Alexandra I love your DUDE playlist, it's wonderful! I would love if you could do a playlist similar to DUDE playlist reviewing make up styles/trends around the world (i.e. Douyin or Ulzzang make up) as well as decades make up. It would be awesome. Love your channel~ Thank you for the great content~
i love how she doesn't say that one placement is the correct one and the other is not, instead she explains the effects that it creates and i find that magical!!
She did imply that some of the makeup looks are bad though - saying that if she added more shadow underneath her brow near the corner of her eye it would be ‘’even worse’’ + saying ‘’it’s unflattering’’ about the lid covered in dark shadow.
She clearly states what is correct placement. The left side is described as "magical and uplifting" the right is described as "making her look older, unflattering, and closing in the eye". This is why it's a great tutorial. You might want to watch again.
Well I had a big date last night and screwed up the eyeshadow had to start over, I use a card to get the “line “ and it kept leaving a little mark , and without the card they aren’t even , haha I started over and tried not to let the card touch my face - not that any one asked 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙏🏻oh well it’s the community here they get it
This is probably a great exercise to try for anyone who wants to figure out what looks best on their own face! And it’s probably worth repeating every now and then because tastes and fashions change (and eyelids have a tendency to migrate over the years…). LOL. Thanks for the great content!
Great demonstration! I have puffy monolids that that completely cover my lashline and I found that putting a dark color on my lid close to my lashline and fading it out as I go up actually helps make my eyes look less puffy. I would love to see you do makeup on models with more challenging eye shapes! (e.g, very hooded eyes, close set eyes, wide set eyes, small eyes, puffy monolids, eyes with large epicanthal fold)
I do also the 4th one too, not monolidded but epicanthic fold, not too puffy. I dont use as much product as in this video, usually trying to stray very close and just like 1/4th an inch above that, and I usually use a lighter shade as well but I really enjoy how it does seem to open up my eyes more, from the space inner corner that folds down to also just my outer edge.
I'm gonna be alone in this comment, no doubt, but I actually prefer the second eye shadow placement best on you! The first one looks kinda washed out while the second looks more sophisticated (I'm talking about your first eye shadow scenario, obviously, not the second one). I'm going to try it out on my deep-set, hollowed eye shape tomorrow...🙂
What I *love* about these theorycrafting videos is how instructive they are about principles and ideas that underscore the *why* of technique to complement the *how* that Alex does so well, but is also well-tread territory for the rest of BeauTube. It’s what sets Alex apart - seeing the *why* teaches the viewer the tools to adapt technique. It’s what’s missing from so much of the rest of BeauTube, even channels I also like, subscribe and watch. Adapting to hoods, or unevenness - the natural anatomical variation that gives every face unique identity. That’s why Alex’s content outstrips everywhere else for being the right beauty content that we need right now.
That's really interesting to see the difference. For me, I find your eye with the dark shades placed where you say they shouldn't be placed more engaging. When you're speaking I'm looking at that eye. The other eye looks prettier (more ethereal) but I am not engaged by it, whereas the dark shades (more earthly?) are more engaging & drawing me in. Great comparison! I really don't know why I am drawn more to the darker made up eye?
This was interesting. I do the dark shadow all over the lid when I want to look older! I have a baby face and it makes me feel more professional when I'm in a work setting.
I find the dark inner corner kinda nice. It pulled my eyes to her eye as well as deepen it's color, whereas the dark outer corner made me notice more of her temple area.
Okay, my observations only: I think in the first round, the white on the inner lid makes the lid look puffy, which doesn’t enhance your eye. The dark on the inner corner, and white in the outer corner, makes your eye (to me) look larger, overall. In the second round, the white on the lid doesn’t look as puffy as R1, but still makes your lid stand out more than your eyes. Actually, I don’t think the dark all over the lid on the left looks all that aging, has a vintage feel, and if a not-white was in the crease, even if it’s just your blush or bronzer in the crease, it would look nifty.
I don't wear makeup, so I don't have a lot of makeup knowledge, but I love watching your videos as a portrait artist. I love you as a creator because you have a no bullshit attitude and straight to the point. BUT you also don't look down on any of the people looking for basic explanations and you don't gate keep within the community!
Dude I feel this. I don't wear makeup frequently but I'm ALSO a portrait artist and I love watching makeup TH-camrs because I always feel like I'm learning stuff about faces LMFAO. Bonus if they're really cool like this person!
