Big Eyelids Makeup:5 Amazing Eyeshadow Ideas for Large Lids

A Big Eyelids Makeup Tutorial That Will Make Your  Eyes Pop!

If you have big eyelids, your makeup mission is to reduce the appearance of large lids without piling too much makeup on your eyes.

The key is to create a bright, beautiful, and striking eye with dark shadows and eyeliner instead of painting on a total makeup mess.

Whether you are attending a work event or a nighttime party, give ‘em an eyeful with shadow colors and eyeliner that minimize your lids without overpowering your pretty peepers.

Products You'll Need for Your Large Eyelids Makeup Tutorial:

• Liquid primer
• Neutral eyeshadow colors
• Eyeshadow brush
• Jet black or charcoal gray eyeshadow
• Vanilla, taupe, grey or white eyeshadow
• Charcoal gray or black eyeliner pencil
• Angled eyeshadow brush
• Cotton swabs
• Makeup remover
• Eyelash comb
• Mascara
• Golden bronze shadow

What Eye Shadow Colors Should I Use With Big Eyes?

Want to make your big eyelids attractive?

Don’t be afraid to emphasize your beguiling eyes with bold colors and heavy liner. Nudes can leave you looking washed out and tired.

Instead, opt for eyeshadow that pops.

Swipe on Darker Eyeshadow Shades for Your Big Eyelids

Big eyes look best with darker colors. The classic smoky eye was practically made for you.

A healthy arsenal of charcoal and shimmery grey shadows will arm you with a fail-proof look you can always fall back on.

To change things up from time to time, invest in a few deep hues that accent your eye color as well. Grab navy blue for blue eyes.

Opt for deep eggplant for green or hazel eyes. Choose forest green for brown eyes.

Use Shimmery Eye Colors to Complement Large Eyelids

Matte, shimmer, glitter, frost…the options are seemingly endless. As if choosing a color wasn’t difficult enough, now you need to decide just how much light your eyes will be reflecting.

Let your destination determine the level of shine your eyeshadow produces. Matte or cream shadows are best for a day at the office.

Your gaze is powerful without the blinding effect of glitter. For a night out, however, shimmer or frost eyeshadow will give just enough levity to your sexy, smoldering stare.

How To Apply Eyeshadow

For big eyes, you want to emphasize the outer corner of the eyelid.

Brush a medium tone over the entire lid, then work a much darker shade from the outer corner of the eye inward. Blend carefully so the overall look is seamless.

Blend your eyeliner in with a dark shadow along the lash line as well. Add a touch of highlighter along the brow bone as a finishing touch.

Extra Touches

Girls with big eyes should single out their favorite mascara and make good friends with the lovely little bottle.

A couple of sweeps of lengthening mascara can open up your eyes in no time. Apply a little to the bottom lashes as well to balance out the look.

Although liner along the bottom of the eye is a tricky touch, pull this off by sticking with minimal application and only using the trick at night for that smoky, come-hither stare.

How Do you Do Big Eyelids with Makeup?

1. Start with a primer.

If your eye makeup flakes or never stays put, add a few dots of liquid primer to each eyelid.

Smooth the primer over the lid using your fingertips.

Don’t have any primer in your makeup bag? Liquid foundation or concealer is the perfect primer substitute.

2 . Apply eyeshadow expertly for big eye enhancement.

A dramatic and well-dressed eye requires more than one shade of shadow. Illuminate eyes by first sweeping a neutral brown or charcoal gray powder just above the crease of the lid.

Deposit the shadow on the eye in an arc shape starting at the middle of the eyelid and working outward with a round eyeshadow brush.

3 . Swipe on a contour shade to minimize your large eyelids.

To minimize your prominent eyelids, add a second contour shade in jet black or charcoal gray from the crease to the lash line.

Why?

Dark shadow shades serve double duty; they create a smoky eye effect and make the eyelid appear smaller. Blend the two shadows together with a fluffy blush brush.

4. Enhance your eye shape with a light eyeshadow shade.

Add impact to your eye with a vanilla or taupe eyeshadow.

Sweep this light-colored hue under the brow bone and near the tear duct to create a bright-eyed and open look for daytime.

Swipe on a light-reflecting shadow in metallic gray or a white shimmer above the eye, to upgrade your daytime eye for nighttime events.

5.  Apply pencil eyeliner to make eyes pop.

Enhance your upper lash line by skimming a charcoal gray or black eyeliner pencil from the inner corner to the outer corner of the eye.

Smudge the pencil liner with the edge of an angled eyeshadow brush to blend with the base and contour shadow.

To create a more fashionable eye look, you can extend the eyeliner longer than the outer eye corner end.

Comb lashes and pile on two coats of mascara to finish the look.

Large Eyelids Makeup Do's and Don'ts

• Erase your eyeshadow mess-ups with a cotton swab dipped in makeup remover. Skim the swab over your eyelid lightly to correct crooked eyeliner or any eyeshadow mistakes.
• Want a neutral shadow color that complements all skin tones? Swipe on an eye-brightening golden brown metallic shadow.
• Never use a dark shadow across the entire lid; it makes the big eyelids appear heavier.