lara
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Great request, VeganChick! I wear narrow black-framed glasses myself (see my avatar) and getting maximum impact from your make-up can be a bit tricky. This is just what I've found through trial and error on myself and clients. Generally the whole trick is to do your make-up as you would normally, but accentuate some things a little bit more.
- If you have nice eyebrows, take extra care to fill them neatly and play up the browbone highlight a little more. This gives the illusion of more light and space between the rim of your glasses and your eyebrow, opening and illuminating the eye. When you get your glasses, find a good eyebrow shaper and ask for your brows to be designed with that particular style of frame in mind - it'll make a world of difference.
- If you eyeshadow seems to fade and look a bit blah through the glasses, experiment with different eyeshadow finishes and intensity of colour. It's not about suddenly ramping all the colour up to the max, but give more emphasis to the crease or try adding a shot of a frost colour in the centre of the lid - anything that either deepens or brightens part of the eye.
- Pump up your top lashline. Curl those babies like thay've never been curled before to let more light onto the iris, with the added benefit that this will probably stop your lashes rubbing against your glasses and leaving mascara smudgies. Tightline between the top lashes to hide as much skin as possible and if you're into liquid liner, give it a little kick extension to widen your eyes. Word of warning, though - khol, dark shadow or mascara on the bottom lashline i really dicey, because when it sinks and becomes panda-like, it becomes really visible through the lenses. Not a good look. :/
ETA: to make small eyes appear bigger, try putting a little bit of pale shadow or something like Gilded powerpoint in the little outer crease that forms where the upper and lower lids meet - it's usually dark pink or red on most people. I make my eyes look bigger by colour correcting that crease, then applying a little shot of pale colour underneath the little kick on my liquid liner. Given that your eyes are sensitive, the standard tricks of applying cream eyeliner to the lower waterline or getting your lashs tinted don't apply.
Black frames are actually really good for showing off eye make-up - once the make-up is done and you put the glasses on, the black really accentuates the orbital area and draws attention up the face to the eye itself. I find that black frames are also good when I'm having a bad skin day - the starkness of the black drags attention away from any uneven areas or stand-out freckles.
Anyone else have any good tips? I'm always learning and seeking new tricks myself.
| Originally Posted by VeganChick I wear glasses (and have really sensitive eyes and tear duct issues, so contacts are out of the question), so most everyday eye makeup gets hidden by my glasses. I wear normal rimmed glasses right now, but I'll be getting thicker plastic frames soon, probably black. So tutorials (and tips/ideas for looks) would be great! I hate to waste time doing pretty eye makeup only for it not to be noticed! 
[ETA: Also, anything that makes tiny eyes look bigger from behind nearsighted lenses would be awesome!] |
Great request, VeganChick! I wear narrow black-framed glasses myself (see my avatar) and getting maximum impact from your make-up can be a bit tricky. This is just what I've found through trial and error on myself and clients. Generally the whole trick is to do your make-up as you would normally, but accentuate some things a little bit more.
- If you have nice eyebrows, take extra care to fill them neatly and play up the browbone highlight a little more. This gives the illusion of more light and space between the rim of your glasses and your eyebrow, opening and illuminating the eye. When you get your glasses, find a good eyebrow shaper and ask for your brows to be designed with that particular style of frame in mind - it'll make a world of difference.
- If you eyeshadow seems to fade and look a bit blah through the glasses, experiment with different eyeshadow finishes and intensity of colour. It's not about suddenly ramping all the colour up to the max, but give more emphasis to the crease or try adding a shot of a frost colour in the centre of the lid - anything that either deepens or brightens part of the eye.
- Pump up your top lashline. Curl those babies like thay've never been curled before to let more light onto the iris, with the added benefit that this will probably stop your lashes rubbing against your glasses and leaving mascara smudgies. Tightline between the top lashes to hide as much skin as possible and if you're into liquid liner, give it a little kick extension to widen your eyes. Word of warning, though - khol, dark shadow or mascara on the bottom lashline i really dicey, because when it sinks and becomes panda-like, it becomes really visible through the lenses. Not a good look. :/
ETA: to make small eyes appear bigger, try putting a little bit of pale shadow or something like Gilded powerpoint in the little outer crease that forms where the upper and lower lids meet - it's usually dark pink or red on most people. I make my eyes look bigger by colour correcting that crease, then applying a little shot of pale colour underneath the little kick on my liquid liner. Given that your eyes are sensitive, the standard tricks of applying cream eyeliner to the lower waterline or getting your lashs tinted don't apply.
Black frames are actually really good for showing off eye make-up - once the make-up is done and you put the glasses on, the black really accentuates the orbital area and draws attention up the face to the eye itself. I find that black frames are also good when I'm having a bad skin day - the starkness of the black drags attention away from any uneven areas or stand-out freckles.
Anyone else have any good tips? I'm always learning and seeking new tricks myself.
