Here are some great techniques to use when applying makeup to droopy eyes. To help you remember what to do, follow this simple rule: darken what you see and highlight what you don’t. I hope it’s easy enough for you to remember. However, since we all like details, this is what I want to say.

First, before we get to that, you need to be able to determine what the hooded eyes look like. Orientals usually have droopy eyes, but many other breeds do too. A hooded eye is sometimes referred to as “sleepy eyes” because the eyelids appear partially closed. This is where most of the eyelid looks heavy, is fleshier, tends to bulge out, and may even cover the eye itself. This is where some people like to get an eye lift to restore a natural eyelid by lifting the fleshy part that tends to droop over the eye.

To reverse this appearance without the need for drastic surgery, here’s what you’ll do. It will darken the fleshy area of ​​the eyelid, helping to take that prominent part away from the eye. This creates the appearance of opening up the eye and making the eyes more prominent than the eyelid.

Although you are using dark colors to push back the fleshy part, too dark a color on the entire eyelid area will make your eyelids look too heavy and will actually make your eyes look more closed.

Second, you will only need to highlight the arch of the brow a little. Due to the nature of droopy eyes, the brow bone is naturally highlighted.

Lastly, make sure you have large, well-shaped brows. If they are too light or thin, you can fill them in with an eyebrow pencil that matches the color of your brows. By grooming your brows, you’ll draw attention upwards from the drooping eye.

To start, you will use at least three shades of eye shadow. The lightest color is the highlighting shade. The medium color is the medium tone. And the darker color is the accent.

Here’s how to apply the three eyeshadow shades:

1. Highlight the brow bone area: Located just below the brow, focus the lighter color from the arch and out. Then highlight the area along the upper lash line, but not the entire eyelid!

2. Apply your mid-tone shade as follows: Start at the upper lash line and sweep the color up and over the entire hooded area. Be sure to swipe it close to the highlighted area (along the brow bone) and blend well so you don’t see a line or distinction between the highlight and mid-tone.

3. You will use the accent tone (the darker color) in a similar way to the mid tone. Start at the base of the lash line and sweep the color up and over the hooded area. To really make the hooded area recede, also apply the color a bit towards the nose (without going past the eye, of course). Be sure to apply the accent color under your entire lower lash line to fully accentuate your eyes. Follow up with lots of mascara and you will have achieved your mind blowing goal!

Having droopy eyes is probably one of the hardest eye shapes to get. Remember that as you experiment and practice, you will improve. Don’t worry if you don’t apply your eyeshadow exactly as described here. You’ll find that if your hooded eyes are close together, it will sweep the accent shade out, rather than in, toward your nose. Maybe you have a different brow shape which will affect where you apply the highlight color. The best thing you can do is give it a try!

Here are some final essential tips: One of the biggest secrets to applying eye makeup is using brushes designed for that purpose! You’ll find that blending is much easier to achieve than using sponge-tipped applicators or (heaven forbid!) your fingers. Next, make sure you’re using a good skin care program. A properly blended and properly applied foundation will do wonders as it will even out your skin tone and make you look younger. To learn how to do this, get your free Guide titled “Guide to Healthy, Beautiful, Wrinkle-Free, Blemish-Free Skin.”