Shadowing Practice: Colorful eyeshadow Do's and Don'ts - Learn English Speaking with Video

uh hey guys

so today i'm going to be showing you how to blend

colorful eyeshadow i'm going to be showing you what not to do

and also what to do

which would probably be the important part huh really quick before

we get started my friend launched this dope nose piece with

uh the brand called readymade i'm going to link them down

below in case you want to check them out it's sick

so the palette

that i'm going to be using today is the culture palette from juvia's place ju juvia's place uh

which is sick i was on ulta.com and i saw it

and i was like i need it so i got it

uh and this is what i'm going to be using um all right

so i already primed my eyelids with my dominique cosmetics primer

so if you're not familiar we're going to talk a base

if you're not familiar we're going to talk basics really quick

so the color wheel is really going to be helpful here

uh we have three primary colors those are yellow red

and blue okay then we have three secondary colors those are green purple

and orange uh you get green by mixing yellow

and blue you get orange by mixing yellow

and red you get purple by mixing blue and red okay

so those are like the basic colors

that you want to know about the cat is trying to

get in it's very annoying the opposite colors on the on the color wheel are complementary colors uh

which when put next to each other

when placed next to each other are going to make each other pop

so if you take blue

and you put it next to orange they're opposite colors on

the color wheel they're really going to bring each other out conversely

if you mix those two colors they will neutralize each other

so if you have a blue

and you mix it with an orange it's going to end

up turning into like essentially a brown it ends up being neutral same with yellow

and purple some same with red and green so whatever the opposite on the color wheel is, is going to neutralize, which is one of the reasons

that people use a green color corrector if they have redness on their face, or if they have like blue tone under their eyes, they'll use a peach color corrector.

Now I'm going to use the example of yellow and purple, which in my personal opinion are the worst complementary colors.

I just like do not like them at all.

And when mixed, they can look real gross, all right?

So that's what we're gonna be doing.

In the culture palette, I'm gonna be using this shade right here, which I can't read because it's behind, it's in front of me right now.

This matte purple.

And then I have this yellow up here.

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So I'm gonna start off with my Refer01 brush.

I'm gonna pick up that purple

and I'm going to start packing this on the outer part of the lid and then slowly blend it on the lid,

working it into the crease.

So just building up that color, focusing it in the outer corner and blending it around the eye.

now i'm grabbing my rougher 15 brush a slightly larger fluffy brush

and i'm going to dip into that yellow shade this is what you don't want to do now watch what happens

when i start blending over that purple see how we got brown

now I mean in my humble opinion this isn't the worst thing I think it's kind of edgy

and cool but like it might not be what you're going for you know what I mean

so I'm going to show you on the other side how to make it a little bit more attractive

so when you're working with complementary colors you want to use the color wheel to your advantage right

so if I'm trying to gradiate from a purple to a yellow, I want to look at the colors that are between those shades.

So if I'm looking at the color wheel right now, if we're moving towards yellow, um, going, well, I mean, it depends on which side you're going,

but like maybe I want the progression to be a little bit warmer.

Maybe I want to start moving towards the pinks and then the oranges to get to the yellow.

I could also move from the purple to the blues, uh, into the greens and then to the yellows.

Okay.

Today I'm going to be going with the reds and things.

So I'm going to go from that purple.

On on the other side I'm gonna do the exact same thing once again focusing on the outer part

and then blending in and up to the crease alright

so let's look at the color wheel so now

if we're going in the like the reds direction we want to get to

that purple next I could pick up red I could pick

up pink I don't want to jump too quickly into like a yellow orange

because you can kind of end up with the exact same problem.

So you want to make sure that you are progressing.

Okay.

So what I'm going to do is pick up a clean, fluffy brush.

This is the, this is a pretty large one.

This is the Ruffer 27 brush.

And I'm going to grab a pink color, this color right here, which is this nice kind of like medium toned pink.

So you can see the purple.

Now we're jumping to this pink as we work our way towards the yellow.

And now I'm going to go over that outer part of the purple.

So we're creating a gradient.

You want to create a gradient into those colors.

I'm going to bring this onto the lid and buff into the crease.

all right using another brush now I'm going to move in to start moving into the orange shade

so I'm gonna get a little bit closer

and I'm going to pick up this is Delta this shade right here

which is a little bit more of a salmon

so it's got a little bit of red a little you can kind of see like the difference between Delta

and Kobo now another thing that you can do is kind of like mix

so this is like a little bit more red toned I can tap actually you know I am going to do that.

I'm going to tap between this one, Delta, and this one right here, which is getting a little bit closer to that yellow.

So I'm going to mix those two shades, and then I'm going to use that out here.

So not touching the purple at all, blending around that pink.

Taking it into the inner part, up to the brow.

Going back in with that pink because it started to disappear a little bit.

Now finally, I'm going to go in with that yellow.

And I'm going to use this on the very outer part, blending all around that orange.

you obviously don't have to get like as smoked out as i'm being right now you just use smaller brushes

but if we're doing color i want to do color you know what i mean all right guys

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so obviously you can see a pretty gigantic difference between the

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colors over here it looks very muddy um you know it

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when it blends together it just ends up creating

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that like brown color so it's going to be super flattering so when

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if you're having a hard time blending colors at all keep

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in mind the color wheel it's a lot easier to kind of like follow

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that progression to get to those colors uh now i personally think

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that this yellow probably would have blended really nicely with the pink

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so you don't necessarily have to use like so many steps

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but you don't want to jump too quickly from a purple into its complementary color

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which is yellow and same with blue and orange same with red

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and green uh all right guys

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so i finished off the look it got really smoky

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and i love it i really hope this was helpful uh

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i know this was this is like a little bit more advanced as far as like blending color color specifically

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if you're interested i have other videos on like just blending neutrals blending shimmer

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and those will be linked down below if i remember

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if not harass me uh but yeah i hope this was helpful let me know

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if you want to see more colors like

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if you want to see green and red i hate doing that because christmas um or like blue and orange

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or just like i don't know more if you just have color suggestions

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if you're like i have a hard time blending these colors um this is kind of the basics of blending color

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so yeah hope it was helpful let me know and uh yeah i'll see you soon

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Colorful eyeshadow Do's and Don'ts”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: color, yellow, purple, blending, orange. This video has 122 sentences and 1541 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:39. The speaker talks at a natural 178 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
blend verb	/blɛnd/	To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
shade noun	/ʃeɪd/	Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
complementary adjective	/ˌkɑmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/	Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.
crease noun	/kɹiːs/	A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
palette noun	/ˈpælɪt/	A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
corrector noun		One who corrects.
gradient noun	/ˈɡɹeɪdiənt/	A slope or incline.
neutralize verb	/ˈnutɹəˌlaɪz/	To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.
progression noun	/pɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/	The act of moving from one thing to another.
eyelid noun	/ˈaɪ.lɪd/	A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye.
flatter verb	/ˈflætɚ/	To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
harass verb	/həˈɹæs/	To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.
primer noun	/ˈpɹɪm.əɹ/	A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell.
redness noun		The state or quality of being red.
shimmer verb	/ˈʃɪm.ɚ/	To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
pick up verb	To lift; to grasp and raise.
end up verb	To bring to a conclusion.
build up verb	To erect; to construct.
finish off verb	To finish completely.
go in with verb	To commit to something with; to partner with.
go over verb	To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 65 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shade /ʃeɪd/, progression /pɹəˈɡɹɛʃən/, shimmer /ˈʃɪm.ɚ/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like blend, shade, complementary.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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