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    makeup tips for small eyes?

    Just wondering does anybody have any techniques to make small eyes look bigger? I want to be able to pull off that innocent look, and any tips would really be appreciated!
    I've been trying to experiment with some different colors and whatnot but it seems to have the opposite effect!

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    Default Re: makeup tips for small eyes?

    I don't actually have this problem, but I have heard that using white eyeliner on the bottom inside will open your eyes up some. Also, if you use a little just under your brow line is supposed to help.

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    Default Re: makeup tips for small eyes?

    I have realllly small eyes, too! I make sure to have my eyebrows, like someone up there said....very well groomed with a somewhat strong arch. I use light colored shadows and only use dark liner on the top, with light cream colored eyeliner on the bottom. I only use darker powder on the outside of the crease, just a bit to accentuate the shape, and I use a slightly shimmery cream eyeshadow to highlight the area near the browbone and just above the lashline. Also, really full eyelashes make a world of difference.

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    Default Re: makeup tips for small eyes?

    The biggest thing would be to keep liner out of your water line, the inner bottom rim, it's fine if you have big beautiful eyes but it just makes small eyes smaller. And if you do line the bottom do it in the lash line not the water line and try to keep the line concentrated towards the center instead of taking it all the way to the bottom outer corner because it closes off the eye and gives it a visual stopping point. If you just put a bit of liner under the eye and not all the way to the corner it makes the eye seem more open.

    Keep the upper lid simple, add a highlight powder over the entire lid and right under the browbone and try to keep the dark colors off your lid closest to your lashes. Just put what you need in the outer corner and blend into the crease a bit.

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    Default Re: makeup tips for small eyes?

    Lashes!

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    Default Re: makeup tips for small eyes?

    hi im asian too and i have small eyes - not fair haha.

    but wut i do, is yes, if u were eyeliner, put a dab of white eyeliner or powder shawdow into the corners of yer eyes. makes em "pop out" more...

    really do yer lashes....i put on tons of mascara to make my lashes look bigger, thus makin my eyes look bigger. if i knew how to put on fake lasehs good, id do it!

    also, my eyes are small AND beady, so i use liquid eyeliner, to do the "cleopatra-cateye" line ,so that my eyes appear wider. and it works!

    ya one time i used dark grey eye shadow - and BLEH made eyes swollen/small - never again!
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    Default Re: makeup tips for small eyes?

    Quote Originally Posted by angelmikayla View Post
    I don't actually have this problem, but I have heard that using white eyeliner on the bottom inside will open your eyes up some. Also, if you use a little just under your brow line is supposed to help.
    I have small, deep set eyes, and this trick works great! It works best for me to use it just on the inside of the lashline rather than the entire "water line" as someone called it (helps keep it out of my eyes this way also) and just under the arch of my brow, but you'll have to see what works best for you. Benefit Cosmetics High Brow ( http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml%3B$sessionid$CASSKANGQARW1LAUCJ4BXCQ ;jsessionid=CASSKANGQARW1LAUCJ4BXCQ?id=P107405&cat egoryId=A47 )
    is the best stuff I've found for this, it has a slight pink tint which makes it open the eyes while looking less obvious, I love it!


    I also second the false lashes, always gets compliments!

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    Default Re: makeup tips for small eyes?

    i have really small eyes and to make them appear wider i brush either a dark brown or black on the outside 2/3rds of my lid and white on the inside 2/3rds, blending the two together and sweeping a little of the white in the corner to the bottom. then i put on mascara. it really makes my eyes look much larger, i wish i had a picture to show you.

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    Default Re: makeup tips for small eyes?

    use a darker shadow on the outside corner of your eye and blend it inward. if you exaggerate it a little outside your lid (think minor cat eye effect). it's called contouring, we do it at my makeup counter.

    also, if you just use liner on the outer halves of your lash line, it brings even more attention to the outside edge of your eyes, making them look wider and longer

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