How to use Mint Green Eye Shaddow PT. 1

This post is inspired by a Youtube tutorial I saw a couple of months ago by Marlena from Makeup Geek. Her channel is amazing!!! I had recently bought Maybelline New York's Color Tattoo in "Edgy Emerald" and didn't really know how to use it because I typically grab for my trusty old neutral shadows. Marlena's video really helped. She combined this mint green color with copper, and it just looks beautiful together!!!

I am breaking this into two separate parts to show two ways I use this product, but you can apply this to other bright eye shadows as well!!

Step One: This step is optional, but I find it helps the shadow stay on longer throughout my day. I use the Elf Eye Primer (you can use other primers such as the Urban Decay primer, but the Elf Primer is just $1.00 and it works really well) and cover my eyelid and just under my eyes because I find it keeps my makeup from melting during the summer heat.

Step Two: Now to use the Maybelline New York Color Tattoo in "Edgy Emerald" (Marlena used a similar higher end paint pot from MAC). Just use your finger and pat it all over your eyelid. Layer as much as you want to make it as vibrant as you desire.

Step Three: Take a copper powder eye shadow. I used "Chopper" from my Naked 2 palette and a flat eye shadow brush and place it on the outer-v of my eyelid.

                            (EEEK! Sorry about the messy palette!! I've had it for quite awhile)

Step Four: I take "Half Baked" from the same Naked 2 palette, which is a gold shadow, and I place just a tiny amount between the copper and mint color as a transition color.

Step Five: The final shadow color I use is "Haute Chocolate" from the Too Faced Chocolate Bar Palette, and I apply a tiny bit of this to the very edge of my outer-v of my lid.

Final touches: Take a gel liner and create a winged liner (I like the Maybelline New York Waterproof Gel Liner), then put on your mascara. I like to take an angled brush and put "Haute Chocolate" on the bottom third of my eye, and then I take a highlighter color such as the Too Faced Chocolate Bar's, "Champagne Truffle" and place it on my inner corner and right under my eye brow.

 Final product!!!

This is all I do, but you're free to do your own take on this. I used shadows from my own personal collection, but I am sure there are several dupes out there, and I would love to hear from people about these cheaper alternatives because I am all about the discount!!! Please tweet or instagram your creations to me, or tell me what products you use!!! I hope you enjoyed and hope you are having an excellent summer season!!! :D