Bigger Eyes with Makeup

For those of us who wear eyeglasses, creating dramatic bigger eyes can be challenging. First off, the best choice in eyeglasses is non-glare lenses and choosing eyeglasses that complement your features, particularly your eyes. You'll also need to learn how to apply eye makeup strategically to achieve bigger eyes. So view this nifty video immediately below for some great tips.

If you have dark shadows in the inner part of the eye next to the nose, use a light concealer and blend, then after you have applied your eyeshadow apply a white or cream-colored powder eyeshadow (or a shade that is close to your skin tone) to this area to set the concealer. By lightening the dark corners you will get the bigger eyes effect and look more refreshed to boot! Also apply this same eyeshadow to the outside of the eyes (as seen in photo) to create extension to your eyes.

For daytime or more natural looking makeup, put a light eyeshadow all over your entire eyelid (lower and upper eyelids). Brush a medium shade of eyeshadow in the crease of your eyelid, (but slightly higher than usual) and with another brush put some brown eyeshadow on the tip and blend it just above the lashline [its softer and more natural looking than liquid liner for daytime wear] then put the brown eyeliner pencil on the bottom line of your eye. Dab highlighter in the inside of your eye [near the concealer, draws attention to your eyes for that bigger eyes effect] and then put on your mascara!

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In order to make it appear as if you have bigger eyes, you'll need to use liners sparingly as too much liner will make your eyes seem smaller.

Only line the outer one-third to one-half of your eyes with liquid eyeliner, eyeshadow liquified with water, or an eyeliner pencil. If you must have eyeliner in the inner half of your eye, then use a lighter color all the way up to a white.

Putting eye makeup too close on the inside of your eye, can make your eyes look closer together. I recommend using a very light color of shadow to pop in that area for bigger eyes.

But if you have wide-set eyes, here's a few tips. Do put eyeliner on the outer one-third and inner one-third of the eyes. What I do is use a kohl eye pencil on the inner and outer one-third of the eyes and draw a fairly thin line, then I apply a darker eyeshadow (with a small brush) over the pencil line going slightly beyond the pencil line for a smokey look. Plus the shadow sets the pencil line so it does not smudge off easily.

If you're like most women you want your eyes to look bigger. Bigger eyes look youthful, alert and animated!

Make Bigger Eyes with the right Eye Shadow. Adding light colored eye shadow to your eye lids will make your eyes appear bigger. For subtle light and sparkle choose a cream eye shadow. Select an eyeshadow color that suits your skin tone, and one that doesn't contrast too sharply. Younger women can get away with the more extreme colors, but not if you're older. Older women should choose matte finish eye shadows, not the sparkles. Sparkley eyeshadows tend to accentuate eyelid wrinkles.

Stroke lighter eyeshadow on your eyelids and a darker eyeshadow across the crease above your eyelids, blending well. Extend eyeshadow in the crease outwards at the sides of your eyes blending beyond your eyes slightly. Make your eyes pop with light luminescent eyeshadow near the inner eye (see video below for an example). You can also make your eyes stand out by lining the lower rim of your eyelids (above the lash line) with white eyeliner (demonstrated in video immediately below).

Don't line the inner edge of the lower eyelashes; it will make your eyes look smaller.

For an instant eye lift and brow lift add off-white, cream or a very light shade of eyeshadow to the arch just below the eyebrows.

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