Create this look using EyeSpice Products:

Eye products you will need:

- A white cream eye shadow such as Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White
- A shimmery, pink shade such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Clove
- A matte, brown shade such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Chocolate Brown
- A darker brown shade such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Kitten or FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Bitter Bark
- A skin-coloured shade such as your mineral foundation for smoothing away rough edges
- Optional: A pale shimmery, pink highlight such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Platonic
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar

Brushes you will need:

- Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush
- Sigma E30 Pencil Brush and/or Sigma E20 Short Shader
- Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush for applying eye liner

Step One: Apply Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White to your upper eyelid, blending it out with your finger. Make sure you also pull this cream eyeliner down to the inner corner of your eye (for Step Five).

Step Two: On top of the cream eye shadow, use your Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush to apply your shimmery, pink eye shadow across your entire lid. To enhance the vivacity of this colour further, mix with a tiny drop of Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops before applying to your eye lid.

Step Three: Use your Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush to create a darker crease. Apply your matte brown shade to the outer corner of your eye lid in small circles. Blend this colour across the crease of your eyelid using a windscreen wiper like motion.

Step Four: Using your Sigma E30 Pencil Brush or your Sigma E20 Short Shader, apply your darker brown shade to your upper eyelid, very close to the lash line. The Sigma Short Shader is perfect for this. Using the Sigma Pencil Brush draw this dark brown shade down underneath your lower eyelid as well. Still using your Sigma Pencil Brush, pull the dark brown colour out past the very outer corner of your eye and someway along your crease. Blend well. This darker shade right at the corner of your eye will help to define your eyes a little bit more. If there are any harsh edges remaining, erase them away using a clean fluffy brush and your mineral powder foundation.

Step Five (optional): With a clean Sigma E30 Pencil Brush apply a small amount of pale pink highlight (we use OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Platonic) to the inner corner of your eye, on top of the Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White. With a soft fluffy brush such as the Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush, apply this pale pink shade as a brow highlight.

Step Six: Use your Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush to apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar to your upper and lower water lines.

Step Seven: Apply a couple of coats of your favorite mascara to your lashes and you are ready to go!

Create this look using EyeSpice Products:

Eye products you will need:

- An eye shadow primer such as FaceFront Survival Paint or OCC Skin:Primer
- The Coastal Scents 88 Piece Eye Shadow Palette
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar

Brushes you will need:

- Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush
- Sigma E30 Pencil Brush
- Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush for applying eye liner

When using a palette start with your most pale shades across the entire eyelid. Build up to darker colours but only apply darker colours to the outer half of the eyelid. Your darkest shade should only be applied to the very outer corner of your eyelid, and can also be drawn down under your lower eyelid.

Finish the look off with a brow highlight, then lashings of dark eye liner and mascara.

Hint: Use the ‘Shimmer’ palette for evening looks and the ‘matte’ palette for daytime looks.

Create stunning eyes with no more than eye liner and a brush:

Tiffany D shows off some fabulous tricks with eye liner. Have you ever learnt how to ‘tightline’? Tiffany will show you how in this informative video tutorial. Use Coastal Scents Gel Liners and a Sigma Small Angle Brush to create the look.

Our most popular shades of Coastal Scents Gel Liners are Stella (charcoal black) and Truffle (dark brown). These colours are great when aiming for a simple look, or to make a vibrant look more dramatic. But try out our more vivid shades such as Tuquoise, Envious and Deep Plum!

Create this look using EyeSpice Products:

Eye products you will need:

- An eye shadow primer such as FaceFront Survival Paint or OCC Skin:Primer
- A shimmery, sky blue eye shadow such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Frigid or FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Chromium Sky
- A deep teal green such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Nori or for a darker effect use Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Dream Girl or Furious
- Optional: A highlight shade with hints of purple such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Bubbles
- A skin-coloured shade such as your mineral foundation for smoothing away rough edges
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Deep Plum
- A vivid purple eye shadow such as FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Weekend Warrier or Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Diva
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar

Brushes you will need:

- Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush
- Sigma E30 Pencil Brush
- Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush for applying eye liner

Step One: Apply a thin coat of primer such as our FaceFront Survival Paint or OCC Skin:Primer

Step Two: On top of the primer, use your Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush to apply your shimmery, sky blue eye shadow across your entire lid. To enhance the vivacity of this colour further, mix with a tiny drop of Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops before applying to your eye lid.

