hey guys so for today's video we're going to do a little two-in-one i have been getting so many
requests to do an updated brow tutorial so i'm going to be doing that today and i'm also going
to be doing an in-depth tutorial on how i prime my eyes for eyeshadow i've never really done an
in-depth video on that before so we're gonna do that today so if that all sounds good to you go
ahead and keep on watching all right let's start with brows because i always do my brows first no
matter what kind of makeup look i'm doing whether it's like a natural look or a full
on glam look and i do want to point out that i naturally have a lot of brow hairs to begin with
i don't get my brows waxed i haven't gotten my brows waxed in almost like two years now so i kind
of just shape them myself with tweezers mostly just pulling out any dark hairs that i see i also
have some old micro blading in my brows i think i got it done maybe three or four years ago i don't
plan on getting any touch-ups for it but that's kind of the history of my brows i guess so i used
to really go in with filling my brows like doing that whole like carved out brow look but i've
been keeping it really really simple recently so let me show you what i do of course i just brush
my brows up with a spoolie and then i like to go with the brow pen i've really been loving the nyx
lift and snatch one it's cheap it's drugstore it does exactly what i wanted to do i have used the
anastasia brow pen before but honestly i think i like this one better so save your money get
the nyx one and i use the shade espresso in the pen because i like it to be a little bit darker
so it adds like more dimension in my brows and makes them look not so flat i'm sorry if
my camera goes out of focus for this because it might focus on my hand but all i'm going to do
is just do some flicks throughout the front of my brow and kind of the arch of my brow up there
and then for this part i like to brush my brow hairs down
and then i'll extend my tail just a little bit and then brush my brows back to normal and then
if i want to fill in any more spots i go in with the brow pencil i've really been liking the ecosys
brow pop and i use the shade medium brown and i just kind of like to fill in the under part
of my brow right here up front and then once i make a couple lines i like to brush through it
and then again i brush my brow hairs down and i do have a couple gaps right up here
from like the micro blading fading so i'm going to fill in right there as well
all right and i am pretty happy with that so just the brow pen and the brow pencil is all
i use for filling it in here's the before and after this brows just kind of darker
and more filled in like it's not that big of a difference i feel like and then once i'm 100
done with my makeup i go in with a brow gel so i'll like do my whole face of makeup finish my
eyeshadow do my lashes all that good stuff and then i'll brush through my brows one more time
because i always get eyeshadow in my eyebrows especially if it's like a glitter or a shimmer
so i always brush through my brows again and then i'll set them with the clear brow gel i've really
been liking the ecosis air brow again it's just a clear brow gel i'll do this step later but it
just has a tiny one like this and you just apply it through your brows you're good to go so i'm
going to go ahead and fill in this eyebrow and then we'll talk about priming the eyes
all right the eyebrows are done now let's talk about eyeshadow primer and
why you need to use it so eyeshadow primer does two big things for you that's very important
if you want your makeup to look good first of all it's gonna make your eyeshadow last longer
and it's gonna make your eyeshadow appear more pigmented so right now i have nothing on my
eyelids and if i just went in with an eyeshadow right now and try to blend it out it would look
terrible it would be sticking in weird places so with eyeshadow primer it gives you a nice clean
smooth base to work with and eyeshadow primer will also cover up any discoloration on your eyelids or
any veins you have which is super common so as far as products go i used to be the person that
would prime my eyes with concealer just whatever concealer i use under my eyes i would play on my
eyelids set it with powder and be good to go and while i think that does work really well and i
did that technique for years sometimes it was just a little too thick on my eyelid and just
like too much coverage so i switched to an actual eyeshadow primer about probably over a year ago
and i haven't used anything else since so the only eyeshadow primer i use now and i recommend this to
everyone it is the rare beauty eyeshadow primer it looks just like this and it has a little doe fit
applicator i'm going to show you on my hand really quick but what i love about this is that it has
a tiny hint of color in it but it's not too much color like a concealer would have
and you see just how smoothly it blends out like almost into
nothing and i'm actually running really low on this so i do have a backup
must-have always so i'm gonna do is just take the wand out like that and i'm going
to apply that all over my eyelid but i'm also going to bring it into this inner corner area
and right here on the outer corner i feel like a lot of people tend to miss this area because
like you blend your eyeshadow out there so you should prime out there too right and then i'm
gonna take a sigma e28 detail buffer brush and i'm just gonna blend this in and you can see that this
is covering up any discoloration that was on my eyelids bring it all the way up to my brow
and all the way in here as well really close to
my nose and then i like to go in with my finger and just really pat that in
so you can see the difference there look at just like how much brighter this eye looks compared
to this one and all i have is just eyeshadow primer on my lid and then i like to set my
eyeshadow primer with the translucent powder i know that some people can get away with not
setting their eyeshadow primer but i've always done it because it just sets the primer in place
and it's not going to be tacky when you're applying eyeshadow the translucent powder gets
rid of any tackiness you know so my favorite powder for this is the rcma no color powder
this is the best translucent powder hands down i'm taking an e60 from sigma and i just dip it in the
powder like that tap it off you don't need that much and i first like to set in the crease because
that's kind of where you blend all your eyeshadow right and i set all the way up towards my brow
in that inner corner area all the way to the outer corner area and the lid so everywhere where i put
the primer i'm going to set that as well all right now my eyelid is nice and smooth it's
ready for eye shadow like i can touch my lid and it doesn't feel sticky or anything because i set
it in place with that translucent powder i never really realized how big of a difference it makes
on my eyelids just with that eyeshadow primer i love it i have had people ask me about the under
eye area and whether or not you need to prime that part of your eye and personally with the way that
i do my makeup i don't need to add primer down there because if you watch my videos i always do
my top lid first with my eyeshadow and then i'll do my face makeup and as i do my face makeup i'm
bringing my under eye concealer up in here along my lower lash line so in that case the concealer
is acting as my eyeshadow primer and then i do set my concealer with this same exact powder
so my under eye is already primed for under eye eyeshadow start with setting the crease
all the way to the outer corner all the way to the inner corner towards the nose
right under the brow and the lid all right and that is going to wrap up this video so that was
my current eyebrow routine and exactly how i prime my eyes for eyeshadow every single time i do my
makeup let me know if you have any questions down below i would be happy to answer them and
i'm going to link every single product i talked about today in the description box so i hope you
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