Bridal Beauty Series: Tips for Making the Most of Small Eyes

Here are some bridal beauty tips to make the most of smaller eyes- remember that you can incorporate most or all of these tips into your makeup routine:

• Line your lower waterline with a creamy off-white/nude pencil.

• Start eyeliner not from the inner tear duct, but a third of the way along, leaving the inner duct free of any dark colour. This is also great if you have close set eyes, because it creates space between your eyes, and opens up your face.

• Pull your liner straight across, instead of flicking it upward. Do this on the bottom as well. By pulling straight across, you are creating the illusion of larger eyes. It is the same trick makeup artists use to give the appearance of full lips- tracing on top of the lip line and just outside of it. This style of liner is very sixties- creating those large Twiggy-esque eyes was all about liner and lashes.

• Highlight inner tear duct and middle of lower lash line for rounder/doll eyes. Use a semi-matte shade, it will look more natural than something very sparkly. Use the same semi-matte shade on your lid. Keeping your lids lighter than your crease is a fool-proof strategy when you want your eyes to appear larger.

• Always curl your eyelashes. Apply a strip of false lashes- this really opens up your eyes.

• Apply your crease shade a little bit above your natural socket line. Create a straight line rather than hollowing out the crease in half-moon strokes.

• Gently apply black pencil in dots at the root of your lashes,giving you  the appearance of fuller lashes.

• Keep your brows groomed- tweeze stray hairs, it makes a big difference. When you have smaller eyes, the more real estate between your crease and brows, the better.

Daniela is a freelance makeup artist based in Toronto, Canada.