doe-eyed...

I have almond shaped eyes, apparently thats a "Good" thing but it also makes my eyes really small and my lack of eyelashes doesn't help my case either! I want those big doe-eyed-doll-eyes that the models have and here are some helpful hints to achieve that bright-big-doll-eyed look!

Now I wouldn'tt say to follow twiggys look exactly but a toned down version is great!

First you want to start with a fresh canvas, make sure to prime your eyes, or use a matte concealer and then use a natural powder, and make sure to curl your eyelashes pre-mascara. Then its line time!

Using a white eye liner pencil (my favorite is by NYX, in white pearl #918) and line the inner lid on your bottom lash line ( see photo ).

By doing this you are adding to the whites of your eyes, in return making your eyes themselves appear larger, you can line from tear duct to tear duct.  Make sure you have dried up the lid first with a tissue or cotton swab so that the liner adheres to the lid.

Next you want to use a white shadow, I prefer matte but you can use shimmery as well. ( I use Body Shop #13 eye colour matte)

With a eye-shadow brush, brush the inner corner of your eye, spreading up to your upper lid and also blending into the bottom. With a cotton swab you can clean surrounding areas of blend it in, should be just enough for the light to catch but not too much where is looks like costume makeup.

The last thing to do now is line your eye (for night use a liquid liner for more drama) but please remember to go thin with black liner because too much will make your eyes appear smaller and whatever you do DO NOT add black line to lower lashes. For this look and lots of others it just closes up your eye, if you want more colour or definition use a shadow that you can blend instead.

and of course add mascara to both top and bottom lashes, sparingly on the bottom and try clumping the lashes on the bottom a little together to really create that "Dolly" look.

Try it for yourself and let me know what you think! xo