Make Your Eyes Look Bigger with Makeup

Options for building an eye design are almost too numerous to list. The basic concept is to shade the eye to accent its shape or to change its shape by using a progression of light to dark colors across the eye and make them look bigger .

Make Your Eyes Look Bigger With Eyeliner:

Blending one over the other so that you can’t see where one stops and another starts. Here you can follow, step by step, how to use one eyeshadow or several different eyeshadows to create a well-blended, classic eye-makeup design. Even for the most formal eye-makeup design, four different colors should be plenty. Whether you use one, two, three, or four different eyeshadows, they become a full design when worn with eyeliner, temple contour, and mascara.  One-color design: This design blends one soft, subtle color all over the eye area, from the lashes to just under the eyebrow, with no patches of skin showing through. You should not wear only a splash of color over the eyelid and it will make your eyes look bigger, ignore the rest of the eye area. Makeup Tips.

Make your eyes look bigger with makeup:

Application: 

When applying a single color, first place it from the lashes to the crease using a brush such as Paula's Select Large Round Shadow Brush or Shadow Softening Brush. Make sure that you do not extend the color into the inside corner of the eye (of the lid area) or out beyond the lid onto the temple. Also, be certain there are no patches of skin showing through on the lid next to the eyelashes. The entire lid at this point is one solid color.  Next, place the color from the crease up to the brow, following the entire length of the eyebrow from the nose out to the temple area. Avoid leaving a hard edge at the back (outside) corner of the eye where the eyeshadow stops. If desired, use a brush such as Paula's Select Soft Blending Brush. This will create subtlety and a soft highlight under the eyebrow. Because the eyeshadow for the one-color eye-makeup design is so soft and subtle, blending and application are quite easy.

The best colors for this design include light tan, neutral taupe, beige, pale mauve brown, pale gray, light golden brown, camel, and light auburn. Whatever the color, it should definitely not be obvious.  Two-color design: This is the most common, practical eye design. Approach this design by applying the lighter color to the eyelid and the deeper color from the crease up to the brow, or you can apply the deeper color to the lid and the lighter color from the crease to the brow. Generally speaking, the under-eyebrow color should be a shade or two darker than the lid color. You do not want it to be a distinctly different color, just a different shade.

The lid can be taupe, beige, tan, camel, gray, light auburn, golden brown, or any light neutral shade, and the under-eyebrow color should be a deeper shade of the same color. Women with darker skin tones can wear muted rose, mauve, or peach as long as it doesn’t make their eyes look irritated or isn’t too obvious. Bright, noticeably shiny, or whitish shadows can look dated and make the brow bone look more prominent and heavy.  Which color and what shades go where? The general rule is that the larger or more prominent the eyelid area is compared with the under-brow area, the darker or deeper the eyelid color can be; the smaller the eyelid area is compared with the under-brow area, the brighter or lighter the eyelid color can be.

• Do not apply lipstick or blush over the eye area; it might sound like a time-saver, but if you have a lighter skin tone, it can make you look like you’ve been up all night crying. However, most bronzing powders can work as eyeshadows.
•  Do not match your eyeshadow to your clothing or your eye color. If you have blue eyes, blue eyeshadow makes the blue of your eyes look duller.
• And complementing your clothing is at best dated; besides, what if you’re wearing red or black? Avoid eye glosses and other greasy products at all costs. These may look intriguing in photographs, but are more annoying than alluring in real life because they stick, smear, and smudge all over the place in a very short period of time.  

Eyelining Ideas:

Line the upper lash line with a dark shade of matte powder eyeshadow (wet or dry) applied with an eyeliner brush (such as Paula’s Select Eyeliner Brush or Precision Liner Brush). If you prefer to use a pencil, consider Paula’s Select Ultra-Thin Eye & Brow Pencil for precise results. Use a lighter shade of powder or pencil to line the lower lash line.