How to Fix Patchy Eyeshadow: Tips For Getting Perfect Eye Makeup
Does your eyeshadow look blotchy or patchy when you try to blend it? Here are my favorite tips for getting a beautiful blend to prevent and fix patchy eyeshadow. You can use the eyeshadow you already have, just make sure that your products and brushes are good quality.
Tools and materials:
- Mild cleanser or eye makeup remover
- 2 eyeshadow tones (peach and bronze were used in this tutorial)
- Eyeshadow primer
- Setting powder
- Good quality eye makeup brushes
- Cotton swabs
- Eyeliner and mascara
1. Start with a clean eyelid
Use a mild cleanser or eye makeup remover with a cotton swab to gently wipe your eyelid clean. This will help remove any oils or sweat from your eyelid.
2. Apply eyeshadow primer
If you have particularly oily eyelids, skip any application of primer on your lids. Primers are generally oil-based so it will mix with the natural oil of your lid and produce even more oil.
Instead, apply an eyeshadow primer that creates a smooth eyelid and creates a base for your eyeshadow.
Blend out the eyeshadow primer with a clean, small eye makeup brush.
Lightly set the eyeshadow primer with setting powder, especially in the crease.
3. Apply eyeshadow
Always use good quality eyeshadow and good quality makeup brushes. It really does make a difference to the final result.
Start with a peach-toned powder eyeshadow, applying it a little at a time to your lid above the crease.
Tip: Pay attention to how you hold your eye makeup brush. Holding it too close to the bristles applies more pressure which can make your eyeshadow look blotchy. Instead, move your fingers away from the bristles on the brush handle to a point where you still have control of the brush without it applying too much pressure.
Apply the same peach-toned eyeshadow under your lower lash line.
Now apply a deeper bronze shade of eyeshadow to your eyelid crease. Apply it bit by bit until you are happy with the density of it. If you see a blotchy spot, go over it with a bit of the lighter shade you used previously.
Use a small, angled eye makeup brush to apply some of the deeper bronze shade under your lower lash line.
4. Add some shimmer
Apply a light shimmery eyeshadow all over your moveable eyelid. Start applying it with your fingertips, being careful to not get it in the crease. Then switch to a small eye makeup brush to blend it.
Run a clean fluffy eye makeup brush around all the eyeshadow edges to blend everything and get a seamless look.
If you’d like, you can deepen the intensity at the outer corners of your eyes with a bit more of the deeper bronze eyeshadow.
5. Finish your eye makeup
You can finish the smooth, non-patchy eyeshadow technique by applying a bit of eyeliner to your top lash line.
Curl your upper eyelashes and apply mascara to your upper and lower lashes.
How to fix patchy eyeshadow
Here’s the completed look. I hope you found this tutorial on how to avoid patchy eyeshadow useful. If you did then, leave a comment to let me know and follow me for more makeup tips.
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Nice job. Another hint is to powder your eyelashes lightly with the setting powder or just a face powder. This will keep your lashes separated when apply mascara. A little at a time and build it up. The mascara takes the longest.