Same i didn't wear any makeup since my teenage time and i've an extremely sensitive, allergic, acne prone sunburn skin but yes i'm crazy about lip gloss, balms, oil and mask especially pinks and light nude shades honestly i love those shiny, glossy all the time and all time favourites i've seen some of brands those are gluten free vegan neutral shades eyeshadow charlotte tilbury, urban decay, jane iredale and those shades are so good and safe for especially sensitive and allergic eyes i'm living in india doesn't have those brands and honestly speaking i love no makeup makeup look very very very very minimal makeup and show natural skin and proper protection
I actually think that the eye shadow in the inner corner looks more sexy and creates an almond shape! The dark on the outside brings forward what I call the "bumb" of the bone under the eyebrow, doesn't fit me at all with my deep sockets 😭
Thank you for this, this is an eye-opener 😁 ! Having very round and protruding eyes, it is hard to use light shimmery colors on the lids without enhancing the roundness. My everyday make-up is 5:35 but I put the lighter color close to the lashline in a crescent shape. And I blend my crease very low, down to the top of the lid, to push back that part that is round. I find it makes my eyes longer, contoured. I dunno if this technique is a thing or if it's all in my head haha.
On the first demo, I liked the “bad eye” better! Even on the second demo, they just look different. I feel like a pretty person like yourself can’t really look bad 🤷🏻♀️
Gigi Hadid had an interesting video for Maybelline where her makeup artist (can't remember her name, I think her name started with a J?) Explained how she does Gigi's makeup and how she brings a slightly darker shade up near her nose and eyebrows because of the unique shape of her face and it was so interesting! Definitely playing with the techniques you discussed here! Love this series so much ❤️
Excellent tutorial! Especially for older eye skin, (which I have but you do not). On you that left technique is best for someone older, where the right one is the wrong thing for an older person with a more hooded eye. Thanks Dude!!
Aaaactually he was in a film when he was younger called Breakfast on Pluto where he played a trans woman & wears makeup if you wanted to check it out 😉
I think in the first look, it's actually hard to see the "baggy-ness" on the left eye because the white almost completely erases shadows. It would be cool to see a full shadow look that breaks these "rules" just to see how far you can bend them.
The way you explained this was unbelievably helpful! Even though I sort of understood the concept before it never really sunk in but having it spelled out for me in black and white (or brown and beige) made it make a lot more sense
The explanation of why certain placements have certain effects is SO HELPFUL! It gives me a much greater ability to diagnose what I want to alter about my eye shape and exactly how to do that! Thank you!
so what would you do for smokey eyes? I always do the technique on the right in the second example as it's my preferred simple style for smokey eyes, but I do see how the lid just hangs there... very interesting comparison.
The second placement on the right (your left) makes your eye look swollen as fuck. When I was a teenager I always put light eyeshadow on my upper lid when I cried a lot and they where swollen... I don't know why my younger self did this. I thought it would make my eyes look a little fresher. Yeah ... nope 😂 good that I'm older and wiser now 😁😁😁 or just older... idk
I find your content really informative and helpful. I wouldn't normally watch a younger MUA as I cant relate (I am 54) but you have a great way of making your tutorials ageless. Thank you and i wish you an incredible career 🙏
Cillian Murphy is so under appreciated! He has the most beautiful everythings. He makes a gorgeous woman in Breakfast on Pluto if you ever get a chance to see it! (Not my favorite movie, but he’s great in it).
I found your channel a few months ago when looking for a video on red lipstick. I’ve always ever worn eye makeup and am pretty standard in application-I’ve always done it like your left (our right) side. Stuck in the early 2000s I guess. I then saw your video on hooded eyes as I’ve had the realization that I have slightly hooded eyes and finally accepted it. And now this video. I just have to say that your videos are amazing to a basic bitch like myself. You make makeup APPROACHABLE. Every video is like a master class. And I trust you. Thank you for creation accessible content and not just full glam, product pushing, or viral TikTok flex videos. I’m in my very-late 30s and having a come to Jesus with myself, and after a few shitty years, I’m really just looking to take care of myself and present myself like the human I deserve to be. Your videos are really helping. And this video was totally enlightening calling me out on how I always do my eyeshadow on the rare occasion I wear makeup.
It’s good to think of it like contouring your eyes. Using darker colors to accentuate your features and your lighter colors to open up certain features and making them pop
This is honestly a good reference video for anyone doing stage or SFX makeup as well. Knowing what is going to look flattering on the actor or exaggerate the character/effect they are going for is pretty essential to those industries.
Awesome video, I love how great you are at explaining how the dimensions play when they appear to another person, not just in a mirror.....on a side note, I am STRUGGLING to find the video where you show a specific influencer's brow and brow wax/glue/gel product....you showed a picture of them and they had super long, full, spiked to the MAX brows, but I can't find their name or the product you used anymore.....if you see this and happen to remember a few videos to link me to I will be SO grateful! Keep killin' those eye looks and glass skin!
