Eyeliner: Tips and Tricks

Here are some tips from Rona Berg, former beauty editor of The New York Times Magazine and was the editorial director of Elle magazine. She is the author of a book entitled “Beauty – The New Basics”

A) To make your eyes look Closer Together.

Stroke a light or medium neutral shade of eye shadow on the inner corner of your eyelids. Or use eyeliner to draw the line a bit thicker on the inner corner of the eye and stop the line where the outer corner of the eye stops.
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B) To make your eyes look Farther Apart.

Take a matte shadow in a darker shade and stroke it outward and slightly upward, on the outer corners of the top and bottom lids. Or use eyeliner and start the line just a bit away from the inner corner of your eye. Make it slightly thicker toward the outer edge and extend it in a slightly upward curve.
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C) To make your eyes look Bigger.

Remember, light tones protrude, so you want to bring light into your eyes. Stroke a neutral shadow in a light shade in the crease of your lid above your iris. If you want color, stroke the neutral on first- bone, vanilla, taupe- and then layer the color on top. It lights up the eye as if there were a light bulb behind the lid. Or stroke a light color on the lids, with a darker color in the crease and along the upper and lower lash lines. Or use eyeliner to follow the natural shape of the eye and draw a fine line at the base of the upper and lower lashes to give your eyes more definition. Illustration:



D) To make your eyes look Rounder.

Put eye shadow all around the edges of the upper and lower lids to make your eyes look rounder. Or use eyeliner to outline the eyes at the base of the lashes. As you move toward the outer corner, thicken and ‘wing’ the line upward ever so slightly.
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E) To make the eyes more Oval.

Draw a fine line at the base of the lashes. Thicken it slightly in the middle of the lid, and draw it toward the outer corner to make your eyes appear more oval.
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