How to Tell Eye Shape & Set
Knowing your eye shape and set are important when it comes to determining the best type of makeup for your face and how to apply it. Identifying your eye shape and set does not need to be left to an expert. You can easily discover this on your own with a little effort and a mirror. There are three main categories of eye shapes-round, slanted and almond. There also are three eye settings-standard, wide and narrow. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Become Familiar With Your Eyes
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Place yourself in front of a clean, clear, high-quality mirror. A magnifying mirror is best but not absolutely necessary. You should have good light showing on your face.
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Become familiar with the sections of your eyelid and the area around your eyes. Close one eye and gently feel for your brow bone. This is the bone that runs between your eyelashes and your eye brow.
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Focus on the amount of eyelid that is visible between the eyelashes and your brow bone. This is the primary indicator of your eye depth. In deep-set eyes, the eyelid crease is set back, which makes the area from the base of the lashes to the brow bone seem hidden. The brow bone also extends up farther than in other eye shapes. If your eyelids are full and extend out from your face you have prominent eyes.
Determine the Shape and Set
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Note the curves of the eyes along the lash line when they are wide open. This is the eye shape. Determine if the shape of the eye openings are round, slanted or almond by setting up example pictures of these shapes and studying them in relation to your own eyes.
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Look at the size of the eye openings when your eyes are open and relaxed. This is the eye size. Determine if your eyes are small, large or somewhere in between, called standard. The size of your eye is subjective. If you think your eyes are too small, too large or just right then that is your eye size.
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Focus closely on the space between the inside corners of your eyes. Try to imagine an eye that is exactly like yours between your own eyes. If this eye is the same width as one of your eyes then you have standard set eyes. If one width of your eye is too much then you have narrow eyes, if it takes more than one width of your eyes then you have wide-set eyes.
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