Omg this is SO unbelievably helpful! I use eyeshadow ALL the time, however, I've been experimenting with a brown liner and sometimes it slaps and it's a really subtle glam, other times I give myself piggy eyes AND THIS IS WHY - I've been putting it WAY too far into my inner corners 🤦♀️ thank you!!!
I love this tutorial bc it can be applied to eye shape and it makes it *make sense.* I've never understood why the darker look on my lid looks better for me but weirder on other people. It's the facial architecture. I have prominent (sitting forward in the eye socket) eyes, which is like the exact opposite of hooded eyes. You can't see my brow bone, and the only crease you see is an extra fold in my eyelid. lol. (Which I used to mistake for the crease). I'm realizing the goal is to "define what you got" and create definition or reduction where you need to with the light and shadow.
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Sooo helpful! I've been watching a ton of your vids to get inspo for stage makeup - I play in a band. In Texas. In the summer. Would be amazing to see one dedicated to products/techniques for long wear especially when SWEATING. For instance, since I'm up on a stage I always want to contour the heck out of my double chin/neck area, but I always fear that it's just gonna melt off and I'll be outed as a fraud 😂And more general tips for what works vs what doesn't work for stage and photographs, where the lighting can make the face lose dimension. is the answer more nuanced than just "more makeup"? thanks as always, you're my favorite makeup channel by far!! 🥰
Maybe I’m crazy, but when the lighter shade was on the outside at the beginning I thought it actually looked really nice and lifted.. is that just me???
Are you an artist... Well, I mean obviously... But like do you draw, paint or whatever? Cause the way you view makeup is very artist like... Shadow placement works the same way in art... Absolutely imperative to your finished piece. One wrong or missing shadow placement and your piece (or look) is destroyed.
Wow!! This was so crazy. Your descriptions were so accurate. You are so good at make-up. Glad I stumbled upon your videos :) I'm needing help finding the right shade of contour and bronzer and exact placement of them.. a video with how u get so DEWY would be awesome. Or how to pick the right products. Which brands you prefer. Drug store alternatives etc. Just some ideas I would love to sèe💡
Crazy, because I am always jelly of people who can wear a grungy dark eyelid because when I try that it looks AWFUL! And now I know why. Except for those people who rock it. Rude.
This is no eyeshadow placement tutorial. That's chiaroscuro theory. You can tell she comes from an artistic background. That's so well presented,explained and thought through.
just making sure to comment because i love your content. i usually watch but will make an effort to also comment. I always hit the like button though. thank you for the great videos
Thank you for this, explained beautifully. I think if you ever decided to cross.over to films you could make it in Hollywood without much effort. You are so watchable and have that ' star' quality xxx
Hi. Idk if you'll actually see this or not but I wanted to ask a question about the placement of shadows. So I have a lazy eye(wandering eye) and I was wondering if you had any makeup techniques that would help create an illusion of that eye pointing straighter? I was not born with this condition, it resulted because of my thyroid disease. Thanks for your time and last but not least, I really enjoy your videos! You explain things in a way that makes sense. Thanks so much.
Alexandra i so love watching your videos... They relax me before i go to sleep... You are gorgeous as and you have the same name as my sister...Love your look and style...Keep up the good work 👍😘
Ok so I completely see your point and the effects BUT I honestly don’t think the “backwards” shading looks bad on you at all! Maybe it’s seeing on camera vs in person so that the “hanging fold,” as you call it, isn’t as intense on camera but your eyes are so freaking gorgeous that when the darkness draws my eye into your actual eye more I can appreciate it. The “typical” way looks good too just saying…
I have eyes like that 1st guy you showed and I find it really difficult to work with how curvy my brow bone is and the depth of the socket etc. I think my eyes are beautiful but eye makeup goes from 0-60 way too fast and most looks are wayyyyyyy too overpowering. Please help. Now that I'm older I'm taking a less is more approach but sometimes I want to be glam, by golly!
First of all I love your voice. Second of all you are absolutely gorgeous. Third of all, my eyes are hooded so I use darker colors in the crease and light colors on my lid; I actually can't do the classical shade placement with the V without creating an illusion with the darker colors. Isn't makeup fun??
Hey Alex. Yet another video perfectly full of facts yet the most perfect of length without being boring. Any chance of a video helping with blending upto the hair line or when where to stop with a base down the neck etc. Where should the make up end, just on the neck, or to the collar bone or.......?
