With a few tailored techniques and the right products, you can beautifully enhance your hooded eyes and create makeup looks that flatter and elevate your natural shape.
How to: Eye Makeup for Hooded Eyes
Makeup for hooded eyes can be stunning when the right techniques are used to enhance and open up the eye area. Here are some of the best techniques for makeup on hooded eyes:
1. Since the natural crease can be hidden when your eyes are open, apply your transition color slightly above your natural crease to create the illusion of a more lifted lid. Use matte shadows for this area to avoid emphasizing puffiness or skin texture.
2. Shimmery or metallic shadows can be beautiful on hooded eyes, but they’re best kept to the center of the eyelid, where they catch the light without emphasizing the fold. Avoid shimmer in the crease—it can make the eyes look puffier.
3. With hooded eyes, thick eyeliner can take up valuable lid space. Try tightlining the upper waterline and using a thin line of eyeliner close to the lashes. A small wing that flicks upward (not out or down) can help lift the eye.
4. Hooded eyes are more prone to transfer and smudging because the lids touch more. Opt for smudge-proof mascara to avoid fall out and transfer throughout the day.
5. Hooded lids can make lashes disappear. Curling your lashes and using a lengthening and volumizing mascara will help open up your eyes and make them more prominent.
6. Apply and check your makeup with your eyes open, especially when placing your crease and eyeliner. This helps ensure everything shows properly when your eyes are in their natural resting position.