hey guys so for today's video I'm 
doing a super in-depth video on how  
I like to do my half cut creases 
on myself in this video I go into  
a lot of detail about brushes a 
technique shadow placement picking  
up shadow on your brushes all that 
good stuff so if you're a beginner  
or new to eyeshadow this video is 
perfect for you I think this half  
cut crease technique is so so beautiful 
it complements so many eye shapes and  
so many face shapes I do have another 
video on my channel that focuses more  
on the center cut crease so that 
halo eyed look so if you'd want  
to see that video I'm gonna link that 
down below for you and if you want to  
learn exactly how I do this half cut 
crease go ahead and keep on watching
so I wanted to show you guys what my 
face looks like when my eye and face is  
completely relaxed so I'm just looking 
straight ahead and this is what it looks  
like my eyes are slightly hooded you can 
still see part of my lid but you can't  
see my entire lid and I have just a lot 
of extra skin right here so that's when  
my eye looks like completely relaxed 
but naturally I tend to just lift my  
eyebrows when I'm talking when I'm 
filming I'm always looking my eyebrows  
it's just something I do so this is 
with my eyebrow lifted this is just  
how I talk and I know a lot of people 
do this too so this is what my eyebrow  
lifted and my face is like tight you 
know so here's lifted relaxed but I just  
wanted to share that with you because 
I know my eyes aren't completely hooded  
but they are slightly hooded we're gonna 
get right into this and I'm going to try  
to be as detailed as possible and try 
to explain everything that I'm doing  
and why I'm doing it first off for my 
brushes today I will be using my Sigma  
favorites brush set that I created with 
Sigma so my brush that has my 5 a go to  
eye makeup brushes in it I totally 
think that you can use this brush  
set to create any eye shadow look and 
especially a half cut crease which is  
what we're doing today so I already have 
foundation on and my eyebrow is done  
obviously and we're going to prime the I 
I personally alternate between something  
like a Mac Paint Pot and a thick liquid 
concealer you can really use either them  
but today I'm gonna use concealer and 
I like to use concealer because it does  
help hide any veins and redness on your 
lid so you can use a brush a finger a  
sponge to blend this out and you want to 
make sure you get this all the way into  
your inner corner right in here and also 
your outer corner out here I tend to  
miss this area sometimes now I'm gonna 
set my lid in place with the powder I  
like to use a translucent powder this 
is the RCM a no color one you can also  
use something like a foundation powder 
that matches your skin tone or even a  
skin tone colored eyeshadow so I'm gonna 
take my sigma e35 and just dip it in my  
powder and you just want to set all 
that concealer in place especially in  
your crease so now my eyelid is set and 
it's ready for eyeshadow for my palette  
today I'm using the honest on Xia soft 
glam palette just because I know that a  
lot of people on this one and I'm gonna 
be sticking with neutral shades today  
you can do a half-cup crease that's 
literally any color combo I do half  
cut creases all the time on my channel 
and you'll see that I can use as so  
many different colors to do a half cut 
crease but today we're gonna go easy and  
go neutral so I'm gonna start with the 
transition shade I'm gonna take orange  
soda on the sigma e35 from my brush set 
and I'm just gonna blend this back and  
forth in my crease this is just going 
to give you a nice little wash of color  
and we're gonna build this up so what 
these shades I'm placing in my crease  
I'm making sure to bring it all the way 
into my inner crease right here and all  
the way out here you don't want to bring 
this shade right underneath your brow  
but you can see I'm pretty close 
to my brow but I'm not touching it
now I'm gonna switch to a deeper 
shade and a more tapered brush so  
this is a sigma e25 it has a little 
bit of a tapered point at the top you  
can see it's a little bit flat and 
less fluffy than that first brush  
I used here are them together for 
comparison so again this a 25 is  
in my brush set but if you have 
really really small eyelids and  
need something even smaller I'd 
recommend the Sigma E 27 so this  
is the e 27 and it's an even smaller 
version of the e 25 so I'm going to  
pick up the shade rustic on my e 25 
so I swirled the tip of my brush in  
the shadow then I'm going to tap off 
the excess so you can see the shadow  
is on the tip of my brush and we're 
gonna start to deepen up the crease
so this brush is a little more precise 
in the first one I use so it lets me  
place the shade more directly in my 
crease and again you want to make  