I always look like a little kid did my make-up. I have old wrinkly hooded eyes that droop down at the outer corners but I have pretty big eyes. I’ve tried not using eye liner but I feel like my eyes disappear when I do that. Just found your channel so don’t know if you do lipstick stuff but omg my lips are super skinny and I have never found a lipstick that doesn’t make me look 90 years old. I don’t know how to find my perfect color that doesn’t make people laugh or be like dang, tone it down with the lips.
i always learn so much from your videos! may i request a video where you teach us about makeup brushes? (your essentials, what each brush allows you to do??) ty! ❤️
Lol I feel dumb because I literally feel the opposite… the first one I think the dark inside and light outside actually looked like it lifted your eye and made it bigger 🤦♀️
It would have been better, for me anyway, to get your point, if you had covered one side while you explained and then showing both sides. Because it was just distracting
How did you do your base in this video? I love how it looks, I’ve been trying to get a similar look but I can’t figure out the right texture and product, and finding a shade doesn’t help either
Interesting makeup lesson! I had corrective surgery on one eyelid and have been using a lt brown on the lid and lightly smoking out the corners so the pillowy area above the eye corners look sunken in and don't call attn to that drooping skin. Is that not ideal? I was told not to use lt colors on my eyelids cause it made them stand out and look pillowy. Recommendations, pls? Thanks in advance!
I wish she would’ve explained that on the dark lid, lighter brow, on the left eye, they work better for hooded eyes…except, the darker lid needs to be expanded to encompass a little bit more skin on the lid where the transition shade would be to make the darker lid work and the lighter shadow would be only used under the brow as a highlight only.
lol
😳😁🤘💞
Part 2, lower eyelids, the electric Boogaloo? 👀
Aaaa this was my suggestion! Thank you so much for making this video!! 💕 I always find your takes on things the most helpful :’)
Alexandra I love your DUDE playlist, it's wonderful! I would love if you could do a playlist similar to DUDE playlist reviewing make up styles/trends around the world (i.e. Douyin or Ulzzang make up) as well as decades make up. It would be awesome. Love your channel~ Thank you for the great content~
Love your tips! Thank you Alex! 💖💖💖💜
i love how she doesn't say that one placement is the correct one and the other is not, instead she explains the effects that it creates and i find that magical!!
She did imply that some of the makeup looks are bad though - saying that if she added more shadow underneath her brow near the corner of her eye it would be ‘’even worse’’ + saying ‘’it’s unflattering’’ about the lid covered in dark shadow.
@@alexferrrnadas1410 at least on her eyeshape though. All of them would look different on other eyes but it's still very useful information
She clearly states what is correct placement. The left side is described as "magical and uplifting" the right is described as "making her look older, unflattering, and closing in the eye". This is why it's a great tutorial. You might want to watch again.
Right?! I love her approach to makeup and doing what’s best for you. Plus, her bases are incredible!
I’m pretty sure this comment is referring to the first example of placement.
Well I had a big date last night and screwed up the eyeshadow had to start over, I use a card to get the “line “ and it kept leaving a little mark , and without the card they aren’t even , haha I started over and tried not to let the card touch my face - not that any one asked 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙏🏻oh well it’s the community here they get it
😂 I feel your pain!
☺️lol 🤗
This is probably a great exercise to try for anyone who wants to figure out what looks best on their own face! And it’s probably worth repeating every now and then because tastes and fashions change (and eyelids have a tendency to migrate over the years…). LOL. Thanks for the great content!
It might sound crazy but I dunno why I like the "wrong" placement eye even more than the right one.
I actually do too lowkey, I think that's part of the beauty of it though!!!
I was thinking the same thing the entire video!
Great demonstration! I have puffy monolids that that completely cover my lashline and I found that putting a dark color on my lid close to my lashline and fading it out as I go up actually helps make my eyes look less puffy. I would love to see you do makeup on models with more challenging eye shapes! (e.g, very hooded eyes, close set eyes, wide set eyes, small eyes, puffy monolids, eyes with large epicanthal fold)
i do this when my eyes are swollen from crying to make them look less puffy too!
I do also the 4th one too, not monolidded but epicanthic fold, not too puffy. I dont use as much product as in this video, usually trying to stray very close and just like 1/4th an inch above that, and I usually use a lighter shade as well but I really enjoy how it does seem to open up my eyes more, from the space inner corner that folds down to also just my outer edge.
I agree! More hooded eyes .. Even mature... ancient, like mine! 😂🇨🇦💙💛🇺🇦
Yes please!!
