But I strangely like how it shows different eye looks to play around with - without surgery.' Nowadays, however, it seems that for every makeup trend, like over-lining your lips and contouring your nose, there's a surgical procedure available to make it more permanent. 'As an Asian woman with hooded eyes, trends like this usually make me feel self-conscious because I wish we could see more diverse eye shapes represented. For Shauna, the opportunity to experiment with eye makeup is a fun one. 'I thought it was mesmerising that you could so dramatically change the look of your eyes by doing little things, like placing false eyelashes strategically or making your eyeliner longer and darker.' Of course, using makeup to enhance (or even hide) certain features is nothing new. Gold and bronze will also enhance green eyes.Lily remembers first seeing TikTok's eye-shape trend when one of her favourite beauty influencers posted a video of a 'siren' eye look on half of her face and a 'doe' eye look on the other. Neutral tones can also be used, warm or cool, depending on the complexion.Ī burgundy or purple shade is recommended to brighten green eyes. To complement the colour, use warm shades of brown and bronze if you are working with a warm complexion, or grey, dark, silver, if a cool complexion.īlue eyes will be intensified using complementary colours like bronze, brown, gold and orange.

To intensify the colour, blue, purple, and green eyeshadow can be used. This is only indicative and your creativity and feeling regarding your client will be the key decision when choosing the colours for your eye makeup.īrown eyes suit a wide range of colours. Using complementary colours for the eyes: e.g.If the complexion is warm, choose warm tones: bronze, gold, peach, red, orange, yellow… According to the complexion: If the complexion is cool, keep cool tones for the eyes too: green, blue, cool brown, grey, silver.While we may have similar Asian eyes (think mono. These two factors will have to be taken into consideration when choosing your eyeshadows. Just like the ever so wonderful diversity of Malaysian women, our eyes are of all kinds of shapes and sizes. We talked previously about the theory of colours, warm/cool tones and complementary colours. There are two factors to consider when choosing your colours for eye makeup application. Curl the lashes and use mascara on the upper and lower lashes, particularly on the outside corner.Draw a thick liner and extend the line further than the eyelid.Try to create a straight line on the lower eyelid to break the roundness of the eye.Use a light shade on the mobile eyelid and a darker shade on the crease.These eyes are generally big, and the white of the eyes is generally very visible. Apply a lot of mascara, particularly to the middle of the lashes.Use a minimal amount of product on the lower eyelid.Use a lighter shade in the center of the eyes. To create the illusion of a bigger mobile eyelid, darken the inner and outside corners.These eyes can accommodate several looks. These eyes have minimal space on the mobile eyelid but large space up to the brow bone. Apply a dark shade on the lower waterline and smudge a dark shade lightly at the outside corner.Eyeliner should be smudged, avoid winged liner.Use a darker eyeshadow all over the eyelid and fade the colour away when approaching the eye socket.These eyes will suit the ‘smokey eye’ look. The goal is to recess the eyelid for a deeper set look. These eyes seem to protrude out from the facial planes. Shade the bottom eyelid, particularly on the outside corner.Use a lot of mascara on bottom and upper lashes to open the eyes.Use minimal liner in order to not reduce the eyelid.Blend a medium shade to the crease and diffuse upward.Use a light eyeshadow all over the eyelid.The aim is to give the appearance of a larger eye. Curl lashes, particularly on the outside corner.Smudge liner along the lower lashes and blend out.Highlight the inner corner with a light shimmer shade.Draw a thicker liner from the middle of the eyelid.To obtain an eye lift, accentuate the makeup in the outside corner.These eyes droop at the outer corner and appear to look sad the goal is to give the eyes a lift.

Curl lashes and apply mascara to the top and bottom lashes, emphasising the middle.

Highlight the inner corner of the eye with a light shimmer shade.

Use a medium shade on the lower eyelid and darker on the outside corner.

Use a light shade on the eyelid and darker on the outside corner.

These eyes will suit any style of makeup. They appear symmetrical and are often lauded as the perfect eye shape. When doing eye makeup, it helps to identify the eye shape in order to complement or correct it. Most women prefer to accentuate their eye makeup rather than their lips.

Types of eye shapes women