Everyday Neutral Eyeshadow Tutorial with Urban Decay

Today I’m sharing my Everyday Neutral Eyeshadow Tutorial with Urban Decay. This is a neutral everyday hooded eye makeup look focusing on Bust. I think it’s a gorgeous color to use to make blue or green eyes pop. This isn’t quite no-makeup makeup, but it’s close. You can recreate this with the colors I use or check the Shop Your Stash section for generic color descriptions so that you can use what you already own.

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Everyday Neutral Eyeshadow Tutorial with Urban Decay Look

Eyes

Milani Eyeshadow Primer

Urban Decay Bust – hood, outer lid, lower lash line

Urban Decay Vapor – lid and inner lid

Urban Decay Walk of Shame – blend out edges

Urban Decay Frostbite – outer 1/3 of lower lid

Urban Decay Roadstripe – highlight

Colour Pop brow pencil in Jet Set Black

Glossier Boy Brow in Black

Urban Decay Blackjack – upper lash line

Cover FX perfect pencil in N Xtra Light – waterline

Urban Decay Perversion Mascara (for lower lashes, I have lash extensions on my upper lashes)

Face

Pur No Filter primer

Natasha Denona Face Glow Foundation in 10 Neutral Porcelain

Cover FX Perfect Setting Powder – under eyes



Urban Decay TMI – blush

Urban Decay

Lunatick Cosmetic Lab Grey Mauve – contour

RCMA Tarte Seduce – blushUrban Decay TMI – blushUrban Decay Obsessed – blushLunatick Cosmetic Lab Grey Mauve – contourRCMA No Color powder – under contour

Makeup Geek Celestial – highlight

Lips

Urban Decay Vice lipstick in Urban Decay Vice lipstick in Oblivion

Everyday Neutral Eyeshadow Tutorial with Urban Decay Step-by-step

Everyday Neutral Eyeshadow Tutorial with Urban Decay

After applying primer, use a fluffy brush like the Urban Decay Iconic eyeshadow brush to apply Bust to the crease and outer lid of the eye. You want the color soft and blended out. Apply Bust to the lower lid. I used the Nyx Prime & Conceal brush. With a flat lid brush, pat Vapor onto the lid and inner lid. Use a soft fluffy brush to blend all over. Use a little bit of Walk of Shame to blend out the edges in the crease. Use a small stiff brush to smudge Frostbite at the outer 1/3 of the lid. Use a small thin brush to line the upper lashline with Blackjack. You could use Magnet (a dark grey taupe) if you feel black is too harsh. Line the lower waterline with an eye brightening pencil. I used Cover FX Perfect Pencil in N-Xtra Light. Apply mascara. I used Urban Decay Perversion. Highlight at the inner corner and under the outer eyebrow with Roadstripe. I used a fluffy brush.

Shop Your Stash for Similar Shades

Bust – cool-toned taupe satin

Vapor – pale cool-toned pearl

Walk of Shame – pale peachy-pink matte, but choose a shade that’s close to your skintone.

Frostbite – deep blue frost

Blackjack – matte black (or use Magnet – deep taupe matte)

Roadstripe – iridescent white with blue-violet shift (this is my all time favorite highlight color for the eyes)

Bust is a great grey-brown cool-toned taupe in a satin finish. UD calls it a pale sable brown. Whatever you consider the color, it’s one of those eyeshadows that does not compete with blue or green eyes. Instead, it’s great at making them pop. If Bust’s satiny finish is too shimmery for you, you can always try Urban Decay Tease instead. I find Bust flattering on my puffy hooded eyes. The slight sheen doesn’t emphasize the hoods at all.

Frostbite is super subtle in this look, it basically just makes Bust look slightly more grey-toned, but I like it. I love how Vapor looks on the lid too. It’s such a nice eye-opening shade.

How would you use Bust in a look?

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