I don’t know how to apply the eye shadow. Looking for recommendations on a more slippery type of look and go … 

First, I would like to say you are just GORGEOUS! Secondly, what helped me was starting with really basic nudes. Various shades of taupes and browns while I was learning to blend, keeping the lightest shades for the inner corners and getting darker as you go to the outer corner of the eye. Once I felt pretty good with those I slowly started playing with other colors and honestly, if I’m in a hurry I still just use my fingers to quickly blend a couple shadows together to get out the door haha. Soft brushes help with blending colors into each other to get nice transitions

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I really like a single shimmer color that is either slightly lighter or slightly darker than my skin tone. I use my fingers to pat it all over the lid as well as slightly above the crease and then use a brush to “wing” it out a little towards the bottom of my brow. I personally like shimmer in the crease, it gives an ethereal look.

I’d recommend one of the mini natasha Denona palettes (the $25 ones). They usually have a good mix of shimmer and mattes and are mostly neutral so they work very well for this kind of application. Mini Retro has two fantastic shimmers. If you want a cheaper option, get colourpop’s ritz super shock shadow.