I haven’t bothered with much in the way of eye makeup for a long time now – simply because it’s all too hard.
Back in the 80’s, I could rock blue eyeliner, and a trio of bright colours on my lids, like nobody’s business!
Why I Stopped Wearing Eye Makeup
However since then:
- styles have changed;
- my eyes have become hooded as I’ve grown older;
- and I’ve lost confidence in my makeup application skills.
But I was persuaded to give it another go recently when my favourite beauty salon hosted a makeup evening.
Alice Henderson from Jane Iredale gave us heaps of great tips and tricks for applying eye makeup to older eyes.
I was amazed at the difference it made to my appearance – and you guys obviously noticed it too, with many of you commenting on the Instagram and Facebook pic I posted!
Now I’m sharing my new eye makeup tips with you …
4 Eye Makeup Tips for Older Eyes
1 – Eye Brows. Pull your brow up, and using a brow pencil, draw a feathery line immediately underneath your brow line. Then gently brush through to blend. Good brows really help to frame and define not just your eyes, but your whole face.
If you’re not sure where to start or stop your brows, get the pencil and hold it vertically next to your nose to find where to stop at the inner corner of the eye.
Then take the pencil and hold diagonally again from the bottom of your nose up to the outside of your brow – and that’s your stopping point.
2 – Eyeshadow. Use a soft angled brush, and again, pull your eye up to apply eyeshadow so you get even coverage across the eye lid and above.
Sweep colour using the brush from the inner corner of your eye, across the top of the lid and up to the outer brow.
Find your brow bone and sweep a darker colour from there down to the outer corner of eye, and blend (see below).
Add a touch of a lighter shade on the brow bone, and blend.
3 – Eyeliner. Don’t be scared! Hold your eye and pull it taut. Draw a line across your lashes as a guide (make sure you have a creamy pencil) – then colour in between the lashes.
4 – Mascara. Mascara adds the finishing touch, and takes your look from flat to flattering. Make sure you apply by getting right down into the roots of your top lashes for a luxurious lash look, instead of just brushing the ends with the mascara wand (which is what I used to do).
Give it a try and I’m sure that you too will be impressed with what a little bit of eye makeup can do for your appearance, even if you are more mature (like me)!
What do you tend to wear when it comes to eye makeup? Did you avoid eye shadow like I did?!
