#Mac eye makeup tutorial for beginners how to
#Mac eye makeup tutorial for beginners skin

#Mac eye makeup tutorial for beginners how to

How to Define the Contour Area?įor people whose Orbital Rim is way above the Fold, don’t worry, you still can create depth to your eyes! That’s why the line should be extended into an area, blended out. I named it Contour Area instead of Contour Line because, especially on Asian eyes where the Socket Line is above the Fold, any line drawn on the Socket Line is going to look very unnatural, and may even look like an eyeliner smudge.

They don’t quite sound quite as pretty as Contour Area. I sorta came up with it because Orbital Rim and Socket Line sound very… um, anatomical. Why Is It Called The Contour Area?Īs with some of the terms I use, like ‘ Vertical Gradient Method’ and ‘ Horizontal Gradient Method’, the ‘Contour Area’ is not an official term.

Typically, the more colors you have, the more dimension the look will have, provided blending is executed well. The Contour Area can be further divided into horizontal or vertical thirds. I find that Orbital Rim and Socket Line explain it more accurately.įrom its many names, you can guess that it is the area where a transit color is generally placed to diffuse strong colors on the Lid, so that it looks naturally faded into the Brow Bone Highlight. If you have Caucasian eyes, then you will absolutely no idea what I am talking about since your Crease = Contour Area.

#Mac eye makeup tutorial for beginners skin

The best way to find the Contour Area is simply to use a soft brush to GENTLY push the skin into the eye, and wherever the brush sinks into, is the Orbital Rim, which is what I refer to as the Contour Area. I need to raise my brows really high and be in a place with lots of shadows to locate it, and only just. In another tutorial, I already showed a simple method of how to locate the Contour Area, and that it is clearly apart from the Crease or Fold.įor most Asians, it can be hard to define the Contour Area just by looking straight into the mirror.Įven when I look down into a mirror while keeping my head straight, I can barely locate the Contour Area. I used the above picture because it shows more obviously the beautiful, smooth skin on the eyelid of most Asians, and that the Orbital Rim does not coincide with the Fold ( Crease, in Caucasian terms). I wrote in a previous post some 14 types of Asian eyes and makeup tips, so I'm definitely not stereotyping the many beautiful eyes of Asians. In fact, there is a greater variety of eyes for what we call the 'Asian eye', if I must say so myself. That is why I don’t use Crease to describe anything since it means something to the Caucasian eye but means a totally different thing to the Asian eye. And this is where many people get frustrated with not being able to achieve a certain look desired. If an Asian were to ‘place the dark purple color on the Crease’, blindly following the tutorial meant for Caucasian eye makeup placement, then the dark purple color will end up in the Fold instead. So it is natural for Caucasian makeup gurus to mention in their videos or blogs to ‘place the dark purple color on the Crease’, since these two areas coincide.Īsians, on the other hand, have their Fold way down below the Orbital Rim. Their Crease also coincide with the Orbital Rim.

Our Western friends use Crease to describe the Fold, which is where the eyelid folds. Some of you might be very clear about the differences by now from reading my tutorials, but for those new to my blog or aren’t quite certain about the differences yet, let me explain quickly. Where to Apply Contour Eyeshadow Color on an Asian Eye I have explained what are the Crease and Contour Area about a gazillion times in eye makeup tutorials as well as in these posts: I use the broad categories of Asian VS Caucasian for simplicity in explanation.

This tutorial is not limited just to the Asian eye or Caucasian eye, this can also apply to people of Caucasian descent with hooded eyelids. More so because there is a lack of explanation for this ubiquitous area all humans have, but appears very different on the Asian eye and Caucasian eye. This must be the hardest topic to explain, but I think is very important for me to share because I learnt it the hard way and took a long time to understand the Contour Area of the Asian eye. In the fourth installment of the Eyeshadow Tutorial for Asian Eyes series, we cover Defining the Contour Area. But it’s not like I was lazy I simply couldn’t bear to do it because doing it means being one post closer to the end of this series! I’m absurdly sentimental, I know.īut Bun Bun’s gotta do what Bun Bun’s gotta do. Okie, I have officially run out of excuses to further delay publishing this.