"I find that matte products tend to stay the best on hooded eyes since product tends to move around more, but a nice cream product is really easy to blend out on the go if it starts to crease." advises Monika. The texture of your product matters here too. Choose matt cream products for staying power.I like doing it in soft brown tones - it feels less dramatic that way but still gives you a beautiful shape." You have to take the wing beyond the crease so it can feel intimidating at first, but it looks so beautiful and pulls the whole face up and out. "I really love a beautiful pulled cat eye on hooded eyes. This will push the area back and encourage focus on the center of the eye."įor something more dramatic, try 'pulling' the eye makeup upwards and outwards for a feline look, advises Monika. "For my clients with a hooded eye, I always recommend using a wash of a matte-toned deep nude on the outer bridge at the most prominent part of the lid. "With hooded eyes, placement of the eye makeup is integral," says NARS Lead Artist, Rachel Hardie. Wash matt nude eyeshadow on the outer bridge.Two questions that come up time and time again when talking about makeup for hooded eyes are how can I apply eyeshadow so that it is visible and how can I make it stay put?
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From how to apply eyeliner in smooth wings to selecting the perfect eyeshadow shade and clever tips for a wide-awake look, here's what you need to know to make those beautiful peepers pop.Ī post shared by Adriana Lima photo posted by on We've consulted the experts to uncover every trick in the book to get makeup for hooded eyes right. It's all about gaining a bit of expert knowledge and making clever product choices to enhance what nature gave you, rather than fighting against it. "Applying makeup on hooded eyes is not so much a challenge, as it is just a different way of achieving your goal," says celebrity Makeup artist and founder of Monika Blunder Beauty, Monika Blunder." With hooded eyes, you want to create something that works with your eyes open and your eyes closed." Really, the trick with makeup for hooded eyes is the same as with any makeup, from choosing the best foundation to learning how to contour.
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Meanwhile, those with other eye shapes have to rush to catch up with the process of priming and setting later in life as the skin on their eyes naturally loosens. If you've always had hooded eyes naturally, you're probably already highly skilled in the art of how to apply eyeshadow so it stays in place. Case in point: Hollywood icon Lauren Bacall and her famously sultry 'look'. It may take a little experimenting to find the right shades for you.If you want an easy makeup look for a party, no eye shape looks more striking with a smoky cat eye or sooty liner. Likewise, while a dark purple in the eye crease of a woman with dark or tan skin may look exotic, it could make a fair-skinned woman look like she has a black eye! Note: Dark brown eye shadow is an OK choice but it won't make light brown eyes pop the way colors do, and could even make eyes look a bit sunken. A muted pastel may look great on a light-skinned gal, but could go unnoticed on someone with darker skin. Your skin tone plays a huge role in how an eye shadow looks on your eyes. Not every color or hue will look good on everyone with light brown eyes. And if your brown eyes have gold flecks - true for many light brown eyes - look for eye shadows with some degree of gold shimmer for extra sparkle. If you're feeling bold, choose a nearby green on the wheel.įor the lids, go with a more neutral color, but remember that beige isn't the only neutral some shades of champagne, pink, peach and even orange can act as neutrals. You could also try purples and pinks and aqua and teal as accent colors for light brown eyes. For brown eyes, Carmindy suggests navies and sapphires as your darker accent color in the crease, and possibly smudging a fine line of that same color over the brown or black liner on upper lashes with a little under the liner at the outer edge of lower lashes as well. When it comes to hue selection, "think opposites attract," says Carmindy, makeup artist on TLC's "What Not to Wear." Find your eye color on a color wheel, then peruse the opposite side of the wheel for shadow shade possibilities.