Showing posts with label Eyes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eyes. Show all posts

Sunday, May 9, 2010

How to enlarge eyes by applying eyeliner to inner corners.

So this video was a recent topic of discussion between my friends and I.

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Part 2:
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Ok, so other than the obvious "omfg how the hell did she do that??!!!", I was most interested in the technique the one girl used to enlarge her eyes. She demonstrates her technique from around the 9:15 mark in the first video.


Basically what she did was instead of lining her eyes from her natural inner corner, she applied eye liner onto the skin directly in front of the natural corner, thus creating a false inner corner and extending the length of her eye.
This technique perked my interest because let's admit it, I got a fair amount of face but not much eyes, so if it'll give me bigger looking eyes, I'm all over it! According to the ever knowledgeable Sooji, this technique is used quite often in the Korean celeb circles and was also used on her for her wedding day. Who am I to argue with the Koreans right?
So here's my take on it:


Close up: (excuse the messy mascara)

Overall effect:

The eyeliner is pretty evident when you close your eyes.

What do you guys think? I'm a bit creeped out by it honestly. It narrows the distance between my eyes and emphasises the size disparity between my eyes. 
The girl in the video paired this technique with a smokey eye, perhaps that would've been a better choice instead of my minimalistic look?
Could it be a difference in eye shape? the girl in the video has monolids and I have half hearted double lids with quite a thick fold that disappears as it approaches the inner corner.
It might also be that my lines are simply too thick and noticeable. I did this using L'oreal's fibre tip lineur intense, and although it has a pretty thin tip, it is nowhere near as thin as the liner the girl in the video used.
Overall I probably would only do this look if I knew I would be photographed a lot that day, say a wedding or something. This is definitely not an every day look for me, I can't help but think I look like Amy Winehouse or like I'm off to a masquerade as Cleopatra xD
I'm interested in hearing feedback. How do you feel about the size and shape of your eyes? are you happy with them? do you wish they were bigger? Have you tried this technique before and did it work for you? Let me know!

For those interested in what else I had on my face:
MAC eyeshadow in Hey as all over lid colour;
Flamingo mascara in black;
L'Oreal Lineur intense in black;
MAC Studio Fix Fluid foundation in NC20;
MUFE HD Microfinish blush in No. 13
Gosh lipgloss from Crooked Smile (I initially thought it'll go on brown but after I tried it, I LOVE IT!!!)

p.s. think my skin looks good in these photos? no it's not photoshop (too stupid), no it's not some new miracle cream, or concealer or foundation, and yes I still look crap underneath it all. No my lovelies, the secret is a brush that I've been keeping mum on. Will share the excitement soon!xD