sure you get the shade all the way into 
your inner crease especially right here  
because you want that to peak through 
when we do the actual cut crease and  
just to show you here is when my eye 
looks like relaxed and I'm blending now  
I'm going to take a little bit more 
of that first orange soda shade and  
I'm gonna blend right on top of that 
rustic shade to help soften any edges
all right so right now the colors of 
my crease are pretty much done what  
I'm going to do now is work on the outer 
corner of my eye and then we'll do the  
cut crease so I picked up more of that 
rustic shade and I'm using the side of  
my e25 now you can see it's not just the 
tip it's on the side and I'm gonna stamp  
that on the outer corner of my eye 
and connect it into my outer crease
I'm doing about two to three layers  
of the shadow out here to 
get it as dark as I want
now I'm gonna take a little bit 
more of that orange soda shade  
and I'm going to use that to lightly 
blend right here in the center of my  
lid where that dark brown is 
meeting my blank lid so just  
right here just because I want 
this to be a little bit softer
now at this point I like to go back 
to my first fluffy brush my e35 and  
I have no extra product on this brush 
but I'm just gonna lightly blend over  
everything okay now it's time for the 
part you've all been waiting for the  
actual cut crease I'm sure you've seen 
this technique before it's nothing new  
I've been doing it on myself for years 
but I'm just showing you guys more in  
depth on what I'm doing so I'm gonna use 
my Tarte shaped tape concealer again you  
just want to use any kind of liquid 
concealer that's a little bit thick  
I'm going to show you some other ones 
I've used for this technique covergirl  
trublend urban decay stay naked makeup 
revolution conceal and hydrate the  
essenti Beauty concealer and the Too 
Faced Born This Way concealer I've  
used this one a lot on my channel pretty 
much any concealer like that will work  
perfectly for this i'd recommend not 
using a pot concealer you want a liquid  
now let's talk brushes for a second 
for my cut crease brush my favorite  
is the sigma lo5 lip brush so this was 
technically made for the lips but for me  
it is perfect for cut creases because 
it's nice and small it's so small and  
flat and precise it just lets me get 
right in here to make a nice line you  
could use something a little bit bigger 
like a typical concealer brush this is  
the one that I use so here they are for 
size comparison you can see this one's a  
little bit bigger I've seen some people 
go even bigger than that and use a brush  
like this this is a Sigma e 58 there's 
a little size comparison there you can  
see it this a 58 is much larger than 
the lo5 so for this technique I think  
the smaller the brush the better so I 
just place a little bit of concealer  
on the back of my hand and I'm gonna dip 
one side of my brush into that concealer  
and what you want to do is kind of 
look down and place some concealer  
on the bottom part of your lid but 
you do not want to get it on your  
eyelashes okay so I have a good amount 
of concealer on my lid and then I like  
to look up and around and there we go 
so where that concealer transferred to  
is exactly where I want my cut crease 
so I'm just taking whatever's left on  
my brush and I'm gonna start to kind 
of connect the dots here and I like  
to do pretty small motions for this 
again smaller the brush the better I  
recommend getting really really close to 
a mirror for this step but I obviously  
can't because I'm filming this and you 
just want to create a Halfmoon shape
and I just like to move the concealer 
around to get it exactly where I want  
it I still didn't pick up any 
more concealer I'm just using  
what was on my brush and I like to 
go a little bit more than halfway
it's like right here would be 
halfway back just go a little  
bit farther and then I'm gonna wipe 
off that brush on a little towel and  
I'm gonna Pat along this line right 
here you can also use your finger for  
this step but again I like small 
brushes so I can be more precise
so you can see now I have this nice 
cut crease a line right there so now  
you can pretty much apply any shade you 
want on top of that concealer I'm gonna  
use a shimmer shade just because I 
like how that looks you can put a  
matte shade on top of the concealer 
but I'd recommend setting your eye  
first with some kind of translucent 
powder or foundation powder first  
because putting a matte eyeshadow on 
top of a sticky concealer is gonna be  
a big mess so I'm gonna use my same 
brush that I was using in the shade  
it glistening and I'm just gonna 
apply that on top of the concealer  
at this point you could switch to a 
larger lid brush since like the hard  
work is done but I already have this 
brush out someone's gonna keep using it
