Eye Shape

Different eye shapes requires different makeup techniques. You can alter and enhance your eye shape with the careful play of eye shadow colours. Here are 5 types.

Prominent Eyes

If your eyelids and eyes are very distinct and tend to protrude from your face, you have prominent eyes or also known as goldfish eyes. The goal of makeup here is to visually reduce the prominence of the eyes and make the eyes recede gently into the cheeks.

I am going to create a light to dark effect with 3 shades of eye shadow colours, with the darkest shade applied closest to the lash line and fading as you go towards the brow.

P.S.: You must never highlight your eye lid or else you will further emphasize your prominent eyes. A darker contour shade used across your eyelid would help to minimise the prominence and make it appear to sink in the face.

Application:

1. Apply your highlight shade to your brow bone only.




2. Apply the base colour to your entire eye socket by starting at the base of your upper lash line and bringing the colour upwards and all the way to your brow bone

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3. Apply the contour shade, starting from the base of your lash line and bring the colour across your lid and up into the crease and blend all the colours well. Then sweep the contour colour underneath your lower lash line as well.

Close-Set Eyes

The average space between a pair of eyes is approximately the width of 1 eye. If your eyes are spaced closer, you have close-set eyes. Your goal of makeup for this eye shape is to create the illusion that eyes are set farther apart.

P.S.: You should keep the inner corners and areas closest to your nose as light as possible to help visually 'push' your eyes furtherer apart and make sure that you concentrate the darker colours on the outer corners of this eye shape. You could also open up your eyes to create the illusion of larger eyes by applying beige or white eye lining pencil around the inner rim of your eyes.

Application

1. Apply the highlighting shade to your entire eye area and also to the inner corners of your upper and lower eyes rim.



2. Apply your base colour starting at the outer corner of the crease and bring the colour inwards to your entire eye socket, fading the shade gently.



3. Apply contour colour to the eye lid at the outer corner of your eyes and up into the crease line. Sweep it toward your lower lash line. P.S.: Contour the lower lash line mid way and apply your highlight shades to the inner corner of your eyes to make your eyes appear farther apart.

Wide Set Eyes

If the spacing between your eyes is wider than the width of 1 eye, your eyes will be considered wide set. For this eye shape, your goal is to create the illusion that they are closer together.

P.S.: In this case you have to put the dark contour colour on the inner corner of your eyes next to the bridge of your nose. You must begin all dark colour application slightly inward from the outer corners and blend your colours upwards and inwards to pull them closer together visually.

Application

1. Apply your highlight colour to your entire eye area.



2. Apply the base colour starting from the outer corner of the crease and bring the colour towards the inside corner of your eye. Be sure to apply a few more layers to the inner corners to deepen the colour.



3. Apply the contour colour starting slightly in from the outer corner of your eyes, brush it across the upper lash line and up into the crease of the eye, and sweep it underneath the lower lash line. Do not extend the colour beyond the outer edge of your eye.

Deep Set Eyes

Deep set eyes are eyes that are sunken into the socket. The browbone also extend farther out than any other eye shapes. The makeup goal of deep set eyes is to bring the eyes forward and make them more noticeable.

P.S.: You should highlight your eyes as much as possible to bring them out. Avoid dark colours but you can use bright colours. You do not need to highlight the browbone as it is already prominent. If you love eye liners, you must keep it very close to the lash line and also keep it thin.

Application

1. Apply the highlight to your entire eyes.

2. Apply your base colour, bring the colour up and above the crease and sweep it across the browbone to help the browbone to recede visually.



3. Apply contour colour to the outer corner of the upper lash line, then up onto the corner of the brow bone to help the area to recede. Sweep the contour colour underneath your lower eye rim for definition.

Droopy Eyes

Do you have eyes like Britney Spears? Eyes that are sloped downward at the outer corners? They are also referred to as "sad puppy dog eyes". Your goal is to make the outer corners appear upturn rather than down.

P.S.: You can achieve this by not extending colours to the outer corner of your eyes where it begins to turn down. By leaving it natural, you have created a visual lift to the eye. You can wear colour on the lower eye lash slightly in from the outer corner of your eyes. When you apply your mascara, concentrate on the middle of your lashes as defining the lashes on the outer corner of your eyes will only accentuate the droopiness. Furthermore, you must ensure that your eyebrows are curved gently outward and not downwards.

Application

1. Apply your highlight to your entire eyes.



2. Apply base colour starting slightly in from the outer corner and bring the colour across the crease and into the inner corners of the crease.



3. Apply contour colour to the outer corners of your eyes, starting slightly in from the outside corner and bring your colour up and into the crease. Sweep the colour along the lower lash for definition.

Hooded Eyes

Hooded eyes are also known as the sexy bedroom eyes because their lids appears to look slightly closed. With the right colour application techniques, the eye colours can help the hooded eyes appear more open by minimizing the eye lid. Our makeup goal for this eye shape is to make the fleshy lid area to recede and make the eyes appear more prominent than the eyelids.

P.S.: Do not be tempted to use dark colours over your entire eye area because it will make the eyes appear smaller. Do not overly accentuated the browbone with highlight as it can make your eyelids appear thicker.

Application

1. Apply highlight colour to your entire eye area.



2. Apply contour colour starting at the base of your upper lash line and bring the colour up and over your entire eye socket. This will help your eye socket to recede visually.



3. Apply contour colour starting at the base of the lash line and bring the colours up and over the entired eye socket. For this type of eye shape, you must bring the contour colour in a little farther and up a little higher than on other eye shapes. This will help the hooded area to recede. And sweep the contour colour underneath your lower lashline for definition. Hooded eyes looks fabulous with a well defined upper and lower lash line.

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