@@Corn22 are you crying so much that you have to do this regularly? 🥺
I'm gonna be alone in this comment, no doubt, but I actually prefer the second eye shadow placement best on you! The first one looks kinda washed out while the second looks more sophisticated (I'm talking about your first eye shadow scenario, obviously, not the second one). I'm going to try it out on my deep-set, hollowed eye shape tomorrow...🙂
I agree! It has a more sultry mature feel to it
Exact same thought. Makes her eyes look forward and bright!
Yes, it focuses the attention on the actual eye. Would like to see it with both eyes done that way.
It really levels out her larger eyes. But the second time ago, look on the left, would look good on people with smaller lids or hooded lids
Some wanna look older, some wanna look younger. Both are cool 😎
As a baby faced girl, I sometimes like to use dark eyeshadow on my lid because of the same exact reason you don't 😂🤷♀️
Exactly ! Same 😄
Duuuuude! 💃🏼 I love the “Dude” series.
While I don’t wear makeup often, you’ve taught me (as well as others) so much.
💜💞💝
What I *love* about these theorycrafting videos is how instructive they are about principles and ideas that underscore the *why* of technique to complement the *how* that Alex does so well, but is also well-tread territory for the rest of BeauTube.
It’s what sets Alex apart - seeing the *why* teaches the viewer the tools to adapt technique. It’s what’s missing from so much of the rest of BeauTube, even channels I also like, subscribe and watch.
Adapting to hoods, or unevenness - the natural anatomical variation that gives every face unique identity. That’s why Alex’s content outstrips everywhere else for being the right beauty content that we need right now.
Agreed! The contour vid helped me figure out WHY I had to use a dab of contour and that’s okay!
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That's really interesting to see the difference. For me, I find your eye with the dark shades placed where you say they shouldn't be placed more engaging. When you're speaking I'm looking at that eye. The other eye looks prettier (more ethereal) but I am not engaged by it, whereas the dark shades (more earthly?) are more engaging & drawing me in. Great comparison! I really don't know why I am drawn more to the darker made up eye?
This was interesting. I do the dark shadow all over the lid when I want to look older! I have a baby face and it makes me feel more professional when I'm in a work setting.
I just turned 30 and I had someone recently guess I'm 22-23 so yeah, sometimes I wanna look more my age
I find the dark inner corner kinda nice. It pulled my eyes to her eye as well as deepen it's color, whereas the dark outer corner made me notice more of her temple area.
Okay, my observations only: I think in the first round, the white on the inner lid makes the lid look puffy, which doesn’t enhance your eye. The dark on the inner corner, and white in the outer corner, makes your eye (to me) look larger, overall.
In the second round, the white on the lid doesn’t look as puffy as R1, but still makes your lid stand out more than your eyes. Actually, I don’t think the dark all over the lid on the left looks all that aging, has a vintage feel, and if a not-white was in the crease, even if it’s just your blush or bronzer in the crease, it would look nifty.
Agree!
I don't wear makeup, so I don't have a lot of makeup knowledge, but I love watching your videos as a portrait artist. I love you as a creator because you have a no bullshit attitude and straight to the point. BUT you also don't look down on any of the people looking for basic explanations and you don't gate keep within the community!
Dude I feel this. I don't wear makeup frequently but I'm ALSO a portrait artist and I love watching makeup TH-camrs because I always feel like I'm learning stuff about faces LMFAO.
Bonus if they're really cool like this person!
Same i didn't wear any makeup since my teenage time and i've an extremely sensitive, allergic, acne prone sunburn skin but yes i'm crazy about lip gloss, balms, oil and mask especially pinks and light nude shades honestly i love those shiny, glossy all the time and all time favourites i've seen some of brands those are gluten free vegan neutral shades eyeshadow charlotte tilbury, urban decay, jane iredale and those shades are so good and safe for especially sensitive and allergic eyes i'm living in india doesn't have those brands and honestly speaking i love no makeup makeup look very very very very minimal makeup and show natural skin and proper protection
I actually think that the eye shadow in the inner corner looks more sexy and creates an almond shape! The dark on the outside brings forward what I call the "bumb" of the bone under the eyebrow, doesn't fit me at all with my deep sockets 😭
Thank you for this, this is an eye-opener 😁 ! Having very round and protruding eyes, it is hard to use light shimmery colors on the lids without enhancing the roundness. My everyday make-up is 5:35 but I put the lighter color close to the lashline in a crescent shape. And I blend my crease very low, down to the top of the lid, to push back that part that is round. I find it makes my eyes longer, contoured. I dunno if this technique is a thing or if it's all in my head haha.
On the first demo, I liked the “bad eye” better! Even on the second demo, they just look different. I feel like a pretty person like yourself can’t really look bad 🤷🏻♀️
Same. I couldn't tell if it was just bc I hated that white matte so much though...
