Correcting Eye-shapes using eye-shadow color’s.
Light color will be two shades lighter than your skin down to white.
Medium colors are not too dark, not too light, mid-toned on your skin.
Dark colors will be from two shades darker than your skin up to black.
Apply base coat or primer
1. Shade or highlight lid.
2. Darker shade in socket line.
3. Define rim with eyeliner.
4. The almond eye is the most desired shape.
5. This eye can wear any eye design
Deep Set Eyes
Apply base coat or primer
1. Light color on lid to bring out eyelid.
2. Create a false socket just above your
natural socket line.
3. Medium to darker tone in socket.
4. Make it higher than natural socket to
expose the lid not close it up.
5. Use thin eyeliner, too thick and it closes up eyelid.
Apply base coat or primer
1. Highlight on lid and under eyebrow arch.
2. Apply med to darker color in crease
3. Concentrate on deeper shade on outer third of eye
4. Blend this in towards middle of eye along crease.
5. Use white pencil on inner rims of eye,
top and bottom to open up.
6. Emphasise outer corner with liner.
7. Groom eyebrows; keep on thinner side,
helps in not closing up eye area.
Hooded eyes
Apply base coat or primer
1. Line Lashes from inner eye extended
out to or just past outer corner.
2. Medium color just above natural crease,
to hide the hood or puffiness of the eye.
3. Use darker pencil on inner rims to set bulge back.
4. Soften pencil rim-liner with dark shadow
close to and along lash-line.
5. Keep close to lashes, as it’s only to
soften hard edge of pencil on rim.
6. Generous coat of mascara on top lashes. Curl lashes.
Close Set eyes
Apply base coat or primer
1. Highlight inner eye
2. Medium color middle of eye
3. Shade outer third of eye
4. Liner outer third top and bottom lashes
5. Mascara outer third of eye
6. This draws the eyes out.
Wide Set eyes
Apply base coat or primer
1. Medium to darker shade on inner
third of eye
2. Blending to medium lighter shade
on outer third of eye
3. Line inner corner of the lash line
top and bottom rim.
4. Mascara top and bottom inner lashes
Droopy Eyelids
Apply base coat or primer
1. Light shadow on inner eyelid.
2. Darker matte shadow on outer third,
where lid appears to droop.
3. Highlight under brow arch.
4. Line inner top rim only to iris,
don’t take past this as will still appear droop.
5. Apply mascara to top lashes
curl outer lashes up and open.
Apply base coat or primer
1. Start with liner along inner rim extend
thru to end of eye up and out flick.
2. Line the bottom lashes parallel to
top outer liner sweeping upwards.
3. Medium shadow over entire lid.
4. Contour the crease with darker shadow,
in same up outward fashion using
eye liner as the guide.
5. Be careful liner and crease do not meet
at outer edge, leave up and open.
6. Highlight brow arch.
7. Curl lashes with lots of mascara.
Mature or crepey eyes
Apply base coat or primer
1. Light color on lid.
2. Contour crease with cream based shadow,
it is easier to blend on mature skin.
3. Apply liner along top lash-line, becoming
thicker and extending up at outer corners.
4. Use a soft fluffy blending brush to blend
shadows into skin for an easier application.
5. Mascara on top lashes. Mascara on top only
gives the illusion of up open eyes.
6. Mascara and liner on bottom lash line can
make eyes appear down, sad or tired.
5. Eyebrow placement should be straight
up from side of nose.
6. If brows are out past this point it can
make eyes appear wider set.
Vanishing Eyelid
Apply base coat or primer
1. Light color over lid, lash line to brow.
2. Concentrate darker natural shades
just above the crease, use blending
brush for softer finish.
3. Liner should be a very fine line,
for definition only, not too thick,
as it will close the eye up.
4. Highlight under brow bone.
5. Apply mascara and curl lashes to give lift.
6. Youthful look to the eyes.
Asian Eyes
Apply base coat or primer
1. Emphasise lash line both top and bottom.
2. Creating a triangle effect giving more
depth at outer corners.
Tapering towards inner rim
3. Deeper colors on outer corner
graduating in to lighter shades, on lid.
4. How high up or how far in, you go depends
on the amount of exposed eye lid you have.
