How to Apply Make-Up to Light-Colored Eyes for Film
Learning how to apply make-up to light-colored eyes for a natural wide-eyed look is not hard if you know the tricks of the trade. Everyone wants pictures of themselves to look beautiful. Whether your eye color is a lighter green, baby blue, soft grey, or a golden brown, all colors can pop in a photograph with the right cosmetics. Since your peepers are the "windows to your soul", their sparkle can determine if your photo has depth or just falls flat. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Tweezers
- Cover-up
- Foundation
- Makeup sponge
- Powder
- Powder pad
- Powder brush
- Light pink eyeshadow
- Light brown eyeshadow
- White eyeshadow
- Eyeliner in the color of your eyes
- Black eyeliner
- Black mascara
- Eyelash brush
- Eyebrow pencil
- Eyebrow brush
- Hairspray
Instructions
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Tweeze any stray eyebrow hairs. Well-groomed and shapely brows are one of the main keys to eye-popping photos.
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Dab concealer and foundation underneath the eye, as you would on any other day, to conceal dark circles and/or blemishes. Blend it in well with a makeup sponge. Also apply it to the entire eyelid, all the way up to the brow bone, using your fingertips for better coverage in this small area.
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Pat the whole area well with powder using a pad. This ensures an even base for the other cosmetics to stick to. Use your powder brush to put on an extra loose coat of powder below the eyes. If your eyeshadow flakes (as it frequently does), you'll be able to whisk it off easily with the powder when you are done with your top lid. This way there is no clean up to worry about before the picture is taken.
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Put a heavy coat of light pink eyeshadow on your top lid, applying it from eyelash line to eyebrow and over your entire lid. Using the very edge of your eyeshadow applicater, sweep the light brown color in the outside half of the crease in your eye (Where your eyelid meets your browbone), using a heavy hand. Blend outward and upward to smudge the color lines. This will help open up your eyes. A sweep of your powder brush removes any of the brown that falls onto your bottom lid.
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Take the opposite tip of your eyeshadow applicator and sweep on a lighter coating of pink just below your bottom lashes.
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Sweep on a small amount of white eyeshadow underneath your eyebrow, on the outside half of your arch. Blend it in well. This trick on how to apply make-up to light-colored eyes for film for a natural wide-eyed look works because the white reflects light, contrasting the brown in the crease of your eyes for a shadow effect.
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Trace right along the lash-line on the top lid using the eyeliner that matches your color. It brings the eye color out in pictures.
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Trace the black liner just above the colored line, doing so thinly. Follow precisely along the colored line.
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Grab your mascara and start with your bottom lashes. Apply two to three light coats, combing out any clumps with your eyelash brush in between. This ensures an even application. Do the same for your upper lashes.
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Use an eyebrow pencil that matches your eyebrow color to fill in any sparse areas. Sweep on some powder to seal it in. Comb out your brows into the perfect shape. To set them in place, spray a little hairspray on your fingertip and run it over the surface of the brow lightly. This will hold up no matter where you take your pictures. Take time with this because eyebrows are the most often overlooked part of how to apply make-up to light-colored eyes. They are the important finishing touch for flawless photos.
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Tips & Warnings
Applying light make-up heavier than normal is what makes it show up in pictures. It's hard to go too dark with a light pink or brown.
Do not use eyeliner on your bottom lid. Eliminating that will give the illusion of wide opened eyes.
Never spray the hairspray directly onto your eyebrow. Not only could this make your makeup run, it can also get into your eyes causing serious damage.
