- 1). Invest in a brow grooming kit. Tweeze the strays under your brow line as well as over the bridge of your nose to avoid the unibrow look. Trim shaggy hairs that grow past the brow line. Use a brow pencil or powder to fill in and define your brows. Choose a color that is slightly lighter than your brows if they are dark, or the same shade as the darkest hairs in your brows if they are light. The brows frame the eyes and the rest of the face; well-maintained eyebrows give the eye area a neater and more open appearance, which is all the more important if you wear eyeglasses as you want to keep your features from looking weighted down.
- 2). Brighten up your eye area by camouflaging any darkness, which is especially magnified under your glasses. Pat a creamy salmon-hued concealer under your eyes and on the inner corners of your eyes where the recession creates shadows. A salmon-colored concealer will wake your eyes up without giving you raccoon eyes the way a too-light flesh tone concealer will. Blend away any demarcation lines in your application before dusting a water-resistant translucent powder over the concealer. This will keep the product on all day even if your glasses are sitting on the bridge of your nose by the inner corners of your eyes.
- 3). Smooth an eye makeup primer on from lash line to browbone to keep your eyeshadow crease-free. When the primer absorbs, apply an eyeshadow base also from lash line to browbone to make your eyeshadow pop.
- 4). Select an eyeshadow that brings the focus to your eye color. Use deep blue if you have brown eyes, deep brown if you have blue eyes, deep green if you have hazel eyes or deep purple if you have green eyes. Look for an eyeshadow that has depth of tone instead of going as dark as you possibly can so that your eye makeup is not overpowering. Stipple the eyeshadow on from lash line to just slightly past the crease with a flat head eyeshadow brush. Do not go past this point to avoid overdoing your eye makeup. Press the color on instead of using sweeping motions for vivid pigmentation and also to prevent getting eyeshadow fallout under the eyes. Run the brush along lower lash lines as well to bring balance to your look. Soften any hard lines in your application by lightly buffing over your eyeshadow with a clean fluffy eyeshadow brush.
- 5). Bring out the shape of your eyes with a creamy eyeliner in black or in a darker version of your eyeshadow. To avoid overwhelming your bespectacled eyes with eyeliner, you aren't actually going to line your eyes. Instead, work the product into both top and bottom lash lines as though you are trying to make them appear lusher and thicker. If you want more definition, work the creamy black eyeliner into the rim--also known as waterline--of your top lash line. This gives your eyes a discreet boost, as the line is not immediately evident (see Resources for photos).
- 6). Curl your eyelashes to open up your eyes. Apply mascara to top lashes. You may apply mascara to the bottom ones as well, or skip them entirely depending on how far you want to take the drama. Use a waterproof formula if smudging is typically an issue for you. Dislodge any clumps in your lashes before putting your mascara wand away. Finish by blending a highlighter under the arches of your brows. This will give your brows a lift, as well as bring light to your eyes.
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