Classic eye makeup
How to apply classic eye makeup
For classic eye makeup you will need:
- Two or three tones of eyeshadow but three tones are better.
Light shade - to open and brighten your eyes.
Medium shade - to give depth to eyes.
Dark shade - will give shape to the eyes.
- Eyeliner
- Mascara
- Eyebrow pencil
How to apply classic eye makeup step-by-step
Follow the steps below for a beautiful classic eye makeup:
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1. Apply light eyeshadow from lash to brow to open your eyes. Use neutral colors.
2. Apply medium color to your eyelid crease and blend up to the brow bone. This shade should be close to your natural skin color. This will give slight depth to eyes.
3. Apply dark eyeshadow of the same color in the outer corners of your eyes to shape your eyes.
4. Optionally apply dark shade along upper and lower lash lines or line upper lids with eyeliner.
5. To brighten your eyes, you could apply a bit of shimmery shadow in the inner corners of your eyes.
6. Apply mascara on upper lashes with emphasis on outer corners.
7. Fill in your brows with eyebrow pencil
Cassic eye makeup tips for different eye shapes
Follow the steps below for a beautiful classic eye makeup application that works for different eye shapes:
Classic eye makeup for close-set eyes
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1. Apply light eyeshadow from the inner corner of your eye to the middle of your eyelid (from lashes to browbone) to widen the space between the eyes. Keep small highlight color in the inner corner of the eye.
2. Extend the darker eyeshadow to the outer corner of your eye from lashline to browbone.
3. Use the most intense color of eyeshadow in the outer corner.
4. Use eyeliner to draw a very thin line along the upper eyelashes. To bring the attention to the outer edge of the eye thus making your eyes appear further apart, apply eyeliner so that it becomes thicker near the outer corner of your eyes (both top and bottom). You should draw the line as close to the lashes as possible.
5. Use mascara in the outer corners of the eyes.
6. Widen the space between the brows by plucking. Extend the brows with a brow pencil line at the ends.
Classic eye makeup for wide-set eyes
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1. Reduce the space between the eyes by applying dark eyeshadow in the inner corner.
2. Apply the lighter eyeshadow to the outer two-thirds of the lid from lashline to browbone.
3. Use eyeliner to draw a very thin line from inner to outer corners on both upper and lower lids.
4. Pencil eyebrows a little closer to the nose. Don't extend eyebrows out at the ends
Classic makeup for prominent eyes
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Prominent eyes which set far forward in the face tend to dominate the facial features.
With special makeup prominent eyes can be made less obvious:
1. Apply dark eyeshadow over the entire lid and extend eyeshadow into entire eye crease
2. Use a highlighter under the brow to lighten and lift.
3. Use the eyeliner to minimize the lid
4. Apply plenty of mascara to emphasize top lashes.
Classic eye makeup for almond eyes
1. Apply light eyeshadow on the lid from lash to brow. Use neutral eyeshadow.
2. Apply dark eyeshadow of the same color on outer corner of the eyelid.
3. Blend light eyeshade under the brow for highlighting.
4. Use eyeliner on the upper lid to make almond eyes appear large. If you want your almond eyes look more round, stop eyeliner before the outer corner of the eye.
5. Apply mascara on upper lashes with emphasis on outer corners.
Classic eye makeup for small eyes
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1. Apply light shadow on the eyelids. Apply pastel colors.
2. Apply medium-toned shadow in the creases.
3. to give the eye more prominence, apply highlighting shade under the brow
4. Line upper and lower lids with soft-colored eyeliner to enhance small eyes.
5. Apply black mascara on upper lashes.
Classic makeup for deep-set eyes
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1. Apply light or medium eyeshadow from the inner corner of your eye to the outer to bring deep set eyes forward
2. Apply dark color on the eye crease
3. Use eyeliner on upper lids
4. Use mascara on top lashes only.
5. Raise the brows slightly by penciling in a little above the born
Classic eye makeup for round eyes
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To elongate round eyes and make them appear more almond-shaped:
1. Apply medium eyeshadow on the eyelid up to the crease.
2. Extend the shade to the outer eye corner and continue down along the lower lid.
2. Use darker liner to line top and bottom lid. Extend eyeliner out and up beyond the eyelid at the outer corner.
3. Apply mascara for top lashes only, more on outer half.
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