This sultry cut crease is easy to master even for a beginner

If you’ve watched cut-crease videos on YouTube, you may have shied away from this popular trend for fear of its difficulty. Most of the time, vloggers apply concealer to the lid to achieve a sharply defined line of shadow. Blending between the lid and the crease is a no-no, and layering eye shadow over concealer over primer is more work than most of us want to do.

Still, the cut-crease trend has its merits. It gives each color its own space and can make the eye look more open. The tutorial below showcases a bronzed taupe lid by darkening the outer corners and keeping the transition shade unblended. Since the hues complement one another perfectly, there’s no harsh line, and the look is subtle and sultry.

Materials
- Makeup primer (Smashbox Photo Finish Reduce Redness Primer)
- Pale yellow cream eye shadow (MAC Longwear Paint Pot in "Soft Ochre")
- Concealer brush
- Buffing brush
- Medium brown matte eye shadow (Morphe The James Charles Palette in "Punch Me")
- Blending brush
- Dark taupe matte eye shadow (Morphe The James Charles Palette in "Tea")
- Bronzed taupe eye shadow (L’Oréal 24 HR Infallible Eye Shadow in "Bronzed Taupe")
- Flat shader brush
- Black matte eye shadow (Morphe The James Charles Palette in "Spooky")
- Pencil brush
- False lashes (not shown)
- Tweezers (not shown)
- Lash glue (not shown)
- Foundation (MAC Studio Fix Foundation)
- Foundation brush
- Concealer (L.A. Girl Pro Conceal)
- Damp beauty sponge
- Loose setting powder (Laura Mercier Translucent Setting Powder)
- Peachy tan baked powder (MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in "Give Me Sun"
- Cheek brush
- Peachy pink blush (Charlotte Tilbury Cheek to Chic Blush in "Ecstasy")
- Small eye shadow brush
- Black mascara (Maybelline Volum’ Express The Colossal Mascara)
- Dark pink lipstick (Smashbox Be Legendary Lipstick in "Audition")
- Setting spray (Morphe Jeffree Star Set & Refresh Mist)

Instructions
1. Apply makeup primer to your skin with your fingertips to prepare your face for foundation and eliminate redness.

2. Apply pale yellow cream eye shadow to your eye area with a concealer brush. Use a buffing brush to pat the product in and to eliminate brush marks.

3. Sweep medium brown matte eye shadow onto the crease and outer corner of the eye with a blending brush.

4. Intensify the outer corner and crease with dark taupe matte eye shadow.

5. Apply bronzed taupe eye shadow to the lid in a patting motion. Use a flat shader brush for best results.

6. Darken the outer corner of the lid by applying black matte eye shadow with a pencil brush.

7. Hold the false lashes with the tweezers, and apply a small amount of lash glue onto the lash band. Let the glue set for 10 seconds, then apply the lashes just above your upper lashes.

8. Even out your skin by applying foundation with a foundation brush.

9. Apply concealer under your eyes, down the center of your nose, above your Cupid’s bow and in the middle of your forehead. Press the product into your foundation with a damp beauty sponge.

10. Set your under-eye area with loose setting powder. Press the powder into your skin with the beauty sponge.

11. Swirl peachy tan baked powder under your cheekbones and along the outer corners of your forehead with a cheek brush.

12. Tap tapping peachy pink blush onto the apples of your cheeks with the cheek brush.

13. Apply dark taupe eye shadow under the lower lashes with a small eye shadow brush.

14. Apply black mascara to your lower lashes.

15. Fill in your lips with dark pink lipstick.

16. Set your makeup by spritzing setting spray on your face.

Stay pretty!