Perfect Carnival make-up

Before: Model Tracey-Ann Awong without make-up

Step 1: Airbrush Foundation was already applied. Two shades were used with one slightly darker to create a lightly contoured finish around her face. I kept the colours very neutral with a bronze blush to gently colour her cheeks and give her skin a tanned looked.

For the eyes, which is the main focus today, I applied the first shade in a matte yellow to the eyelids using a flat shadow brush, from the lash line to the slightly above the natural line of the lid. Fallout of eyeshadow is expected and works even better with mascara to build up the lashes for added thickness later.

Steps 2, & 3: Using a pencil-shaped eyeshadow brush, apply the crease colour, a forest green shade in this case, from the outer portion of the eye going directly into the entire crease. The darker shade of eyeshadow should cover the crease in a half moon shape meeting the eye’s tear duct.

Step 4: Start blending the two colours together with a fluffy blending eyeshadow brush in a windshield wiper motion (back and forth) until the colours on the eyelid and crease become lightly blurred together especially the eyelid.

Step 4-1, 5 & 5-1: Time to line under the eyes. To help emphasise shape, start from under the eye first. I’ve found that it helps to better structure the overall look that you are trying to achieve. In this case, I am using a cream gel liner in eggplant to create contrast to the colours on top of the eye. Using an angled eyeliner brush, dip the brush into the liner and start to line from the tear duct directly under the water line or in between the lower lashes.

Tip: If your hand is not steady, do little strokes or dashes for the entire line and then go over with a similar colour eyeshadow to connect the lines together. This will ensure any nervous hands will still have a perfectly drawn line.

To line inside the eyes, use a kohl liner pencil, and coat the entire waterline with black.

Step 6: I used another gel liner, this time in black to line the upper lids and again started from the tear duct gently pulling the skin a little taut. This was to ensure that the skin didn’t wrinkle when I applied the colour.

Step 8: The easiest way to use mascara would be to first wipe away excess product from the mascara wand, and start from the base of the eyelashes in a wiggling motion until you reach to the tip of the lashes. You can do this several times to ensure you get the appropriate coverage you want for your lashes to pop.