Surprising Makeup Tips for Glasses-Wearing Gals
Do you wear glasses? (I'm guessing the answer is yes, since you're reading this.) If so, the number one mistake you're probably making is not wearing the right eye makeup or skipping your eye makeup routine all together.
I would know. I got my slim black frames seven years ago, and for a while I thought that I could get away with just wearing minimal eye makeup -- or, um, none at all. But it wasn't until I saw how much this celeb's eyes stood out from under her glasses that I started re-thinking my strategy.
Now, instead of hiding behind my glasses, I follow these dos and don'ts for girls who wear glasses:
While you're applying your makeup, take your glasses on and off.
"You don't want to wait until the end, then put on your glasses and find out you can't see any of your makeup," says makeup artist Rebecca Prior. She suggests even trying on your glasses after every coat of mascara, just to see how each coat looks when you add those lenses.
Use makeup to make your eyes look smaller or bigger.
Depending on your prescription, lenses can either make your eyes look larger (if you're farsighted), or make them look smaller (if you're nearsighted). If your eyes look a little too large, soften them by applying black or brown eyeliner to your waterline, says makeup artist Edward Cruz. If your eyes look small, "brighten your eyes with a white eyeliner on the inner rim," he says.
Get gorgeous lashes that don't hit against your lenses.Nothing is more annoying than having long eyelashes bat against the glass with every blink. To fix this problem, every makeup artist we talked to recommended curling your lashes. Not only will it keep your lashes up, but it'll also open your eyes, giving you that wide-awake look. Prior also recommends applying a thickening mascara at the roots of the lashes rather than the tips -- coating the tips can make the lashes get heavy and lose their curl.
Apply shimmer in all the right places. When you wear glasses, "you can never go wrong with a bit of soft shimmer on your lids," says makeup artist Lori Taylor. She recommends applying some shimmery white eyeshadow to the inner corners of the eyes for a more awake look. But no matter what color shadow you decide to use, when it comes to your glasses it's all about application. The frames usually cover your upper lid and brow, so focus on adding detail to your lower eyelid and crease, says Prior.
Wear a colored eyeshadow that compliments your frame color. If you want your eyes and frames to stand out, you'll want to pick a shadow in the opposite color on the color wheel than your frames. For example, if you have red frames, you should try green shadow to really make your eyes pop. Or, if you have blue glasses, try an orange hue on your lids. To keep your look more natural, Prior says to stick to neutrals or shades in the same color family. Check out these other color theory tips I learned at makeup school.
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