Achieve Different Eye Shapes With Eye Makeup
Many of us create a makeup look based on what we feel on a specific day. If you’re in the mood for something fiery and sexy, then you might want a smoky eye with a red lip. But sometimes, to truly achieve the look we’re going for, we have to create an illusion with our eyes, too. If you feel like your eyes need more length or roundness, makeup can also help with that. Here’s a quick guide to help you achieve different eye shapes:
Big Eyes
If you want the eyes to look smaller, you have to use a matte eyeshadow that is darker than the skin tone on the eyelids. Apply the dark eyeshadow on the waterline and around the eyes, but don’t blend it; blending makes the eyes look bigger. You can also apply concealer near the bottom lashes to make the eyes look smaller. As for the lashes, don’t curl and lengthen them too much.
Close-Set Eyes
What you want to do is apply something light on the inner corners of the eyes. After that, apply a natural shade of eyeshadow on the outer corners of the eyes and elongate it further. To make the eyes look farther from each other, create a flick and apply natural eyeshadow under it along the outer corner of the eye. This will draw the eyes further apart.
Wide Set Eyes
If you have small wide-set eyes, you can elongate them and bring them closer together by applying eyeliner on the inner corner of the eyes. This will look great for smokey eyes. But if you don’t want the smokey eye look, you may elongate the eyes further by drawing a line closer to the nose.
Deep Set Eyes
Use a concealer lighter than your skin tone and apply around the eyes where there is a shadow, expect on the bone that comes forward.
Lifted Eyes
The lift really gives the eye a healthy look, so you can do anything you want. If you want to give it more lift, apply a natural shade of eyeshadow on the lower outer corners of the eyes.
Droopy Eyes
You can apply brown eyeshadow on the outer crease of the eye and then create a lift. You can also apply eyeshadow on the lower lash line, just nearing the outer corners.
Puffy Eyes
Use light yellow concealer on the outer corners of the eyes. Then, line the eyes starting in the middle and make it go up at the end. Don’t create a heavy line as this can make the eyes look more tired. You want to create a lift.
So for that flick, use dark, matte eyeshadow instead of eyeliner. Now apply dark brown eyeshadow right on top of the line you just made and start blending to the middle point (between the brow and the eye) of the lid. Finish it off by applying natural eyeshadow on the lower lash line.
Monolid Eyes
You can go with bold or super thin lines. Natural eyeshadow on the crease also looks great!
Narrow Eyes
If you want to have rounder-looking eyes, use a light eyeshadow pencil and draw starting from the middle of the lower lash line. You can also apply natural eyeshadow in the same location and blend it down a bit. Apply the same eyeshadow above the crease and make sure it’s well-blended and rounded.
You can also draw a flick to elongate narrow eyes. If you draw a flick vertically, this will make the eyes look more almond-shaped. If you draw the flick at an angle, this will open up the eyes more.
Super Rounded Eyes
If you want to make them shrink, do the opposite. Create horizontal shadows by applying eyeshadow on the lower lash line. Make it thin and then elongate it horizontally when you reach the outer corner of the eye. Don’t make the line too bold in the middle of the upper lash line. Add eyeshadow by the flick and blend it up.
Iris Are Closer
Apply eyeliner in the inner corner of the eye to bring the iris in the middle. What you want to do is make the inner part bigger and the outer part smaller. Use concealer on the lower lash line toward the outer corner of the eyes to make the space appear smaller.
On the other hand, if you want the opposite and make the inner space look smaller, simply elongate the lines in the inner corners of the eyes and add an eyeliner flick.
Create different eye makeup looks with these neat tips and tricks. If that’s not what you call makeup magic, we don’t know what is!
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