Eye Shapes: Types and Makeup Techniques

Since ancient times, women have tried to emphasize their strengths or hide flaws in various ways, using corsets, blush, whitewash, even caustic substances. Fortunately, in the modern world there is no need to poison oneself and refine oneself in search of various dyes, as the make-up sphere is developing rapidly, revealing new techniques and tools for correcting and emphasizing appearance.

For many eras, women have focused on the eyes, trying to lengthen the eyelashes, drawing arrows using various substances. Eye makeup is the most popular way of modeling and correcting appearance. Nowadays, drawing a marathon has become an art and, like any activity, it has its own techniques and nuances. An improperly made make-up technique can turn advantages into disadvantages or further emphasize flaws. In order to apply the correct eye makeup, it is necessary to take into account the individual nuances of the face.

Basically, makeup is divided into three types, such as:

• morning - Includes a bright palette, discreet elements and as close to natural;
• evening - light is used for exits, represented by brighter catchy tones;
• art makeup - This style is used at the shows and master classes of makeup artists, where unusual solutions are applied.

Before you study the features of the structure of the face, it is worth familiarizing yourself with the basic techniques of make-up.

The name of this technique comes from the English nude, which means “naked” in translation. This technique involves the invisible use of makeup.

In order to get beautiful makeup of this type, you must perform the following steps:

• clean the skin with an alcohol-free tonic to avoid irritation;
• moisturize the face with cream and apply balm on the lips, wait until everything is absorbed into the skin;
• apply a foundation that has a light coating property. You need to use a sponge, previously moistened and squeezed in water;
• a thin layer of corrector is applied under the eyes, which is shaded with the help of the index finger pad;
• a small amount of blush should be applied to the cheeks, shade thoroughly;
• on the eyelids should beige or light brown;
• mascara with this style needs to be used brown, not black;
• lip gloss should be applied to the lips;
• slightly emphasize the eyebrows with a pencil.

This is a fairly common technique for evening make-up. With this technique, the main emphasis is placed on the eyes, where arrows and dark shadows are used, black predominates. Sometimes only one color of shadows is used, but to obtain the effect of relief and volume it is worth making a smooth light transition from the inside of the eyelids to the outside. A smoky effect is obtained by applying with shading shadows both on the eyelids and under the eyes.

The arrows in this technique play a major role. They can be either direct graphic or soft lines with feathering.

Many girls and women face problems with uneven lines or asymmetrical arrows. For their smooth application you need practice or tricks, namely:

• use paper and tape to get straight lines;
• First you need to draw the outline of the arrow, then fill it with color;
• it’s more convenient to make the contour with eyeliner, and cover the inside with eyeliner, which is more resistant.

There are stencils with different shapes of arrows, which you can do with your own hands from improvised means.

This technique includes the other two: smoky eyes and graphic arrows. The arrows visually enlarge and raise the edges of the eyes, due to which a "cat" look is obtained.

There are many options for this type of makeup.

• Eccentric - These are wide arrows or shadows that cover almost the entire eyelid with clear, unshaded lines. This option is more suitable for photo shoots or for courageous girls. Most often, these lines are made with cream shadows.
• Puppet. It means arrows that start at the outer edge of the eyes and reach almost to the eyebrows. The tip of these straight and clear arrows should be pointed and raised. Mascara should be applied more on the edge of the eye.
• Rock'n'roll. Of course, these are double arrows, wide bright arrows from the lower side of the eye and from the upper, reaching the middle of the eyelid. This option is perfect for a catchy party in a given theme. This type is not recommended for owners of small eyes.

This technique of applying makeup, in which the emphasis is shaded, should be done on a crease. This is a good option for owners of heavy eyelids, because visually removes folds.

The principle of this technique is shading with shading on the upper part of the eyelid and clear lines on the lower part. To get this effect, you need to perform the following simple steps:

• preparation of the upper eyelid with beige shades of shadows with strong shading;
• with a darker shade, you need to emphasize the crease line and the area a little higher, slightly shade;
• the darkest shade to emphasize the fold;
• with a brush to give the applied shadows the effect of raising on the outer corners of the eyes;
• on the moving part of the century it is worth applying a tonal basis;
• apply the lightest shade to part of the eyelid under the brow and the inner corner of the eye;
• apply a light beige tint to the moving eyelid.

This technique makes the eyes oblong, which in shape may resemble a banana, hence the name. To obtain this effect, three types of shadows are used, such as:

• light coloured;
• dark - focuses on the outer corners of the eyes and separates the moving part of the eyelid from the motionless;
• intermediate - used to separate the first and second.

A feature of this technique is the outline of the eye outline, which does not extend beyond the outer corner, but forms a loop (up) with feathering, which makes the look more expressive. This technique works well with any shape of the eye and is universal.

It is much more popular than banana and loop, as it looks more natural. It involves the use of several shades of shadow - from light to dark. Emphasizing the outer corner of the eye and the fold line of the eyelid with dark tones, the transition with a slightly lighter shade of shadows and a lighter shade at the inner end of the eye to the middle are characteristic of this style.

