HOW TO MAKE YOUR EYES LOOK BIGGER THAN A DISNEY PRINCESS #SpringForward

posted in Beauty on 3/20/2016

HOW TO MAKE YOUR EYES LOOK BIGGER THAN A DISNEY PRINCESS'

If you want to know how to make your eyes look bigger, these easy makeup tricks will instantly transform you into a wide-eyed Elsa

Want to know how to make your eyes look bigger? People have been fascinated with eyes since the beginning of time (just take a look at Ancient Greek and Egyptian artwork). More than windows to the outside world, eyes are also portals inward. We gaze into them to learn someone's innermost thoughts. We'll cast a smoldering look to tell someone we're interested. Eyes are even an indicator of our overall health, says science.

So if you want to find out how to make your eyes look bigger, you've picked a worthwhile beauty endeavor. Men are more attracted to a woman's eyes than her cleavage. Studies have shown that wide, bright, white eyes are more attractive to the opposite sex, because they signify youth and health. But if you have small eyes, don't despair. We tapped top makeup artists to share their tips on how to make your eyes look bigger, brighter and more youthful (read: like a Disney Princess).

You want to know how to make your eyes look bigger, you need to start by applying eye cream. This will help smooth, de-puff and prep your skin for a flawless concealer application (just imagine applying foundation without first applying moisturizer -- the result just isn't as flawless).

Squeeze a drop of serum onto your finger and press lightly under the eye from the inner to the outer corner. Apply another small amount, pressing it under your brow. When you reach your arch, lift and blink several times -- "almost as if you are doing Pilates and concentrating on a certain muscle, and this muscle is your brow." Then, move the wand up and toward your hairline. "You'll see an automatic lifting and arch to the eye."

Using concealer is a great way to make your eyes stand out. For best results, use a yellow-toned concealer, which will brighten your eyes by making under eye circles.

Applying concealer for optimal eye-opening results: "Gently pat the product, don't rub, so that it penetrates into your skin,". Also apply the concealer to the inner dark caves of your eyes and out corners where they tend to appear darker

Contouring doesn't just stop at your cheekbones. You can change the shape of your eye, depending on how you apply your eye shadow. Uses the three lightest shades (yes, all three) Then, use the moderately deep shades from the palette and sweeps them onto her lid from the outer corner of her eye.

To create a deeper crease, apply a light color shadow to the lid and a deeper color into the crease in order to pull the crease back and pull the lid forward.

If you have close-set eyes, you want to focus on lengthening each eye. To do this, keep darker shadows confined to the outer perimeter (almost like a cat Eyes), and use a light, shimmery color along the inner corner of your lid.

That a light, shimmery shadow applied to your lid will make your eyes pop, as it will reflect the light.

To make your eyes as wide as a young ingénue's, Roncal suggests using a darker color of liner along your upper lash line and a lighter shade along your lower lash line. You want to get a really thin layer of eyeliner and push it into your lashes -- this thickens their appearance.

Sometimes knowing how to make your eyes look bigger requires layering on products.After applying a shadow base you should use the pencil liner and blend the ends. Take a brown, grey or taupe pencil and smudge some pencil in the outer corners of the eye and into the eye hollow and blend with a brush.

Knowing how to make your eyes look bigger also requires choosing the right eyeliner. To waterline your eyes with a cream or white pencil. This will act as an optical illusion, making the whites of your eyes appear bigger. (Bonus: It also helps your eyes look whiter and more awake.)

If you want to know how to make your eyes look bigger, the formula of your mascara does matter. To steer clear of separating mascaras that give you a spiky look, and instead opt for a volumizing mascara.

Roncal adds that a volumizing mascara will give you long, sexy lashes that really make your eyes stand out. Her secret application tip (well, not so secret anymore): Apply the mascara toward the bridge of your nose and fan your lashes out. And don't even think about applying only one coat -- two are needed to give you that extra volume and oomph.

Discovering how to make your eyes look bigger becomes a lot easier when you add a lash curler to your beauty tools.Curling your lashes makes a hugedifference, If you do a side by side in the mirror with one side curled and the other side not curled, you can easily see what a dramatic difference.

To curl your lashes while they are still wet from your mascara, as this helps them stay in place all day. Because curling your lashes after applying mascara can make them break off -- it's imperative that the mascara should still be wet, not dry.

Makeup not your thing? For eyes that look instantly healthy and larger, up your contact lens prescription to the new lenses. Being in the beauty biz, it takes a lot for a product to elicit shock and awe -- yet, that's exactly what happened when I put them in.

The lenses create a pronounced limbal ring (the outline around the iris), making your eyes appear visually brighter, whiter and more awake. "It's like having magazine-quality retouching for your eyes, but in person."

You can get them with your regular contact lens prescription, or use them purely as a cosmetic enhancement. They come in three effects that complement all eye colors, but you can try Natural Sparkle for blue eyes, Natural Shimmer for hazel/brown eyes and Natural Shine for darker eyes.