So can you split the difference?

So after my post the other day on eyeliner.

I am going to talk about the next trend in eye wear.

Which is split eyeshadow.

For anyone who doesn't know split eyeshadow is where you wear more then one colour on the eyes, split into blocks.

The can range from just two colours to three, four or even five colours.

This trend is always popular on catwalk shows but is it wearable in real life?

Picture one is the three colour split.

This eye is consisting of white, purple and green.

Picture Two is the split blend of dark to light.

Good for a more smoky eye and great for the night time.

Picture three is the horizontal split.

This eye is a white top half and purple bottom half.

Picture four is the most traditional three way split.

This eye is a white top half and purple/blue half and half split.

I love picture five but it is a little more complicated. This is a five way split.

This eye consists of a white top half but then four variations of brown from light to dark.

These looks are quite wearable day or night but I think that the key to getting this trend right is to balance the colours you are using.

You either need to compliment the colours like in picture five or you need to contrast them like in picture one.

Sometimes a bit of experimenting is the key to getting this look right.

The one major plus to this look is you don't have to be neat. I didn't use a brush for my pictures I just used my fingers to draw the blocks on.

The catwalk likes this look because it matches the colours of the clothes that the models are modelling and although we all may not be models. It is one look that we can steal and we don't need to be a size six either.