To choose the right technique for applying cosmetics, you first need to understand what kind of eyes exist. Three parameters must be considered, such as:

• the form;
• depth;
• distance between them.

The following eye types are distinguished:

• almond-shaped - this is an oval shape resembling the shape of an almond, is considered the most common;
• little;
• round - the main task of women with round eyes is the desire to visually lengthen them;
• narrow or Asian - the main task is the visual expansion of the eye;
• heavy eyelid;
• wide-set - makeup techniques help visually bring them closer;
• closely set - make-up should extend the distance with raised or lowered corners;
• convex;
• sunken.

In order to find out what type of eyes a person has, you need to understand the principles and determine the incision, shape and position. All that is needed is a mirror. First you need to determine the shape.

• First of all, it is worth determining the presence of heavy eyelids, this means the presence of folds on the eyelids. It is worth relaxing your face, if the fold is visible, then you are the owner of this type.
• It is necessary to portray surprise on the face. If the fold of the eyelid is hidden under the eyebrow or under the eyelid, then the shape is called "with a hood."
• In order to determine the type: elevated, lowered or normal, visually you need to draw a straight horizontal line in the center of the eye socket. If it is difficult to imagine, then you can attach a thin pencil or ruler. If the outer tip is raised, it is a raised shape. If the inner corner is omitted, this is the omitted form.

Now you can move on to position determination.

• It is worth paying attention to the distance between the eyes. They can be wide or close to each other. If the distance between them is greater than the length of one eye, then they are wide and vice versa.
• Next is to determine the depth. Convex eyes protrude along with eyeballs. With sunken eyes, there is a feeling that they are pressed into the eyeballs.
• And the last step is to look at the whole face and determine the proportionality of the eyes, mouth and nose. If the eyes are less than the distance from the mouth to the tip of the nose, this is a small type and vice versa.

Having sorted out the type of eyes, you can proceed to the selection of suitable makeup techniques. You need to learn how to build the shape of the arrows and understand the sequence of applying shadows. It is worth step by step to consider makeup techniques, depending on the features of the face.

• Almond shaped. Tasks for owners of this type are the emphasis on bends and the effect of openness. The relief makeup technique, which is presented with the transition from light to dark, is well suited for this. To open your eyes, you can apply the lightest shade of shadows on the inner corner of the eye and on the area under the eyebrow.

• The drooping eyelid. To remove the sensations of a difficult age, it is enough to use the shades of beige or neutral shadows after the base layer. A darker shade of shadows should be applied to the area just above the fold and darken the corners of the eyes with a dark shade of shadows. The arrows on this type of eye are applied of medium thickness and extend beyond the edge of the eye. They have a feature: a certain burr should lie on the fold of the eyelid at the tip of the eye, so the arrow will visually raise and remove the overhang effect.

• Small ones. For this type, the use of dark shadows, pencils, eyeliners is contraindicated. Colors should be gray, beige, brown, as any dark color will make the eye even smaller. The arrows can be bifurcated, and the lines should be thin. It is better to start the arrows from the middle of the eye.

• Round. Round eyes need narrow lines that extend beyond the borders of the outer corner. You should start from the central part of the eye, the inner part of the lower eyelid can also be outlined with dark eyeliner.

• Narrow. For visual expansion, it is worth resorting to a white eyeliner on the lower eyelid from the inside. And also it is not recommended to take the arrows out of the outer corner, the arrows are best done in medium thickness and only in the middle of the eyes.

• Widely set. This type of eye can be easily dealt with: just extend the line of arrows to the inner corners and connect them to the lower eyelid.

• Close set. For this type, the opposite applies: the arrows should be at the outer corners and not reach the inner ones.

• Elevated angles. A thin line of arrows is created from the middle of the lower eyelid, and the upper eyelid is completely failed, while the arrows do not go beyond the boundaries of the outer corner. This option allows you to visually balance the location of the eyes.

• Omitted corners. For this type, classic arrows with a sharp tail extending beyond the outer corner are perfect.

• Convex. The emphasis on the eyes should be light, barely noticeable. Light shades of shadows and arrows that slightly extend beyond the outer corners will do.

• Sunken. The emphasis with this type is on dimming the upper eyelid in a relief way or using the "loop" technique. And also it is worth not to overdo it with emphasis on eyebrows, it is better not to paint over them strongly.

These tips do not exclude attempts to use other types of techniques, to change and combine the above schemes.

Consider some interesting options for applying makeup on the eyes.

• Often women resort to building using false eyelashes. This method is reasonably suitable for owners of any shape and type of eye.

• The smoky eyes technique was used in this photo, the shape of the girl’s eyes is the lowered corners.

• The cat eye technique emphasizes the eye very nicely.

• An example of nude makeup using beige and brown eyeshadows.

• The photos below show eye-catching art makeup for professional photography.

• The cut crease technique, with a catchy emphasis on the crease of the upper eyelids, gracefully emphasizes the eyes and makes the look expressive.

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