thank you so much!

[@jenniferingles5062]

LOVE this look!! This was super helpful and I hope you decide to do more of them.

[@itsgivingbaby]

Really love how you explain your process. The final look is gorgeous!! Thanks so much!!

[@Ms.Sweet.J.91]

Wenn ich gerade aus schaue, hab ich exakt das gleiche Lid wie Du deshalb bin ich Dir SOOO DANKBAR, das Du so viele verschiedene Augen Mace Up's zeigst. Wunderschön, wie immer. Danke Dir 👍🏼👌🏽❣❣❣😘

[@briannagoldenstein3832]

Lol you always make me smile. Seriously love you. And yes please make this a series - super helpful.

[@zaipascual13]

I think this is one of the most beautiful looks I've seen on you and it's so flattering, I'm definately trying this on meeee

[@snickerz-_-5133]

Love when you teach! Super dope look! You have one of my favorite personalities on KZbin!!

[@bruhscheffer1]

Finally KZbin recommended a really good content!!

[@rhonda2337]

Yes please make this a series! I love makeup but am terrible at knowing how to do my eyeshadow and liner for hooded eyes

[@ashleymondesir4347]

You are an absolute pleasure to watch. I have always only known how to apply foundation and eyeliner and just recently decided to learn how to eyeshadow and this is sooooo helpful. thank you, thank you, 👏🏾thank you 👏🏾

[@Melissa-zr6zw]

Yesss this would be so helpful!! When I “experiment” I feel like all my looks turn out the same, so that I end up with no contrast between different areas and I can’t make colors pop :’) I would love more of these videos so that I can see where I’m going wrong!!

[@melissamcgrath5255]

this made a lot of things click for me. I always appreciate you bringing the language of drawing into your tutorials. it really helps me out!

[@mysoulcalledlife]

That "that's what she said" look on your face tho😂 This is like a masterclass. Definitely one I'll be revisiting. Thanks, Alex.☀🌈✨

[@annelisepace1589]

Late to this video but you’re such a good art teacher!! Which translates to being an amazing makeup teacher!

[@hopequay676]

I absolutely love this look and your explanations were SO helpful.

[@bhags1109]

This eyeshadow look is 🔥 Yes please make it a series!! 🥺

[@a_headless_chicken]

Dude, you changed my perspective about makeup, I have found my style and found out what works out for me thanks to you. I can never be grateful enough lol.

[@selfroadieztravelsolutions9908]

This was so helpful, I can't even begin to thank you for being fearless with dark shades and shimmer... The balance bit was also useful, cause somedays you just know something's off despite having done all the 'steps ' . Would love to see you do more such looks... Playing with dimension and shapes ! Love love love! More power to you babe 😘