Step Three: Using your Sigma E30 Pencil Brush, apply a dark shade to the very outer corner of your eye lid, creating a point that is angled upwards. We have tried this using the following colours which all look fantastic, and are just dependent on the type of look you are trying to achieve: OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Nori or Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Dream Girl or Furious. To blend this colour out, use a clean, dry Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush to blend the edges of the darker shade pulling a small amount of colour across your upper crease.

Step Four (optional): Still using your Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush, dip your brush in a tiny amount of duo-chrome iridescent violet (we use Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Bubbles). Blend this into the upper edge of your eye shadow blending out harsh lines as if you do with a highlight shade. If there are any harsh edges remaining, erase them away using a clean fluffy brush and your mineral powder foundation. Using this duo-chrome iridescent violet shade, apply a small dab to the inner corner of your eyes to make your eyes look brighter.

Step Five: Use your Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush to apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Deep Plum to your lower lash line. Smudge this out a bit so as not to create too harsh a line. Set this on top (using the same brush) with a small amount of vivid purple eye pigment. We use FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Weekend Warrier or Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Diva.

Step Six: Use your Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush to apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar to your upper lash line, close to the lashes. Pull a small amount of this down to your lower lash line, on top of the purple, about a third of the way across your lid. You may also want to apply this gel liner to your lower water line.

Step Seven: Apply a coat of your favorite mascara to your lashes and you are ready to go!

My response is often a very unqualified “which ever is your personal preference”.

Given this doesn’t really give the customer a lot to go on, I normally follow up with the benefits and additional uses of each brush. Then the customer can normally make a more informed decision. Personally, I swap and change between which of these brushes is my favourite for applying eye liner. I might love one for a few months, and then start using the other again. It really is personal preference….

The Sigma E05 (old name Sigma SS209 as per image):

This is your traditional eye liner brush. With very fine, firm bristles that form a pointed tip. This brush is great for precise application of makeup, which makes it perfect for applying eye liner.

Advantages:

• Great for applying gel eyeliner to the upper eye lid close to the lash line, or along the water line
• Good for getting in the hard to reach places such as the inner eye corner
• You can get very close to the lash line
• You don’t often have issues of having applied too much product
• Can also be used to fill in eye brows
• Can also be used as a lip brush

Disadvantages

• Not so good for applying eye shadows as eye liners. The brush does not allow you to pick up enough product and the application is quite slow
• If you are looking for a thicker application (especially to you eye brows) this is probably not the brush to use

The Sigma E65 (old name Sigma SS266 as per image)

This brush is your more new age eye liner brush. With fine, firm bristles that are flattened and cut off at an angle.  This brush is great for applying makeup along an edge, or for creating straight lines.

Advantages:

• Better when needing a thicker application of eye liner
• More stable application along an edge (e.g. close to the lash line)
• Better for applying makeup to fill out thicker eye brows that need a bigger coverage

Disadvantages:

• Less precise application e.g. to the inner corner of the eye
• Needs to be cleaned regularly. Lack of cleaning creates build up which thickens the brush too much for eye liner application.

Hopefully this has given you some more information to think about when making your decision between these two brushes. If you need any more help, or if you have any alternative uses for these brushes, let me know. I’ll update this blog with any further information I obtain in the future!

