Your Personal Makeup Artist Make Up Tips, Tricks, and Techniques from Professional Make Up Artists

If you are a black haired beauty, there are specific makeup shades to use to best flatter your features and bring them out against the backdrop of your black hair.

First, you can use your black hair to your advantage by working with charcoal colors to create a smoky eye, which will look perfect with your dark hair. If you are doing a dramatic smoky eye, then use a sheer or nude lip color to bring out your lips without looking too overdone. Another fun twist to try for with black hair is a navy eyeliner, which strays a little bit away from your traditional black eyeliner, but still gives you a great color pop to bring out your eyes. Always use a lengthening mascara to open up your eyes, especially since your eyes can often get lost with such dramatic locks. Give your eyes just as much drama in the eye color application that you're using, and they will perfectly complement your raven haired look.

For blush, use a lighter pink color, which may be a little different than you are used to, but it will work so well to bring a flush to your face so that you don't look washed out. What many women struggle with in having black hair is that they can potentially look washed out, which is why it is great to use such a bright blush color to bring some life into your complexion. Other than that, dust your face with a bronzer to even out your skin tone, and you will look beautiful as always!