Makeup Tips: How to apply eye makeup to big and small eyes



Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2005

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"My eyes are big and bulge out / My eyes are small and deep-set. What can I do?"


We all know the affect that black and white can have on spatial perception. For example, paint a room black and it will seem smaller than the same room painted white. The same theory applies to makeup – you should apply light highlights to emphasize and dark shades to minimize.

If you pay close attention to the makeup of television personalities, particularly newscasters (who use eye contact to engage their audience), you will see this trick employed all the time.

1. Make prominent eyeballs sexier by lining your inner lids with black or brown eye pencil. Line both the top and the bottom.

2. Follow with an application of dark eyeshadows to your lids. Conversely, make small eyes appear bigger like this: 1b. Line inner lids with a nude-colored or white eye pencil. 2b. Follow with light, luminous shades of eyeshadow on your lids. *Be sure to use a soft eye pencil, never a liquid liner when lining your inner lids.

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Top-level comments on this article: (7 total)
» left by laura
from manchester,united kingdom 4 years 113 days ago.
this article was not helpful, sorry. i found it didn't tell me everything. i think to make it better you should add pictures so the reader finds it easier to know how to apply
» left by Becky
from UK 4 years 81 days ago.
Thanks for the great advice i have quite small eyes and often struggled to find the right eye makeup and with the help of your website i have managed to achive the right look with out going to over the top .
» left by honey from singapore 3 years 352 days ago.
i didn't get it..should add picture to find out more easier
» left by Rebecca
from Ireland 3 years 111 days ago.
hey i have big eyes and luv them but i need help to make them stand out.. ne ideas?
» left by leah
from derbyshire 3 years 61 days ago.
i have got big eyes, with small eye lasses. eny ideas to make them look smaller ?
» left by niti from india 3 years 45 days ago.
No this article was not of help as its quite vague niti from india
» left by Claire from Sydney 2 years 135 days ago.
Its vague but not completely useless. Use light colours on smaller eyes and darker shades for bigger eyes. Duh.
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