Eye Makeup Tips
By mati. Filed in Makeup Tips |Tags: Makeup Tips
There are many different types of people, all with different coloring and styles. Examples of different styles: casual, romantic, classic, dramatic and sensual. No matter what your personal style is, all of these types look better if they use at least some kind of makeup to enhance their best features. And, notice that I say “enhance,” not “cover up.” I believe that we should always allow our natural beauty to shine through the makeup we put on, unless of course, the skin is damaged or deformed and in need of camoflage makeup, but that is a different story.
To find out what your best features are, take a look in the mirror, and don’t focus on every little line, sag, bag or blemish, because that will just depress you and make you feel negative about yourself. Instead, focus on what your very best feature is. Do you have beautiful eyes? The eyes are the windows to the person’s soul, so the eyes should always be somewhat emphasized in my opinion.
Other features could be high cheekbones, beautiful skin texture, or nicely shaped lips. When you decide what your best feature is, put most of your makeup emphasis there.
One thing that everybody needs to do, no matter what their style is, is to mark the eyebrows. A face with almost invisible eyebrows, is like a picture without a frame. This is especially important for blondes to do, and for anyone with white or graying hair.
Try to avoid pencils because they tend to look a bit harsh, unless of course, you have very few eyebrow hairs left. If so, use the pencil to draw in a few extra hairs here and there. Short, little strokes is the secret – just don’t draw one continous line! It will always look fake and obvious, especially if you use one of those reddish brown pencils! Be careful with those!!!
The most natural way to darken the eyebrows is with an eyebrow powder that is in a neutral tone a couple of shades darker than your hair color. If you have a problem getting it to stay on, put a little bit of hairspray on an eyebrow brush, and brush the eyebrow with sticky hairspray before adding the powder. This method works great if you have a lot of white eyebrow hairs.
I always enjoy doing one eyebrow and then looking in the mirror to see the difference. It basically looks like you’ve had a facelift! It literallly “lifts” your whole eye area. Then, do the other eyebrow.
Once the eyebrows are done, the eyes need to be lined. First, line the top lid with a soft liner pencil. For daytime look, the line should be softened a bit with a q-tip. To set the pencil, you may want to add some brow powder with a thin liner brush.
If you like to put a line under the eye, too, avoid doing the inner rim, unless you have really big, prominent eyes. Coloring the inner rim tends to close up the eye. The nicest way to line under the eye, is to line only the outer half, and make sure you soften and smudge the line for a light daytime look.
Then put a tiny dab of highlighter under the eyebrow and on the inner corner of the eyes, for a fresh, wide-eyed look.
Now it is time for mascara. Mascara is the one thing you should always wear. It only takes a couple of minutes to apply, but oh, what a difference it makes. Mascara opens your eyes!
If your eyelashes need curling, do this first. Then use a mascara that fits your style. Are you dramatic or sensual? Then pick a mascara with volume. Are your eyelashes short? Then pick a lengthening mascara. Are you a casual type? Then pick a natural looking mascara, like Maybelline’s Full’n Soft.
To apply, start with the lower lashes. Make sure you don’t put too much on the bottom – nobody likes the “spiderleg” look. Then, apply mascara to the top lashes. Wiggle the brush side to side, to coat the lashes properly. Let the first coat dry, and then apply again.
If mascara is your only makeup for the day, you might be able to get away with using pure black, but if your coloring is very light, black/brown or brown might look softer. Put on as much mascara as you dare, and you are good to go.
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