but see how I just use the edge of this  
brush just to nicely go 
on top of that concealer
now I'm gonna go back to my e25 with 
no additional product on it and I'm  
gonna blend right where that matte Brown 
meets the shimmer just to soften this a  
little bit and now I'm gonna switch 
to a Sigma e30 pencil brush and I'm  
gonna take a darker shade so I'm going 
to take Cyprus umber right so I have  
that shade on my brush like that and 
I'm gonna Pat this on my very outer  
corner to deepen it up even more and it 
gives the eye more depth and dimension
now this next step is optional but I 
think it makes the cut crease pop even  
more but this step can be a little bit 
tricky and it takes some time getting  
used to and getting it like perfect so 
I'm gonna take the little cut crease  
brush I used and just wiping it off 
again making sure there's no shadow  
on it right now and I'm gonna take 
more of that rustic shade right on  
the tip of my brush I'm gonna show 
you what I'm gonna do first I don't  
have it on my brush right now and I'm 
gonna use this to outline at the top  
of my cut crease so you can see some 
of that Brown is peeking through but  
going over it again is gonna make 
it pop even more so I'm literally  
dipping the tip into the shadow and 
you don't want too much product just  
a little bit and I'm going to very 
carefully outline the cut crease
see how that just makes like the 
slightest difference and just makes  
it pop even more like I said it's 
optional but I think it looks good  
now we're pretty much done with the top 
lid now let's do the lower lash line for  
the lower lash line and recommend using 
small brushes like the Sigma e30 for the  
longest time I was using fluffy brushes 
like my e35 on my lower lash line and  
it just gets all over the place it looks 
messy so like this brush is too big for  
my lower lash line it's not precise at 
all so I recommend using a pencil brush  
like the e30 or you can go even smaller 
and take the e21 smudge brush this is  
also in my brush set but I'm gonna stick 
with the e30 so I'm gonna take more of  
that rustic shade and I'm gonna blend 
that on my entire lower lash line and  
I'm using the tip of the brush for this 
which is exactly why you want a pencil  
brush then I'm gonna take a little bit 
of orange soda again and just use that  
to lightly blend right underneath that 
dark brown and then I'm gonna take the  
darkest Brown that I used Cypress 
number and I have this on the tip of  
my brush and I'm gonna focus this on 
the outer part of my lower lash line
now I'm gonna do it one more step with 
eyeshadow which is highlighting the eyes  
so now I'm gonna switch to the e21 for 
my brush set it's just a nice little  
small brush and I'm gonna take the shade 
at tempera and I'm gonna go right in my  
inner corner and I also like to go right 
under my brow right here okay now I'm  
gonna pop on just a basic thin black 
line of eyeliner my current favorite  
eyeliner is the house labs liquid one 
and Punk so that's how I'm gonna use you  
could totally use like a pencil or gel 
formula but this is the one that I like
all right so there's my thin line of 
eyeliner I'm gonna go off camera and  
pop on some mascara and lashes all 
right I popped on some lashes I used  
one of my current favorite styles 
right now which is the makeup geek  
Ava lashes I just think these lashes are 
so beautiful and here's the final look
so you can see that now my eyelid looks 
much bigger and I have much more space  
to work with if I wanted to play with 
like multiple colors on my lid or do  
something fun and crazy I think this 
is such a flattering look for so many  
face shapes and so many eye shapes it 
just looks beautiful doing a half cut  
crease can be pretty tricky if it's 
your first time trying it but don't  
get frustrated if it's not right on 
the first try it took me years to  
get this technique down honestly all 
you got to do is keep practicing and  
if you feel like it looks weird on 
yourself maybe try bringing your cut  
crease out farther maybe towards here 
or even farther inwards you could also  
try bringing the cut crease even higher 
if you wanted honestly I probably could  
have gone a little bit higher today 
but this is totally fine I just want  
to encourage you guys to try this 
technique and don't get frustrated  
with yourself this is probably the 
most in-depth tutorial I've done on  
my channel in my whole life so I hope 
you guys learn something new or helpful  
as always I'm gonna link every single 
product I use down below including the  
brush set that I use and if you want 
to check out any other Sigma brushes  
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the retail price if you were to buy 
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so I hope you guys enjoy this video  
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