Create this look using EyeSpice Products:

Eye products you will need:

- An eye shadow primer such as OCC Skin:Primer
- A shimmery, dusky beige / pink eye shadow such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Platonic or Clove, or Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Soulmate or Admire
- A matte brown eye shadow such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Chocolate Brown
- A darker brown eye shadow such as FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Bitter Bark or Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Kitten
- A skin-coloured highlight shade such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Posh
- Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White or Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Silk White
- A white eye shadow such as FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Snow Cone
- A glitter eye pigment such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Unicorn Tears, or for something a bit more subtle try FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Sea Salt
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar

Brushes you will need:

- Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush
- Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma E30 Pencil Brush (for application to the lower eye lid a Sigma E20 Short Shader Brush can be used instead)
- Sigma E70 Sigma Medium Angled Shading Brush (optional)
- Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush for applying eye liner

Step One: Apply a thin coat of primer such as our OCC Skin:Primer which can be used on both the face and eyes.

Step Two: On top of the primer, use your Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush to apply your dusky beige / pink colour across your entire lid.

Step Three: Using your Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush, apply your matte brown eye pigment to the very outer corner of your eye lid, and sweep this along your crease.

Step Four: Using your Sigma E30 Pencil Brush, apply your dark brown eye shadow more precisely to your crease, trying not to blend this out too much.

Step Five: Apply brow highlight with your Sigma E70 Sigma Medium Angled Shading Brush. This will also work to soften out the edges of the brown eye shadow. We use Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Posh which is a great highlight shade for many skin tones.

Step Six: Using your Sigma E30 Pencil Brush or your Sigma E20 Short Shader Brush (our preference), apply your matte brown eye shadow on your lower lid close to the lash line. Top this off with your darker brown eye shadow from the centre of your lower lid, to the outer corner. Again make sure this stays very close to your lower lash line.

Step Seven: Apply a white cream eye shadow to your inner tear duct area. Use more product that you normally use in this area to give your eyes a real popping appearance. We prefer to use Heavenly Naturals Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White but if you have Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Silk White this will work just as well. Apply with your finger or a Concealer Brush. Also apply this white cream eye shadow in a small triangle/wing at the outer corner of your eye lid. With a clean brush, apply FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Snow Cone on top of the cream eye shadow on the inner corner of the eye to set it.

Step Eight: Apply a smudge of glitter adhesive, or eye shadow primer to your eye lid on top of the dusky beige / pink colour and on top of the white triangle at the outer corner of your eye lid. Using your finger, dab the glitter on top of the adhesive. Using a brush, apply glitter also on top of the outer corner triangle.

Step Nine: Using your Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush, add a line of Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar to your upper eye lid, very close to the lash line. Create a slight wing at the outer corner above the glitter triangle.

Step Eight: Apply two coats of your favorite mascara to your lashes. For extra fun, add some thick dark false eye lashes.

Create this look using EyeSpice Products:

Eye products you will need:

- An eye shadow primer such as OCC Skin:Primer
- A bright, fushia pink eye shadow such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Cherry Bomb
- A bright orange eye shadow such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Danger
- A bright yellow eye shadow such as FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Bee Incredible
- A white eye shadow such as FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Sea Salt or Snow Cone
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Silk White

Brushes you will need:

- Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush
- Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush or Sigma E35 White Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma E30 Pencil Brush
- Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush for applying eye liner

Step One: In this look an eye shadow primer is important to ensure a really vibrant look. Apply a thin coat of primer such as our OCC Skin:Primer which can be used on both the face and eyes.

Step Two: On top of the primer, use your Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush to pack on your fusia pink eye shadow (we use OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Cherry Bomb). Apply this all over your lid, from the inner corner, to the outer edge creating a wing.

Step Three: Using the same brush, apply a small amount of your bright orange eye shadow to blend out the upper edge of the pink (we use Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Danger).

Step Four: Using your Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush, apply your bright yellow eye pigment to the very edges of the pink and orange as if applying a highlight shade under your eye brows (we use FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Bee Incredible which is an intense and highly pigmented bright yellow).

