It took me five years—and countless disappointing looks—to realize one thing: my eye makeup wasn’t bad, it was misplaced. The real shift came when I finally mapped my orbital bone. That’s the natural edge of your eye socket, the curve you can feel from your outer eye corner inward. This is where your color placement should start and stop. Go beyond it, and shadow floats aimlessly. Stay inside, and it disappears. I now build my shadows in gradients: barely-there tones for diffusion, soft mid-tones to define structure, and only the lightest hand with deeper shades. The trick? Respecting that bone structure as a frame. Then I layer lines—tight eyeliner, lower lash smoke, soft lash clusters. These create the illusion of depth without drama. Once I understood the shape I was working with, even subtle shadows started making an impact. It’s not about more product—it’s about smarter placement. #beauty #makeup #eyeshadowtechnique