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Eye Shapes
Light colour will be two shades lighter than your skin down to white.
Medium colours are not too dark, not too light, mid-tone on your skin.
Dark colours will be from two shades darker than your skin up to black.
Almond Eyes
Apply base coat or primer- Shade or highlight lid.
- Darker shade in socket line.
- Define rim with eyeliner.
- The almond eye is the most desired shape.
- This eye can wear any eye design.
Round Eyes
Apply base coat or primer- Use Light color from lash line to brow.
- Darker color on outer third, blend along and into the socket line.
- Line outer third of eye, extending up and outwards.
- Mascara on outer third top and bottom lashes.
- Curl lashes to open up eyes.
Deep-set Eyes
Apply base coat or primer- Light color on lid to bring out eyelid.
- Create a false socket just above your natural socket line.
- Medium to darker tone in socket.
- Make it higher than natural socket to expose the lid not close it up.
- Use thin eyeliner, too thick and it closes up eyelid.
Small Eyes
Apply base coat or primer- Highlight on lid and under eyebrow arch.
- Apply medium to darker color in crease.
- Concentrate on deeper shade on outer third of eye.
- Blend this in towards middle of eye along crease.
- Use white pencil on inner rims of eye, top and bottom, to open up.
- Emphasise outer corner with liner.
- Groom eyebrows; keep on thinner side, helps in not closing up eye area.
Hooded Eyes
Apply base coat or primer- Line lashes from inner eye out to or just past outer corner.
- Medium color just above natural crease, to hide the hood or puffiness of the eye.
- Use darker pencil on inner rims to set back the bulge.
- To soften a pencil liner, use your eyeshadow brushed in between lashes along the lashline.
- Keep close to lashes, as it’s only to soften hard edge of pencil on rim.
- Generous coat of mascara on top eyelashes. Curl up lashes to open eyes.
Close-set eyes
Apply base coat or primer- Highlight inner eye.
- Medium color middle of eye.
- Shade outer third of eye.
- Line outer third top and bottom lashes with pencil or powders.
- Brush mascara on outer third of eye.
- This draws the eyes out.
Wide-set eyes
Apply base coat or primer- Medium to darker shade on inner third of eye.
- Blending to medium lighter shade on outer third of eye.
- Line inner corner of the lashline top and bottom rim.
- Mascara top and bottom inner lashes.
- Eyebrow placement should be straight up from side of nose.
- If brows are out past this point it can make eyes appear wider set.
Protruding Eyes
Apply base coat or primer- Use a highlighter on inner corners of the eye.
- Dark matte shadow on crease to hide bulge or puffiness.
- If you use darker pencil on inner rims to set bulge back.
- To soften the pencil liner, use your eyeshadow brushed in between lashes along the lashline.
- Mascara on outer top lashes and curl.
- Slight application on bottom lashes.
Droopy Eyelids
Apply base coat or primer- Light shadow on inner eyelid.
- Darker matte shadow on outer third, where lid appears to droop.
- Highlight under brow arch.
- Line inner top rim only to iris, don’t take past this as will still appear to droop.
- Apply mascara to top lashes, curl outer lashes up and open.
Turned-down Eye
Apply base coat or primer- Start with liner along inner rim extend through to end of eye up and out flick.
- Line the bottom lashes parallel to top outer liner, sweeping upwards.
- Medium shadow over entire lid.
- Contour the crease with darker shadow in the same upward style using eyeliner direction as the guide.
- Be careful the liner and eyeshadow crease do not meet at outer edge of your eye, keep the illusion of this upward and opened up lift.
- Highlight eyebrow arch.
- Curl lashes with lots of mascara and heated lash curler.
Mature or Crepey Eyes
Apply base coat or primer- Light color on lid.
- Contour crease with cream-based shadow, it is easier to blend on mature skin.
- Apply liner along top lashline, becoming thicker and extending up at outer corners.
- Use a soft fluffy blending brush to blend shadows into skin for an easier application.
- Mascara on top lashes. Mascara on top only gives the illusion to open up eyes.
- Mascara and liner on bottom lash line can make eyes appear down, sad or tired.
Vanishing Eyelid
Apply base coat or primer- Light color over lid, lashline to brow.
- Concentrate darker natural shades just above the crease, use blending brush for softer finish.
- Liner should be a very fine line, for definition of the eyeshape only, not too thick as a thick line will close up the eye.
- Highlight under brow bone.
- Apply mascara and curl lashes to give lift.
- Youthful look to the eyes.
Asian Eyes
Apply base coat or primer- Emphasise lashline both top and bottom.
- Creating a triangle effect giving more depth at outer corners. Tapering towards inner rim.
- Deeper colors on outer corner graduating to the lighter shades on lid.
- How high up or how far in you go depends on the amount of exposed eyelid you have.
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