Hoodedeyes have a bit of a bad rep in the beauty world, although they’reextremely common, even in celebrities. Due to the excess skin foldingdown from the brown bone, your crease is drastically obscured,creating a drowsy or narrow look. To keep your eyes wide awake andshining bright, try these easy makeup hacks.
1.Invest in a high quality eye primer. Without it, eye makeup smearsand smudges, which looks even more dramatic on hooded eyes. Keepmakeup in place with the perfect primer.
2.Shiny shadows can draw attention to the upper brow bone, so if you’relooking to reduce this area, opt for matte shades instead. Whileshimmery shadows reflect light and make things look bigger, mattedraws attention away from the hood.
3.To make hooded eyes look more lifted, place a folded handkerchief onthe outer corner of your nose to your brow, applying shadow from thecenter of your eye out towards the handkerchief in a straight line.
4.Don’t apply makeup with your eyes closed, as it can make findingthe natural crease harder. Instead, apply with eyes open. It’s apopular straight line technique.
5.Here’s a cat eye hack – first, line your eyes, then flick withyour eye open, starting at the fold and gently pulling outward andupward. Hold and elongate the wing past the fold, doing a final tracewith liquid liner.
6.If you’re lining your upper lid, try to only use a fine-point pen.When liner isn’t applied thin enough and has a long wind, it canmake your eyes look even smaller. Keep the lining light for bigbright eyes!
7.Style your brows – they’ll be in the spotlight due to the socketshape of hooded eyes, so style them with a light color beneath andlight brushstrokes to enhance sparse brows.
8.Contour your cheeks. This hack can lengthen your eyes. To do so,apply a highlighter on the cheekbone. Using a darker color to contouris necessary in balancing the cheekbone and increasing the length ofthe eye.
9.Use white eyeliner since it makes your eyes look bigger. To apply,line the bottom of your eyes with the white liner.