Gigi Hadid had an interesting video for Maybelline where her makeup artist (can't remember her name, I think her name started with a J?) Explained how she does Gigi's makeup and how she brings a slightly darker shade up near her nose and eyebrows because of the unique shape of her face and it was so interesting! Definitely playing with the techniques you discussed here! Love this series so much ❤️
Excellent tutorial! Especially for older eye skin, (which I have but you do not). On you that left technique is best for someone older, where the right one is the wrong thing for an older person with a more hooded eye. Thanks Dude!!
Cillian Murphy *does* have the most perfect eye sockets though. Lowkey sad that I'll probably never see someone applying a makeup look on them, lmao
I would die to do his eyeshadow
Aaaactually he was in a film when he was younger called Breakfast on Pluto where he played a trans woman & wears makeup if you wanted to check it out 😉
I think in the first look, it's actually hard to see the "baggy-ness" on the left eye because the white almost completely erases shadows. It would be cool to see a full shadow look that breaks these "rules" just to see how far you can bend them.
Wow. This was actually the most helpful makeup tutorial I've ever seen. I've been doing it wrong my entire life.
Thank you, Alex. ❤️
The way you explained this was unbelievably helpful! Even though I sort of understood the concept before it never really sunk in but having it spelled out for me in black and white (or brown and beige) made it make a lot more sense
The explanation of why certain placements have certain effects is SO HELPFUL! It gives me a much greater ability to diagnose what I want to alter about my eye shape and exactly how to do that! Thank you!
Great little tutorial with just 2 shadows for us that are beginners. Thank you. I will practice them.
so what would you do for smokey eyes? I always do the technique on the right in the second example as it's my preferred simple style for smokey eyes, but I do see how the lid just hangs there... very interesting comparison.
I do a combination of the first and the forth, and bring the shadow above the lid, so my eyes doesn't look as hooded.
Duuuuude! 💃🏼 I love the “Dude” series.
While I don’t wear makeup often, you’ve taught me (as well as others) so much.
💜💞💝
😩 So happy to hear this! 🙌🏼❤
The second placement on the right (your left) makes your eye look swollen as fuck. When I was a teenager I always put light eyeshadow on my upper lid when I cried a lot and they where swollen... I don't know why my younger self did this. I thought it would make my eyes look a little fresher. Yeah ... nope 😂 good that I'm older and wiser now 😁😁😁 or just older... idk
I find your content really informative and helpful. I wouldn't normally watch a younger MUA as I cant relate (I am 54) but you have a great way of making your tutorials ageless. Thank you and i wish you an incredible career 🙏
Cillian Murphy is so under appreciated! He has the most beautiful everythings. He makes a gorgeous woman in Breakfast on Pluto if you ever get a chance to see it! (Not my favorite movie, but he’s great in it).
There's something that feels kinda retro about the dark shade on just the lid... I feel like I am paying more attention to your irises when I see it
Is it weird that I like both options? 🤣🤣🤣
Between you and Wayne Goss my makeup is getting SO GOOD. Thank you.
Does older = unflattering? Something to think about. If you're lucky, you'll get to be older.
I found your channel a few months ago when looking for a video on red lipstick. I’ve always ever worn eye makeup and am pretty standard in application-I’ve always done it like your left (our right) side. Stuck in the early 2000s I guess. I then saw your video on hooded eyes as I’ve had the realization that I have slightly hooded eyes and finally accepted it. And now this video. I just have to say that your videos are amazing to a basic bitch like myself. You make makeup APPROACHABLE. Every video is like a master class. And I trust you. Thank you for creation accessible content and not just full glam, product pushing, or viral TikTok flex videos. I’m in my very-late 30s and having a come to Jesus with myself, and after a few shitty years, I’m really just looking to take care of myself and present myself like the human I deserve to be. Your videos are really helping. And this video was totally enlightening calling me out on how I always do my eyeshadow on the rare occasion I wear makeup.
What if you add a darker shade to the inner corner and outer corner of your eye, but have the highlighted area be the center?
Alex: can u see how terrible this looks?
Me: they both look nice...
I love how she doesn’t use filters. Thank you for showing us that skin had texture, gorgeous!! ♥️
Could you do a video on how to match your eye shadow, blush and lip color?
This was an awesome video to help many out there. Thank you for teaching the way you do.
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Thank you for the visual and explanation.
I know your eyelids more than mine’s
Wow. What a great example explanation and of eyeshadow placement. It’s exactly what I needed! AMAZING! Thank you!
