The beauty of makeup is that it can be used in a number of ways to play up your features, create illusions and add extra oomph where needed.  In the pictures above, I've done a few key things that make my eye appear either smaller or larger- simply with the placement, color and location of  my makeup. All eye shapes are beautiful and whether small or larger, your eyes are the windows to your soul. If you want to play up your eyes and make them bigger and brighter, take a look at these do's and donts!

Do:

• Use light colors all over the lid. 
• Create a soft crease with diffused colors.
• Line your water line with a flesh toned or white pencil.
• Highlight your brow bone and tear duct area.
• Curl your eyelashes.
• Line your upper lashes 2/3's of the way in.
• Softly define the lower lash line.
• Fill in your eyebrows as arched (but natural) as possible.

Don't:

• Pack on dark shadows
• Keep the color all on your lid.
• Use a dark pencil in your water line.
• Line your upper lashline all the way to your tear duct. 
• Use harsh and dark shadow or pencil on the lower lash line.
• Fill in your eyebrows straight across.
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Just remember that the darker the eye makeup, the more likely it is to shrink your eyes. If your goal is to have the doe eye'd look, keep things light and lifted!

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Heres a step by step of what I did to create the bigger, brighter eye look!


 1. Prime your eye with your primer of choice.

2. Highlight your brow bone and tear duct with a shadow 2-3 shades lighter then your skin tone.

 3. Apply a shimmery, light shadow all over the lid.

 4. Define the crease by applying medium toned shadow, and blend thoroughly.

5. Use a dark shadow to create a soft, winged eyeliner. Only apply the liner to the outer 2/3's of your eye.

 6.  Use a skin toned eyeliner pencil in your waterline. Apply the same mid toned shadow that was used in the crease on the lower lash line.

7.  Curl your lashes and apply plenty of mascara!

To add extra drama to this look, you can apply the dark shadow used for eyeliner in your crease. Smoke it out by blending it in the outer 'V' of your eye.

 

Products used:

Eyes-
Maybelline 24hr Tattoo cream eyeshadow in "Nude Pink"
Urban Decay Naked 3 palette
NYX Wonder Pencil in "Light"
Jordana Best Lash Extreme Mascara in Black

Brows-
Avon Glimmerstick Brow definer in "Blonde"
NYX Eyebrow Cake Powder in "Blonde"

Face- 

Covergirl Outlast Stay Fabulous 3-1 Foundation in "Ivory"

Revlon Photoready Concealer in "Light"

Maybelline Mineral Power Concealer in "Fair"

Elf High Definition Powder

NYX Blush in " Taupe"

NYX Cream Rouge in "Natural"

Revlon Matte Blush in "Perfectly Peach"

Physicians Formula Pearl Highlighter

Lips-

NYX Round lipstick in B56

Makeup pictorial- Rusty Gold

So, I thought I'd try something new and do a makeup pictorial for you guys! Its my first time doing anything like this, so bare with me if its a little cray cray (that's crazy for those who dont speak ghetto).

This look is a little dramatic, but in my opinion extremely wearable. The biggest thing to remember is it will look a little off until its complete. The finishing touches (liner and mascara) make a huge difference.

Anyways, lets get this show on the road!

First and foremost, apply primer to your eye lid up to the brow bone.

Apply a rusty, red color all over the lid with a paddle brush. Blend it out softly into the crease.

Use a deep purple in the crease, and blend out into a wing shape with a small paddle brush. Its important to blend this carefully and keep working with it until your happy. You also might want to use a makeup wipe to clean up the lower edge for a crisp line.

Use a small paddle brush to apply a shimmery rose gold color above the purple up to the brow bone. Blend down and around the inner corner of the eye (in a "C" shape) as well.

Apply a shimmery champagne highlight color with a medium paddle brush on the inner corner (near the tear duct) and just at the highest point of the brow arch. (Sorry this picture is so fuzzy!)

Use a gel or powder liner to create a long wing. I used a black eyeshadow on an angled liner brush.

Use a black eye liner in the lower water line, and smudge down onto the lower lashes. Apply the deep purple on top of the black liner and blend.

Curl your lashes and apply several coats of mascara.

Finished!

I completed the look by applying bronzer as a contour under my cheek bones, along my temples and just under my lower lip.

I used a soft rose blush on my cheek bones and blended it softly into the hair line. I then applied a powder highlighter onto the tops of the cheek bones, my cupids bow and down the bridge of the nose.

On my lips, I kept it soft and neutral with a nude gloss.

List of products used:

Two Faced Shadow Insurance

Pur Beauty by Numbers palette # 9, 10 and 16 (gold, rust and purple)

Wet N Wild Vanity palette (champagne highlight)

Color Theory baked shadow in Black

Generic black eyeliner

Avon Super Shock Max mascara in Black

Rimmel Natural Bronzer in Sun Bronze

Wet N Wild Color Icon blush in Mellow Wine

Physicians Formula Pearl Highlighter

NYX Lipgloss in Sugar Pie