Step Five: Make sure your Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush is clean before applying the white. Using upward strokes, apply the white eye shadow to the inner corner of your eye and pull this upwards towards your eye brow. This helps to diffuse the edges of the bright pigments. We use FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Sea Salt or Snow Cone as our white pigment. With this same white shade, apply a small amount right under your eye brows, as a highlight to blend into the edge of the yellow.

Step Six: Use a Sigma E30 Pencil Brush on your lower eye lid. Apply your yellow shade to the inner corner from the tear duct, to about half way along your lower eye lid. Apply the fushia pink from half way along, to the outer corner.

Step Seven: Use a Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush to apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar to your upper lash line. Apply this from the inner corner of your eye, close to the lash line and across to create a wing at the outer corner. Apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Silk White to your lower water line.

Step Eight: Apply two coats of your favorite mascara to both your upper and lower lashes. For extra fun, add some thick dark false eye lashes.

And Don’t Forget…

Because this is such a bright eye shadow look, it is important to get the rest of your face right as well. Don’t forget these important steps:

- Make sure you fill in your eye brows which will frame your eye shadow creation. A bit of Heavenly Naturals Eye Brow Tint applied with a Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush does wonders! Check out our recent Handy Hint on creating perfect brows!
- Offset your tropical coloured eyes with a pretty pink lip. OCC Lip Tar is highly pigmented and very long lasting. Try Pageant, Anime, Safety Orange or Strumpet to go with this look, or create a mixture of your own.
- Although bright eyes and bright lips calls for only a very subtle blush shade, it is important to add at least a small amount, so you don’t look washed out from the colour around your eyes and lips. Add a dusting of FaceFront CheekUP Blush Powder to give you a very subtle and healthy glow.

Create this look using EyeSpice Products:

Eye products you will need:

- An eye shadow primer such as OCC Skin:Primer
- Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White
- A satin white eye shadow such as FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Sea Salt or Snow Cone
- A fawn or skin coloured shade to smooth out the edges. You could use a shade from the Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette, or your regular mineral foundation
- A pale blue eye shadow such as OCC Loose Colour Concentrates in Frigid or FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Chromium Sky. Alternatively you could use a turquoise colour such as Heavenly Naturals Mineral Eye Pigment in Kingdom
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Silk White

Brushes you will need:

- Sigma F70 Concealer Brush
- Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush
- Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush
- Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush for applying eye liner

Step One: Apply a thin coat of eye shadow primer such as our OCC Skin:Primer which can be used on both the face and eyes.

Step Two: Using your finger or a Sigma F70 Concealer Brush, apply Chubby Cream Eye Shadow in White to your eyelid. Start at the very corner of your inner eye and apply right across your lid. Using the Concealer Brush helps you to get right into the corners and close to the lash line. Apply this cream shadow to your inner eye underneath the tear duct area. Take this across your lower eye lid, close to the lash line and blend out well. Use the brush sideways to get in close to the lashes.

Step Three: Pack on your satin white eye shadow on top of the cream base. Use a Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush to apply from the inner corner of your eye and across the crease area. Make sure you also pat this colour on top of the cream shadow that is below your tear duct and lower lash line.

Step Four: Using your Sigma E40 Tapered Blending Brush, apply your fawn/skin colour shade to the very edges of the white eye shadow  (along your brow bone) so that the edges are blended out well. If you have a choice in the shade you apply here, try to choose a matte shade which is slightly darker than your natural skin colour.

Step Five: Again using a Sigma E55 Eye Shading Brush or Sigma E60 Large Shader Brush, apply small amounts of your chosen pale blue or turquoise shade. Apply this to the lower half of your upper eye lid and make sure it blends out nicely into the white. Also apply it to the outer half of your lower lid, close to the lash line.

Step Six: It is your preference whether you use a Sigma E05 EyeLiner Brush or Sigma E65 Small Angle Brush when applying eye liner. Each has their own benefits. Use your favourite brush to apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Silk White to your lower water line.

