How-to: Blending

[temptalia]

Here is a little article I wrote about blending...

Blending

What is it?Blending is the art of mixing different colors (whether still similar in hue or on completely opposite sides of the color wheel) to create a gradient of color, not a muddying mess that obliterates the vibrancy and trueness of the individual colors used to create a particular

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[letbulletsrain]

"I won't use matte eyeshadows or anything non-mac, I won't line my upper lid 'cause I hate it, and I won't do anything avant garde but all other suggestions are welcome!!!"
I've been watching this community for a while and it seems that you do the same shimmery style quite a lot. I don't know all that much about makeup, but I know what looks good. I haven't noticed any of your pictures referring to a blending style. What's with that?
I've also noticed that you try to do tutorials and instruct everyone else on their eyeshadow looks. Not everybody likes what you do. How many butterflies were murdered in the process of looking so hideous? Simple. Clean. Makeup. Looks best. I don't see why you girls insist on looking like drag queens.

[lizwhiz]

Hahaha, that would be pretty funny/depressing.

But yeah, I understand what you're saying about everything and if someone said something about me I'd brush it off, but I have this weirdly passionate reaction to people being mean to nice people. I dunno what my problem is, and maybe I should back off things like this, but I can't help wanting to get all indignant and preachy when someone is rude/insulting/bitchy to someone who hasn't done anything wrong.