Makeup for your eye shape: hooded, monolid, almond, round and more

How to find your eye shape

Look straight into a mirror with your face relaxed. If skin folds over your crease, your eyes are hooded. No visible crease: monolid. White showing under the iris: round. Outer corners tilting down or up: downturned or upturned. A slight point at both corners, with the iris touching both lids: almond.

What to do for each shape

• Hooded: place your crease shade slightly above your natural crease, with your eyes open; keep liner thin, or tightline, so it doesn’t vanish into the fold.
• Monolid: blend shadow in a gradient from the lash line up, darkest at the lashes; a liner that gets thicker at the outer corner shows when your eyes are open.
• Almond: most looks work; a soft wing follows your natural shape.
• Round: keep darker shades on the outer third and wing the liner out to lengthen.
• Downturned: lift the outer corner with a slightly upward wing, and keep dark shadow off the lower outer lash line.
• Upturned: balance with a little shadow on the outer lower lash line.

If you wear glasses

Lenses for short sight make eyes look smaller: define them with liner and mascara. Lenses for long sight magnify: keep shadow neatly blended and go easy on chunky glitter.

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