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shapes of eyes and how to enhance
them with make up
There is a
great amount of potential for enhancing what is unique
about your eyes. It helps to identify the specific shape
and setting of your eyes and to use special make up
techniques to bring out their beauty. The skillful
application of eye makeup is an art. It's a way to express
your feeling, your mood and your sense of style.
Wide-apart eyes
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It tends to give your face
an open, youthful appearance. This look can be
intensified by applying the strongest eye makeup
effects near the outer corner of the eye. Keep shadow
uniform and within outer corners. Brush lashes
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To make the eyes appear
closer together,
- Use
more intense eye shadow colours near the inner
corner of the eyes.
- Line
eyes completely – top and bottom – from inner to
outer corners.
- Apply
a medium-toned shadow to lids and creases,
concentrating the colour on the inner corners.
- Use
mascara generously, on both upper and lower lashes.
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Close-set eyes : This eye have a dramatic, sultry
look. It can be enhanced by concentrating colour near
the eye's inner corners. Extend smoky shadow beyond
outer corners to exaggerate them. Brush lashes out. |
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To make the eyes seem
farther apart,
- Apply
the most intense colour near the outer corners of
the eyes.
- Line
top and bottom of eyes in any colour, but begin
drawing a quarter of the way out from the inner
eye.
- Smudge
lines.
- Dust a
highlighter (or light-coloured eyeshadow) just below
the outer corners of lower lashes to call attention
to the outsides of eyes.
- Brush
mascara on to upper and lower lashes.
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Evenly spaced eyes
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These are about an eye's
distance apart. They can be made to look special with
many eye makeup looks.
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Almond eyes : These
are the most common eye shape with their upswept lift
at the outer corner. These eyes calls for creativity.
These eyes can be made to look deeper and more
intense. |
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Small eyes :
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They are proportionately
smaller in comparison to the rest of the facial
features. To enhance small eyes line upper and lower
(never inside). Use pale, shimmery, eye shadow. Curl
lashes. |
To enlarge small eyes
- Apply
a medium-toned shadow (such as soft grey or blue) to
the crease.
- Use a
soft-coloured liner (try taupe) on the top and
bottom lash lines, extending the top line across the
entire lash line and the bottom line from just under
the iris to the outer corner.
- Sweep
black mascara on upper lashes.
- Apply
light shadow on the eyelids.
- Apply
more intense shades in the creases.
- Add
lift to the outer corners.
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Prominent eyes :
These eyes which set far forward in the face tend to
dominate the facial features. The eyelids are too
pronounced. Medium to deep shades of shadow on the
lids help to minimize their appearance. Liners applied
to the lash bases from corner to corner gives
prominent eyes a smoldering and mysterious look.
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Hooded eyes :
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These eyes are set so the
natural crease in the eyelid is not readily seen.
Highlighting the brow bone and lining the lash base
gives hooded eyes an alluring shape. |
To enhance hooded eyes
- Apply
a medium to dark shadow on the crease and hooded
area.
- Sweep
a lighter shadow on the brow bone and on the inside
corner of the eye.
- Draw a
very thin line along the top lash line (to keep the
eye looking open) and smudge
with a cotton swab.
- Apply
black mascara to upper lashes.
- Line
upper lash-line only. Gradually soften shadow as you
approach the brow.
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Deep-set eyes :
This seem to recede, need to be brought forward.
The eyelid crease is set back so the area from the
base of lashes to brow bone seems hidden. To enhance
the deep-set eyes line upper and lower lids (never
just upper). Choose light shadows -pale pink, peach or
beige- of eye shadow. More intense shading on the brow
bone also gives the eyes prominence. |
Oriental eyes :
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These eyes have a
distinctive lift at the corner and have very little
lid. The depth of the eyes can increase by deep shades
of eye shadow and the dimension can be increased by
applying eyeliner as close as possible to the lash
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To Enhance Bulging eyes
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- Draw a fairly thick line
all the way across the top lash line with a brown or
black pencil.
- Apply a medium to dark
shadow on the lid and in the crease. (As on the body,
dark colour makes the features recede.)
- Finish with a coat of
black mascara on both upper and lower lashes.
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