How to Make Your Eyes Look Bigger with Makeup

Open up your eyes with a few tricks.

Having eyes that look wide and innocent is a distinct look. It helps if your eyes are naturally large and round, but not everyone has this type of eye. Use makeup to create the optical illusion of having bigger eyes. The trick is to highlight in the right spots and add lines as a complement. Use some concealer to hide any flaws and create bigger-looking eyes with simple makeup.

Things You'll Need

• Concealer
• Creamy black eyeliner
• Creamy light eyeliner
• Swabs
• Mascara
• Light-colored eyeshadow
• Dark-colored eyeshadow
• Cotton swab

Instructions

1. Wash and dry your face to start with a clean palette.

2. Apply concealer under and around your eyes. Having dark eye circles gives you a sunken-eyed appearance, and your eyes appear smaller.

3. Apply a creamy white eyeliner on the bottom inner part of your eye and the tear ducts. Blend the tear ducts with the rest of your skin.

4. Apply black eyeliner on the bottom of your eyes underneath the white eyeliner. Extend the line to the far corner of your eye.

5. Apply eyeliner on the top of the eye. Thicken the line along the center of the eye to emphasize the line in this area. Extend the line to meet the bottom line. This technique makes your eye appear rounder and bigger.

6. Smudge the eyeliner around the eyes with a cotton swab so that it does not appear as a distinct line. This gives you a slight smokey look as well as making your eyes appear bigger.

7. Apply your mascara on your top only lashes to complete the look.

Tips & Warnings

• Use eyeliner that is creamy and easily smudged.

References

• Glamour: How 'Bout We All Steal This Eye-Opening Makeup Trick From This Incredibly Gorgeous Woman?