

Apply your darkest shade in your crease, then smudge that same shadow along your lower lash line Start with a light brown eyeshadow base from the L’Oréal Paris Colour Riche La Palette Nude, then apply a slighter darker transition shade.

Most eye makeup looks will look great on almond eyes, including a classic smokey eye. Go back to the deep shade and gently add the color to your lower lash line. Tap on the bright shade to the centers of your lids, then blend again to make sure the two shades have a natural transition. Apply a neutral color eyeshadow to your eyelids as a base, then grab the L’Oréal Paris Colour Riche Pocket Palette Eye Shadow and pat on the deepest of the palette’s four hues blending it out. Round eyes often have a lot of eyelid real estate to work with, meaning you have the space to create intricate eyeshadow looks like a halo eye. Top with the L’Oréal Paris Bambi Eye Oversized Eye Washable Mascara Instant Volume to stretch your lashes and complement your eye look. Extend the shadow outward and upwards in a triangle shape to make your eye space look bigger. Grab the L’Oréal Paris Colour Riche Monos Eyeshadow, and to apply the shadow on both your eyelid and lower lash line. To define monolid eyes, you’ll want to apply your eyeshadow in an elongated shape to enhance the shape of your eye. While we believe that every eye shape can wear any eye look, there are some eye looks that are more complementary for certain types. With round eyes you can see the whites around the top and bottom of your iris. Then, take a look at your irises and the whites of your eyes. If the corners go above the line, you have upturned eyes, and if the corners fall below the line, you have downturned eyes.ģ. Look at the corners of your eye and see where they fall. Pretend to draw a straight line across your eyes, or you can grab a credit card or ruler to visually “mark” the line. If your crease is hidden, you likely have hooded eyes.Ģ. If you see little to no crease, you likely have a monolid.

Assess how much of your eyelid and crease you can see. When determining your eye shape, start by looking at yourself in the mirror, making sure you have no makeup on and nothing is obscuring your eyes.

#TYPES OF EYE SHAPES SKIN#
While hooded eyes regularly occur as you get older and your skin begins to lose its elasticity, it’s also common to be born with hooded eyes. Your eye shape is hooded if you have a crease, but it isn’t visible because it’s hidden beneath a flap of skin. If your outer corners turn upwards above the line, then you have upturned eyes. Use the same approach as you did when checking for downturned eyes to test it out. If you have upturned eyes, the outer corners of your eyes flick upwards. If your outer corners turn down beneath the line, your eyes are in fact downturned. If you can’t quite tell, imagine drawing a straight line across your eye.
#TYPES OF EYE SHAPES HOW TO#
Here’s how to judge your eye shape to do the correct eye makeup.Your eye shape is downturned if the outer corners of your eyes turn downwards. Hence, it’s mostly about doing makeup in a way that gives an illusion of your eye shape being almond. So that is the standard we’re trying to achieve with a flatteringeye makeup. That is not to say that a particular eye shape is better than the other but just that it is considered ideal. Now universally the almond is considered as the ideal eye shape. Before we go ahead it is also important to know the thumb rule. So ensure you look at all the parameters. Now another thing to remember is that you don’t just have one parameter to judge with eye shapes, you could have a combination of two or more. It’s very easy to judge your eye shape, all you need to know is how to do so. If you know what would suit your eye shape, you are more likely to create some stunning looks. If you know your eye shape and know what kind of makeup would work for it, half the work is done there itself. The important one is knowing your eye shape. To be able to do good and flattering-looking eye makeup you need to be clear with the basics. We all love some good eye makeup, don’t we? However, it’s not something that is easy to achieve.