It’s good to think of it like contouring your eyes. Using darker colors to accentuate your features and your lighter colors to open up certain features and making them pop
Omg your base and skin looks amazing! Please share the highlight you have on your cheekbones!!!
Great visual, wow definitely trying!
omg i am so glad i found this channel!! this has helped me so much! i really don't get eye makeup at all but this explanation made so much sense to me
Duuuuude! 💃🏼 I love the “Dude” series.
While I don’t wear makeup often, you’ve taught me (as well as others) so much.
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I just found your channel and I am already in love 😁 This old lady is learning
The first one here! I have round almond eyes and a fat brow bone I always try to highlight my eyelids but I look awful 😞 this video helps 🙏🏽👌🏽
Happy to help!
Alex, your skin is RIDICULOUS in this video. Gorgeous girly 😊
What about a Smokey eye. Doesn’t the dark shadow go all over the lid not just above the crease?
I’ve always wondered what it would look like if I reversed the lights and darks. You have answered my question! Very much appreciated 😘
I just wanted to say your videos help me not only with makeup but also with the shading and rendering while drawing !!
Hands down the absolute best demo you've ever done..... thank you very much 😊. !
This is honestly a good reference video for anyone doing stage or SFX makeup as well. Knowing what is going to look flattering on the actor or exaggerate the character/effect they are going for is pretty essential to those industries.
Love the background 😍🌻🌽☀️🌙⭐
Theeeenks 🙃💛
I like the dark on the outside looks much nicer didn’t realize it made such a difference great video!!!!
This was a very much needed video thank you so much! 🙌🏼🤩
Awesome video, I love how great you are at explaining how the dimensions play when they appear to another person, not just in a mirror.....on a side note, I am STRUGGLING to find the video where you show a specific influencer's brow and brow wax/glue/gel product....you showed a picture of them and they had super long, full, spiked to the MAX brows, but I can't find their name or the product you used anymore.....if you see this and happen to remember a few videos to link me to I will be SO grateful! Keep killin' those eye looks and glass skin!
Omg this is SO unbelievably helpful! I use eyeshadow ALL the time, however, I've been experimenting with a brown liner and sometimes it slaps and it's a really subtle glam, other times I give myself piggy eyes AND THIS IS WHY - I've been putting it WAY too far into my inner corners 🤦♀️ thank you!!!
You are an AWESOME teacher girl!!👍❤️💪
I would like to see the difference between super blended and super structured and defined eye makeups. XOXO
I love this tutorial bc it can be applied to eye shape and it makes it *make sense.*
I've never understood why the darker look on my lid looks better for me but weirder on other people. It's the facial architecture. I have prominent (sitting forward in the eye socket) eyes, which is like the exact opposite of hooded eyes. You can't see my brow bone, and the only crease you see is an extra fold in my eyelid. lol. (Which I used to mistake for the crease).
I'm realizing the goal is to "define what you got" and create definition or reduction where you need to with the light and shadow.
I'm quaking at you referencing Cillian Murphy. My crush. Oh yes. GORGEOUS eyes.
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Sooo helpful! I've been watching a ton of your vids to get inspo for stage makeup - I play in a band. In Texas. In the summer. Would be amazing to see one dedicated to products/techniques for long wear especially when SWEATING. For instance, since I'm up on a stage I always want to contour the heck out of my double chin/neck area, but I always fear that it's just gonna melt off and I'll be outed as a fraud 😂And more general tips for what works vs what doesn't work for stage and photographs, where the lighting can make the face lose dimension. is the answer more nuanced than just "more makeup"?
thanks as always, you're my favorite makeup channel by far!! 🥰
I have wide set far apart eyes so I think the second way would look better on me to put the dark shadow in the inner part 😮 wow so interesting
Maybe I’m crazy, but when the lighter shade was on the outside at the beginning I thought it actually looked really nice and lifted.. is that just me???
Are you an artist... Well, I mean obviously... But like do you draw, paint or whatever? Cause the way you view makeup is very artist like... Shadow placement works the same way in art... Absolutely imperative to your finished piece. One wrong or missing shadow placement and your piece (or look) is destroyed.
Wow!! This was so crazy. Your descriptions were so accurate. You are so good at make-up. Glad I stumbled upon your videos :) I'm needing help finding the right shade of contour and bronzer and exact placement of them.. a video with how u get so DEWY would be awesome. Or how to pick the right products. Which brands you prefer. Drug store alternatives etc. Just some ideas I would love to sèe💡
Crazy, because I am always jelly of people who can wear a grungy dark eyelid because when I try that it looks AWFUL! And now I know why. Except for those people who rock it. Rude.
This is no eyeshadow placement tutorial.
