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

> Eye makeup works best when it’s placed for your eye shape. Hooded eyes need color above the crease so it shows when your eyes are open. Monolids look best with shadow blended in a gradient and a liner that thickens toward the outer corner. Almond eyes suit almost any look; round eyes are lengthened by a winged liner.

## 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.

## Questions
### Can I have two eye shapes?
Yes, many people do: for example hooded almond eyes. Use the hooded rules for where color goes (above the crease, eyes open) and the almond rules for the shape of the wing.

### Does winged liner work on hooded eyes?
Yes. Draw the wing with your eyes open, looking straight ahead, so it shows as a clean line when the hood falls. A wing that skips over the fold, sometimes called a bat wing, looks best in photos.

### Can an app tell my eye shape?
Yes. Glam Bestie reads your eye shape from your face scan and adapts every look: where the shadow goes, how long the wing is and which liner to use, step by step on your own face.

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Source: https://glambestie.com/guides/makeup-for-your-eye-shape