Next, make sure you put a highlight color in the inner corner of your eyes. This will make you look wide eyed (and bushy tailed) in no time.
If you are using any kind of dark contour color, it should only be used around the outer corner of the eye. The same applies if you use eye liner or pencil. Only line the eye from the middle and out on both upper and lower eyelids. If you try to line the whole eye, you’ll look like your eyes just moved an inch closer to each other, so forget lines all the way to the inner corner.
Think out and up, and light towards the nose and dark on the outer corner. Also, don’t put dark color in the crease more than half way in.
Finish it off with mascara on both upper and lower lashes. Wait for it to dry, and then put more on only the outer half top lashes. Now take a look in the mirror. Even with subtle day time colors, the difference is huge!

First of all, the eyes need to be lined, top and bottom. If the eyes are deep set and close together, make sure you start the lines from the middle and out to the corners. If you are over 40, don’t use liquid eye liner – it is just too harsh. Use an eye pencil lightly or smudged for daytime, or apply a thin line of powder with a wet angled brush.

Then, use the medium tone on the brow bone edge – not in the crease. The mid tone should be only a shade or two darker than your skin tone. This creates eye definition by receding the bone.

Next, use a highlighting shadow under the brow, on the inner corner of the eye, and on the lid itself. This will bring the eye out. Then top it off with a few coats of black or black brown mascara. Voila! Very nice!

Hint: The mid tone should be matte, and the highlighter can contain some frosting or shine. If you want to use a darker contour color, use it only near the lash line on your top lashes, or possibly under the bottom lashes near the outer corner.

1) If you have hit menopause and you can’t see your lashes clearly, the solution is simple – get a magnifying mirror. It works great for accurate application of mascara. (Just make sure you don’t focus on the lines on your face – they tend to look a bit scary in a magnifying mirror!)

2) Put mascara on the lower lashes first. Why? Because then you avoid smearing on your brow bone from your top lashes being wet. This is especially important if your eyes are deep set.

3) Put a coat of mascara on before and after you apply eye shadow. That way the first coat gets to dry properly before applying a second coat.

4) Comb away clumps

5) Clean up smudges with a clean q-tip

6) Use black, brown or blackish brown for daytime. If you love colored mascara, apply black first, and then coat only the tips with the colored mascara. At night, you can be bolder.

7) Use mascara, no matter what your age is. It really opens the eyes.

If you have a problem with mascara that flakes, try a gel based mascara instead, such as Max Factor’s 2000 Aqualash or Lash Perfection Volume Couture.

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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