Friday, August 04, 2006

Widening Close-Set Eyes.

Makeup is all about illusion. You can actually give the appearance of widening close-set eyes with a few simple tricks. The first one is do NOT pluck your brows back. Brows should begin level with the middle of your nostril. If you pluck them back, they draw attention to themselves.

The way to give the appearance of widening the eye is to widen the arch of the brow. In other words, instead of having it end at the outside edge of the iris, bring it out a little bit. You’ll have to play with this to see what works for you. Then use very light shadows on the inner third of the lid.

Dark shadows will pull the eyes together. Our Highlighter Pencil is wonderful for running around the inside corner of the eye. This is usually the darkest and most recessed area of the face. Put a light in there eyes will look farther apart and you’ll look instantly brighter and more awake. (A great tip for more mature eyes.)

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love the White/Pink Eye High Lighter. I have blue circles under my eyes, and after I use my Circle Delete #2 as a concealer I like to apply a little shimmer from the White/Pink Eye Highlighter to the inner corners of my eyes. This technique creates the illution of awake, and brighter eyes.

Anonymous said...

I tried the Circle Delete, and I prefer the Disappear Light as my concealer.

Anonymous said...

I love the way big eyes look. It’s easy to wear little makeup, and still look dramatic. I think I have normal eyes, and either way I totally trust Jane Iredale with any of her great makeup tips.

Anonymous said...

The White/Pink Highlighte is great.

Anonymous said...

The Oyster is a great product too.

Anonymous said...

I like the Moon Glow

Anonymous said...

The White Pink Highlighter looks great with green eyes.

Anonymous said...

Rather amusing piece