EOTD: Layering eyeshadows

I seem to have this disease whereby I practice makeup application at night whilst watching the TV..I never used to do it before because I thought it would be a waste of makeup but now I realise that this practice makes my daytime makeup look better because I'm improving the whole time.

My original plans for this look were to have a shimmery lid and a darker colour on the outer edge.

This failed, mainly because I don't use a primer when I'm practicing and the shimmery colour didn't show up so I decided to layer my shadows and see what would get me.

So, here we go..this is what I used:
(The MAC is a 239, NOT a 230..which doesn't exist)

This is what I got..

That little feint black line is where I had a slight mascara mishap but I managed to blend it out a bit.

How did I do it?

• Stroke the MAC brush in the dark brown eyeshadow and apply it all over the lid..blend it as well as you can.
• Get the Boots brush and blend it in a bit more so that the edges are soft..it's pretty easy to blend.
• Clean the Boots brush on a tissue and pick up the glittery shade and apply it all over your lid.  You can either apply it in sections and blend or apply it in layers and blend.
• Whack on your mascara, it doesn't matter if you get some on the lid because..
• Apply your liquid liner.  I find that doing a thin line first and then building it up is the best way to get a decent thick line.

I'm quite happy because I think the blending went ok and I actually managed to layer two shadows, usually when I try this, they mix and it looks like I've applied fingerpaint to my lids.  I think a lot of it has to do with Bobbi Brown shadows themselves, of all the ones I've tried to layer, these have worked the best.  I've put this palette in The Swatch Files and I would really recommend her shadows to anyone, I've used this palette to death and look how much product I still have left.

Anyone else ever tried layering shadows before? I think I might do this for some of my other palettes..