I'll try it. I know I ask questions like a person who didn't read all the literature, but I just kind of leaped into this. And I'm very much a learn by doing (and failing) kind of person. 

Also, I'm trying to figure out about eyeshadow. All the kits that I've looked at say you need a program that reads .psd files. I know that's definitely photoshop, but I don't have that. Is there a free software that might work? Maybe something that comes with a mac laptop? I don't really understand the process yet, anyway.