To Make Your Appearance Look Dramatic, Here Are 7 Ways To Wear Eyeliner According To Your Eye Shape

Illustration of how to apply eyeliner (Unsplash/Artem Labunsky)

JAKARTA – Every woman has a different eye shape. The difference is not a big problem, but it is necessary to know how to apply eyeliner correctly according to the shape of the eye.

In general, there are 11 eye shapes reported by Cosmopolitan, Wednesday, October 13. In this article, we will review 7 eye shapes, including almond, downturned, wide-set, asymmetrical, round, slanted, monolids. Of the eleven eye shapes, here are suggestions for wearing eyeliner to match your appearance persona.

1. How to apply eyeliner for almond eyes

The characteristic of the almond eye shape is that it is curved in the middle of the lower and upper eyelids. More specifically, almond eyes can be recognized by the closing of the lower and upper iris with the eyelids. The inner corner of the eyelid looks firm and the outer corner is slightly tapered and raised upwards.

Almond eye shape is considered the most symmetrical, says makeup artist Jaleesa Jaikaran. If your eye shape is almond, you can easily apply eyeliner following the line of the eyelid. Jaikaran's suggestion, you can thicken the spread on the outer third to make it look more dramatic.

2. How to apply downturned eye eyeliner

If the outer corner of the eyelid and the lower eyelid line go down, it is called a downturned eye shape. It can also be recognized at a glance when the outer corner of the petal is lower than the inner corner.

Jaikaran suggests using a bright colored liner pencil to create a cat-eye accent. This method makes the drooping eye more lifted. Added Jaikaran, make the cat-eye tail shorter so that the smile looks charming.

Illustration of a downturned eye shape (Unsplash/Sobhan Joodi)

3. How to apply wide-set eyeliner

Wide-set eye shape, the distance between the eyes is wider and even wider than the width of the eyes. Jaikaran's suggestion, apply a thin outer liner only and thicker on the inside. The effect will balance the shape of the inner eye.

4. How to apply eyeliner with asymmetrical eye shape

As the name suggests, eye shapes that are not the same or one bigger than the other are called asymmetrical shapes. How to wear eyeliner based on the advice of a makeup artist, wear a thicker outer and thinner inner corner of the eyelid. This method makes the shape look more balanced from the right and left eyes.

5. How to apply eyeliner with round eyes

Round eyes can be easily recognized when the white part of the eye looks wider than the iris line. The center of the eyelid also looks rounded. Well, how to use the most appropriate eyeliner is to just thin and make the outer wing of the linear with the lower eyelid line.

6. How to apply slanted eye eyeliner

When the eyes are smaller than the facial features, it is known as slanted eyes. Eye shapes that also have not too large a distance between the upper and lower eyelids are also known as slanted eyes. The distance between the upper lid and the eyebrows is spaced. In order to look beautiful, bright eyeliner colors such as gold, metallic that reflects light make the eyes look bright.

7. How to apply monolid eyeliner

Monolid eye shape does not have eyelid folds. To form dramatic eye features, it is necessary to apply eyeliner that curves the outer corner of the lid. The curve can follow the curve of the cheekbones. Choice of colors, suggested Jaikaran, avoid dark colors or choose light colors such as metallic colors.