That's chiaroscuro theory.
You can tell she comes from an artistic background.
That's so well presented,explained and thought through.
just making sure to comment because i love your content. i usually watch but will make an effort to also comment. I always hit the like button though. thank you for the great videos
Thank you for this, explained beautifully. I think if you ever decided to cross.over to films you could make it in Hollywood without much effort. You are so watchable and have that ' star' quality xxx
Hi. Idk if you'll actually see this or not but I wanted to ask a question about the placement of shadows. So I have a lazy eye(wandering eye) and I was wondering if you had any makeup techniques that would help create an illusion of that eye pointing straighter? I was not born with this condition, it resulted because of my thyroid disease. Thanks for your time and last but not least, I really enjoy your videos! You explain things in a way that makes sense. Thanks so much.
Alexandra i so love watching your videos... They relax me before i go to sleep... You are gorgeous as and you have the same name as my sister...Love your look and style...Keep up the good work 👍😘
Ok so I completely see your point and the effects BUT I honestly don’t think the “backwards” shading looks bad on you at all! Maybe it’s seeing on camera vs in person so that the “hanging fold,” as you call it, isn’t as intense on camera but your eyes are so freaking gorgeous that when the darkness draws my eye into your actual eye more I can appreciate it. The “typical” way looks good too just saying…
Oh crap I think I did it the wrong way around! Good thing I ever tried blush or...gulp...contouring 🤣
I have eyes like that 1st guy you showed and I find it really difficult to work with how curvy my brow bone is and the depth of the socket etc. I think my eyes are beautiful but eye makeup goes from 0-60 way too fast and most looks are wayyyyyyy too overpowering. Please help. Now that I'm older I'm taking a less is more approach but sometimes I want to be glam, by golly!
First of all I love your voice. Second of all you are absolutely gorgeous. Third of all, my eyes are hooded so I use darker colors in the crease and light colors on my lid; I actually can't do the classical shade placement with the V without creating an illusion with the darker colors. Isn't makeup fun??
This was fucking epic!!! How do you even come up with your explanations. Thank you so much.
Hey Alex. Yet another video perfectly full of facts yet the most perfect of length without being boring.
Any chance of a video helping with blending upto the hair line or when where to stop with a base down the neck etc. Where should the make up end, just on the neck, or to the collar bone or.......?
I always look like a little kid did my make-up. I have old wrinkly hooded eyes that droop down at the outer corners but I have pretty big eyes. I’ve tried not using eye liner but I feel like my eyes disappear when I do that. Just found your channel so don’t know if you do lipstick stuff but omg my lips are super skinny and I have never found a lipstick that doesn’t make me look 90 years old. I don’t know how to find my perfect color that doesn’t make people laugh or be like dang, tone it down with the lips.
😁 Great video. I hope you do more like this. Fucking crazy seeing the side by side comparison.
Thank you. You are so sweet to train and teach. And you are really good at explaining everything. Rockstar!
i always learn so much from your videos! may i request a video where you teach us about makeup brushes? (your essentials, what each brush allows you to do??)
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Lol I feel dumb because I literally feel the opposite… the first one I think the dark inside and light outside actually looked like it lifted your eye and made it bigger 🤦♀️
This was so excellent! Thank you!
Great job!! Nothing like seeing the differences. Thanks so much! xx
I've always been a basic bitch and use application #3. If I use a dark colour, it's only one and all over the lid then buffed/blurred out.
Hi!
It would have been better, for me anyway, to get your point, if you had covered one side while you explained and then showing both sides. Because it was just distracting
I like the dark all over the lid on myself, but I don't put a light in the crease, I just blend it up towards the brow. Anyone else?
How did you do your base in this video? I love how it looks, I’ve been trying to get a similar look but I can’t figure out the right texture and product, and finding a shade doesn’t help either
Interesting makeup lesson! I had corrective surgery on one eyelid and have been using a lt brown on the lid and lightly smoking out the corners so the pillowy area above the eye corners look sunken in and don't call attn to that drooping skin. Is that not ideal? I was told not to use lt colors on my eyelids cause it made them stand out and look pillowy. Recommendations, pls? Thanks in advance!
dude... your content makes me want to play with makeup so much! maybe after this heat wave...
Omg Cillian Murphy is a freakin God. He is taking up a lot of good looks, ya know. Lol!!
I wish she would’ve explained that on the dark lid, lighter brow, on the left eye, they work better for hooded eyes…except, the darker lid needs to be expanded to encompass a little bit more skin on the lid where the transition shade would be to make the darker lid work and the lighter shadow would be only used under the brow as a highlight only.