Blending

 Blending is key to having beautiful makeup, let's look at different approaches in order to get a better understanding of what is blended makeup.


Makeup ( not blended)

This is a classic example of an eye makeup that is not blended properly. Do you see where the black shadow which is the contour color meets the highlight color, there isn't a gradual fusion of the colors. They do not flow into each other. The aim of blending is to break up or diffuse the harsh lines. The contour colour in the crease should be blended until it fades away flowing into the lighter color for the eyebrow.

Makeup (blended)

In this picture we see a marked difference, this eye makeup has 4 colours applied to the lid but the colors all flow naturally into each other. Notice you do not see where the gold starts or ends  or when it meets with the burgundy . The contour color is also blended in, and fades into both highlight colors on the the lid and towards the brow.

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In this image we see how it all comes together of how the colors flow seamlessly from the silver highlights into the black contour. Whilst the colours are faded naturally toward the brow. You hardly see much color but the edges are not sharp.

Look out for my video on blending coming soon. 

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