My friend recently asked me "Holly, how can I make my eyes appear bigger?!" and thinking about it, there are so many little things you can do to make your eyes look bigger and "wider awake". My friend and I both have hooded eyes, where not much of our eyelid shows when we have our eyes open, so I'm going to talk about how to apply eyeshadow to hooded eyes and I'm going to share with you a few tips on how you can easily make your eyes appear bigger. You'll be amazed at how much of a difference these simple steps can make.
The picture below shows my eye completely bare.
As you can see I do have quite hooded eyes, which can be a nuisance when doing eye makeup. First and foremost for my fellow hooded eye pals, the most important thing when applying eyeshadow is to ensure that you are blending UP and OUT. When hooded eyes are open, very little of the eyelid shows, so in order for your eyeshadow to show when you have your eyes open, it needs to be blended up to the crease and out towards to tail of the brow. Don't be afraid to blend too high, chances are you're not. It needs to be blended further than the norm otherwise you won't be able to see it when you open your eyes. Obviously make sure you are BLENDINGGGG, it's so important. If you were to go up that high and not blend the eye shadow it would look awful. Blending is key!!!
2. Using a light shimmery colour all over the lid will make your eyelids appear bigger. However for more mature skin I would recommend a light matte colour, as shimmery colours tend to show up fine lines and don't flatter more mature skin as much as they do younger skin.
3. Use a darker colour on the outer half of the eye. This is where the UP and OUT steps are key! These steps basically mimic what a winged liner would do. However for hooded eyes, winged liner can sometimes be to harsh. Having a thick black line across the lash line can close up the eye lid and make the lid appear smaller, so by just using a darker shadow on the outer half of the eye, we can still wing out but it won't be as harsh.
4. Use a darker colour underneath the lower lashline on the OUTER half. If you blend this colour all the way in to the inner corner you're eyes will be closed off completely making them look smaller. If you keep the darker colour on the outer half and put a light shimmery highlight colour in the inner corner, you are opening up the eye.
5. Shape and sculpt the brows so that you have an arch. This will make the eyes appear bigger and will create the illusion that you have more space on the eyelid. It really helps!
6. Add a brow bone highlight. A shimmery colour will refelct light and make the brow appear even more arched but a matte light colour would work too.
7. If you're not wearing too much eyeshadow, just add a soft warm toned brown in the crease.
This doesn't have to be a harsh cut crease, just a soft wash of colour will make the eyes appear more deep set and will create the illusion of a larger eyelid area. You could use a darker colour to create a cut crease higher than your natural one to make the lid appear bigger, but this can sometimes look unnatural.
8. CURL THOSE LASHES GURL.
Curling the lashes is so important! Just look at how much of a difference it makes! It really opens up the eyes and instantly makes you look more awake. I would say it's really important to invest in a good pair of eyelash curlers. My favourite are the Shu Uemura eyelash curlers, I haven't found a pair that I like more as of yet. At £20 they really are quite pricey, but sooo worth it.
9. Mascara!
Mascara makes a real difference. A lengthening mascara will make your eyes appear a lot bigger. You don't want to add too much mascara as if the lashes get too clumpy it can easily start to close the eye area up and that's not what we're looking to do here. An ideal mascara for this would be Benefit They're Real as it's a really nice wet mascara. For a cheaper alternative, L'Oreal Volume Million Lashes will do the same thing! Feel free not to add mascara on the bottom lashes if you don't like doing that, but it will again make your eyes appear bigger.
10. As seen in the above picture... Nude eyeliner in the waterline! This will do amazing things for your eyes. Be sure to sharpen the eyeliner everytime you use it, there's nothing worse than a blunt nude eyeliner getting all over the roots of your bottom lashes!!! Some people like to apply a white eyeliner in the waterline, but personally I think that looks too harsh and unnatural. It's perfect to use for character makeup when exaggerating eye sizes, but for a natural everyday look I would recommend using a nude rather than a white.
Obviously you don't have to have hooded eyes to use these tips, some of them will make any eye shape appear bigger. But hooded eyes will really benefit from all of these tips!
I really hope that this helped you!!! (FERN) ;)
If you have any other questions be sure to leave them in the comments section. I'd be more than happy to answer them for you.
Speak to you soon!
Love H ♥
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