Step Seven: Apply a coat of your favorite mascara. If you are feeling bold, opt for some individual false eye lashes to give you a wide-eyed appearance. If you don’t like to do this yourself, we recommend Lush Lashes who are very professional and apply good quality, long lasting lashes.

Create this look using EyeSpice Products:

Eye products you will need:

- OCC Skin: Primer
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Envious
- Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops
- A silver eye shadow such as OCC Loose Colour Concnetrates in Ironic or FaceFront Paint Me Perfect in Heroic or Heavenly Naturals Pure Mineral Eye Shadow in Tinsel
- OCC Loose Colour Concnetrates in Chlorophyll
- Heavenly Naturals Pure Mineral Eye Shadow in Dream Girl
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Platinum (optional)
- Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black or Stellar

Brushes you will need:

- Sigma SS266/E65 Small Angle Brush
- Sigma SS219/E30 Pencil Brush
- Sigma SS194/F70 Concealer Brush (or another flat paddle brush)
- Sigma SS239/E55 Eye Shading Brush
- Sigma SS275/E70 Medium Angled Shading Brush (optional)
- Sigma SS209/E05 Eye Liner Brush (optional)

Step One: Apply an eye shadow primer such as OCC Skin: Primer to your eyelids.

Step Two: Apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Envious using a Sigma SS266/E65 Small Angle Brush, or a Sigma SS219/E30 Pencil Brush, or simply a cotton bud. Apply from the outer corner of the upper eye lid, along the crease to about two thirds of the way along. Blend upwards with a cotton bud or your finger.

Step Three: Mix a drop of Heavenly Naturals Mix Drops with your selected silver eye shadow. Apply this to the bottom half of your upper lid using a small flat eye shadow brush such as the Sigma SS194/F70 Concealer Brush.

Step Four: Using the Sigma SS219/E30 Pencil Brush, apply OCC Loose Colour Concnetrates in Chlorophyll to your crease on top of the green gel liner. Try not to blend this colour into the silver. Be careful to keep a nice wing shape at the outer edge of your upper lid. Do this be applying tape (refer to our recent MissChievous tutorial), or alternatively use eye makeup remover and a cotton bud to create the sharp line.

Step Five: Apply Heavenly Naturals Pure Mineral Eye Shadow in Dream Girl to the upper edge of the green using a Sigma SS239/E55 Eye Shading Brush. Take this from the outer corner (emphasising the wing), in towards the bridge of the nose about three quarters of the way.

Step Six: Take a highlight shade, or your mineral foundation, or an appropriate shade out of the Coastal Scents 88 Piece Makeup Palette. Use any fluffy brush with this skin toned colour to blend out the edges of your eye shadow. We like using the Sigma SS275/E70 Medium Angled Shading Brush because of the angle of the bristles makes it perfect for blending beneath your eye brow. Alternatively, just use the brush dry (without any product on) to blend out the edges of your eye shadow.

Step Seven (optional): Again using your Sigma SS266/E65 Small Angle Brush, apply a line of Coastal Scents Gel Liner in Platinum to the outer corner of your eyelid, to create a wing carrying on the line created by your lower water line. Also apply a small amount to the inner corner of your eye and blend out with your finger. Set this with a touch of your silver eye shadow using your Sigma SS194/F70 Concealer Brush again.

Step Eight: Using your Sigma SS266/E65 Small Angle Brush or Sigma SS209/E05 Eye Liner Brush apply Coastal Scents Gel Liner in True Black to your upper lash line, close to the lashes. Also apply to the lower waterline and lash line. Go over this on the lower lid only with a Sigma SS219/E30 Pencil Brush and a small amount of OCC Loose Colour Concnetrates in Chlorophyll.

Finally: Apply a coat of your favorite mascara, and you’re ready to go!

Shannon has just released a YouTube video reviewing EyeSpice Cosmetics! We feel very privileged and excited to share this with you. Check out the video below: