Eyeshadows for Different Eye Shapes

1. Almond Eyes
 This is also called the "perfect eye shape" because just about every shadow look will work with this shape. Go for the smoky, sultry look. Use a mix of medium and deep bronze shadows, or violet and dark purple shadows.

Dust the medium color on lids, then work the darkest tone into your top and bottom lash lines, outer corners, and creases. To blend, use a shadow brush with a long, domed head and sweep it back and forth like a windshield wiper to blur lines.

2. Asian Eyes

To add depth and drama, use several shadows from the same color family to create and ombre effect, which is a gradiation of color. Try the silver blue, ocean blue, and navy shades or the vanilla, light brown and dark brown or taupe combination.
Smudge the deepest hue along your top lash line, the medium color right on the crease, and the lightest shade from the crease to just beneath your brows. Once the colors are in place, blend like crazy!

3. Round Eyes

 For this wide-open shape, try to keep it light. "A sweep of just one soft color - whether it's a pretty pastel or neutral taupe - across lids is all you need to enhance round eyes." Apply the color up to, but not in, your crease.

Note: By applying a dark color all over these lids, it can make round eyes look hollowed.

If you want the achieve the sexier look, try to concentrate a deep shade just on the centers of your lids, then fade it outward in in both directions.

4. Hooded Lids or Deep Set Eyes

Which means that the skin on your brow bones folds over onto your lids near the outer corners (it could be your natural shape or happen because of age) This type of eye shape also already creates natural shadows on your lids - which means you don't need much eye makeup, just subtle brightening to keep lids from looking heavy.

Pat a light-reflecting concealer at the outer corners below the hooded skin. The sweep a matte shadow one shade lighter than your skin on lids using a brush with a domed head. Finish off with lots of mascara!

5. Ruddy or Dark Lids

That are eye lids that appear darker than the rest of your skin are a bittersweet deal: On one hand, your lids are naturally smoky. On the other, it can make you look exhausted.

To perk things up, blend a dot of concealer or foundation on lids before putting on shadow. For a night out, go with shimmery shades that aren't too pale. The shimmer effect will brighten skin. If there's redness on your lids, makeup artist Maria Verei suggested dabbing on a yellowish eyeshadow primer so that it cancels out the redness and makes eyeshadow a cinch to blend.


(Written by Tina from BeautyToast)

(Source: Redbook September 2011)